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.

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Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but...

Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but...

In the final analysis, terror is also another proof of the fact that the superpower...

In the final analysis, terror is also another proof of the fact that the superpower...

Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as...

Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as...

When they come to Europe, they are confronted by still closed borders. Thus, the concept...

When they come to Europe, they are confronted by still closed borders. Thus, the concept...

The idea that you surrender your identity when you relinquish national powers is unhelpful. No,...

The idea that you surrender your identity when you relinquish national powers is unhelpful. No,...

We do not yet have the solutions to these questions, but the awareness that we...

We do not yet have the solutions to these questions, but the awareness that we...

We are living in a world that is beyond controllability.

We are living in a world that is beyond controllability.

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

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

You could say that we are living in an internally globalized country.

You could say that we are living in an internally globalized country.

Western countries in particular can today no longer be separated from Muslim societies, because they...

Western countries in particular can today no longer be separated from Muslim societies, because they...

All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less...

All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less...

This experience actually means the very opposite: the largest military power was unable to stop...

This experience actually means the very opposite: the largest military power was unable to stop...

Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity.

Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity.

And the terror itself is an example of the world's uncontrollability.

And the terror itself is an example of the world's uncontrollability.

In the first instance, therefore, global terrorism created a kind of global community sharing a...

In the first instance, therefore, global terrorism created a kind of global community sharing a...

But it then very soon became clear that the response of a war against terrorism,...

But it then very soon became clear that the response of a war against terrorism,...

The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion.

The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion.

I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to...

I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to...

I held a conference in Harvard where Americans said they didn't believe in risk. They...

I held a conference in Harvard where Americans said they didn't believe in risk. They...

Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine that they could ever...

Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine that they could ever...