Except under rare circumstances, I don't write responses to criticism.

The basis of association and antagonism among countries has changed over time.

I don't say that the West is united, I don't suggest that.

The larger society has to recognize some degree of autonomy for the minority: the right to practice their own religion and way of life and to some extent their language.

Except under rare circumstances, I don't write responses to criticism.

What are the prospects for an Arab state serving a leading role comparable to the role that other states place in other regions? There is no obvious candidate. Saudi Arabia has the money but a relatively small population. Iraq was a great potential leader, as a sizable country with great oil resources and a highly educated population, but it went off in the wrong direction.

I think fundamentalism is this radical attitude toward one's own identity and civilization as compared to other people's identities and cultures.