Maybe Iraq will come back and become the dominant power among Arab countries. That seems to me as conceivable.

Two significant developments in the past several decades have been the collapse of communism as an ideology and the general acceptance, in rhetoric, if not practice, of liberal democracy.

Well, I think the United States first of all has to recognize the world for what it is.

Maybe Iraq will come back and become the dominant power among Arab countries. That seems to me as conceivable.

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

I think we can expect leaders of Muslim societies to cooperate with each other on many issues just as Western societies cooperate with each other.

In the 19th century it was basically nationality and people trying to define their nationalism and create states which would reflect their nationalism. In the 20th century, ideology came to the fore, largely, but not exclusively, as a result of the Russian Revolution and we have fascism, communism and liberal democracy competing with each other. Well that's pretty much over.