Partial truths or half-truths are often more insidious than total falsehoods.

There will be associations and partnerships between some Muslim countries and some Christian countries. Those already exist. And they may shift as different regimes come and go and interests change.

I think we've seen at least the beginnings of rather significant social and economic change in the Muslim world, which I think will in due course lead to more political change.

It will take a long time, and certainly the West will remain the dominant civilization well into the next century, but the decline is occurring.

Quite obviously power will continue to play a central role in global politics as it always does. But usually there is something else.

Fundamentalist tendencies and movements existed, so far as I know, in all societies and civilizations.

Many of the most difficult questions concerning the role of ethnic minorities centers on language.