Instead of the international police action we had hoped for during the war in Kosovo, there are wars again - conducted with state-of-the-art technology, but still in the old style.
The misery in war-torn Afghanistan is reminiscent of images from the Thirty Years' War.
Manhattan... Capital of the 20th century, a city that has fascinated me for more than three decades.
Historically, terrorism falls in a category different from crimes that concern a criminal court judge.
I consider Bush's decision to call for a war against terrorism a serious mistake. He is elevating these criminals to the status of war enemies, and one cannot lead a war against a network if the term war is to retain any definite meaning.
The state is in danger of falling into disrepute due to the evidence of its inadequate resources.
Disappointment over nationalistic authoritarian regimes may have contributed to the fact that today religion offers a new and subjectively more convincing language for old political orientations.