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

The world has become so complex that the idea of a power in which everything comes together and can be controlled in a centralized way is now erroneous.

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

We are living in a world that is beyond controllability.

Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine that they could ever be really controlled by one power.

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

Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as in the nation state, guarantees homogeneity and thus an appropriate form of democracy and centralized government.