The idea that you surrender your identity when you relinquish national powers is unhelpful. No, indeed, precisely the opposite is the case: if done in an intelligent way, you attain the sovereignty to better solve national problems in cooperation with…

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

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

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...

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...

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...

We are living in a world that is beyond controllability.

We are living in a world that is beyond controllability.

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...

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 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...

And it also became clear that these conditions of inequality and historical injustice have given...

And it also became clear that these conditions of inequality and historical injustice have given...

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...

Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the...

Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the...

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,...

You need education. You need subsistence protection. We need jobs and social security. These are...

You need education. You need subsistence protection. We need jobs and social security. These are...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

And therefore we must seek dialogue in this networked world. We must ask which voice...

And therefore we must seek dialogue in this networked world. We must ask which voice...