Is it enough for the worldwide alliance to fight the international terrorist organisations or it should rather abolish the causes of terrorism? The article that was first published in 1986 shows that the US has long been aware of the nature of the danger but always acts according to its special inetrests.

Tribal logic based on national, ethnic or religious bias always leads to inhuman and violent attitudes, in the Middle East and in other conflict. The starting point for any left-wing opinion is to distinguish between the opressors and the eopressed.

British prime minister Tony Blair is the most well-kown representative of the third way idea. We cannot forget, however, that the third way has had many other variations in Europe and America. Its contemporary form is fundamentally different from the earlier approaches under the same name.

Some authors portray civil society as the highest stage of community harmony and consensus. Civil society, however, is not so much the terrain of free association and consensus, but competition and cleavages.