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.

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.

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

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.

I held a conference in Harvard where Americans said they didn't believe in risk. They thought it was just European hysteria. Then the terrorist attacks happened and there was a complete conversion. Suddenly terrorism was the central risk.

We are living in a world that is beyond controllability.