The main problem with American power is not that it is American... No, the main problem with American power is the power itself. It would be dangerous even for an archangel to wield so much power.

The Eurozone has clearly gone spectacularly wrong, pulling down all the continental economies.

Starting from the ruins of the Second World War, we - all Europeans said, after centuries of fighting each other, we're going to build permanent arrangements in which peace between European countries is secured, freedom is secured, and growing prosperity. And that's what we have done over the last 70 years.

Nuclear proliferation - the proliferation of WMDs altogether - is one of the greatest dangers of our time.

But transitions from the politics of violence to democratic compromise are always messy.

To be in Florence is to reflect on Europe's intricate diversity - and its lost creativity.

The main problem with American power is not that it is American... No, the main problem with American power is the power itself. It would be dangerous even for an archangel to wield so much power.