Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally.

All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many.

In the first instance, therefore, global terrorism created a kind of global community sharing a common fate, something we had previously considered impossible.

Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit.

Initially, the horrific images of September 11th triggered an enormous wave of solidarity.

You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.

In the final analysis, terror is also another proof of the fact that the superpower is not really a superpower. It was vulnerable.