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

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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...

Accordingly, globalization is not only something that will concern and threaten us in the future,...

Accordingly, globalization is not only something that will concern and threaten us in the future,...

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...

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

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

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,...

That was the first major social sciences conference at which social scientists from all cultures...

That was the first major social sciences conference at which social scientists from all cultures...

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

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...

The world has become so complex that the idea of a power in which everything...

The world has become so complex that the idea of a power in which everything...

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...

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...

We are living in a world that is beyond controllability.

We are living in a world that is beyond controllability.

Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity.

Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity.

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...

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...

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.