Table of Contents

Acknowledgments x

Contributor Biographies in Brief xii

Part I Introduction 1

1 Toward a More Civil Twenty-first Century
Akbar Ahmed and Brian Forst 3

Part II The Nature and Sources of the Problem 13

2 The Simple Power of Weakness, the Complex Vulnerability of Power
Zbigniew Brzezinski 15

3 Dialogue and the Echo Boom of Terror: Religious Women's Voices after 9/11
Diana L. Eck 21

4 Closing Chapters of Enmity
Rajmohan Gandhi 29

5 Benjamin Franklin's Gift of Tolerance
Walter Isaacson 36

6 God's Word and World Politics
Archbishop Desmond Tutu 39

Part III Pathways to Dialogue and Understanding 45

7 The Role of the Media in Promoting Tolerance
Shashi Tharoor 47

8 Civilization, Human Rights, and Collective Responsibility
Sergio Vieira de Mello 55

9 Endless Enemies or Human Security
Jody Williams 66

10 Dialogue among Civilizations and Cultures
President Seyed Mohammed Khatami 72

11 Transnational Moral Dialogues
Amitai Etzioni 79

12 In Other People's Shoes
Dame Marilyn Strathern 85

13 A Universal Language, without Boundary or Prejudice
Sir Ravi Shankar 90

14 Dialogue among Civilizations
Kofi Annan 94

15 The Productive Airing of Grievances
Lord George Carey 98

16 All of Man's Troubles
Edward O. Wilson 106

17 Turning Enemies into Friends
Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks 112

18 Security through Dialogue
Queen Noor of Jordan 119

19 The Power of Dialogue: Redefining "Us"
Tamara Sonn 131

20 On Clash, Morality, Renaissance, and Dialogue
Judea Pearl 138

21 The Just War Tradition and Cultural Dialogue
Jean Bethke Elshtain 145

22 Celebrating Differences on our Melting Pot Planet
Prince El Hassan bin Talal 149

Part IV From Concern to Action 155

23 Clash or Dialogue of Cultures?
Bernard Lewis 157

24 The Fellowship of Dialogue
James D. Wolfensohn 159

25 Hard Power and Soft Power
Joseph S. Nye Jr 166

26 Global Governance in an Interdependent World
Benjamin R. Barber 171

27 Getting to Peace: Awakening the Third Side
William L. Ury 179

28 Risking Hospitality
Martin Marty 186

Index 191

About the Author

Akbar Ahmed and Brian Forst, both of the American University, Washington.

Reviews

"If you are looking for reading that is thought-provoking, incisive, and challenging, After Terror is the perfect book to read."
Friday Times

"It is good to have a work which includes within its covers the reflections of [the] President of the World Bank, an international activist who founded the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for her extraordinary activities in clearing anti-personnel mines from battle zones, and one of the most respected of contemporary musicians. This ensures that there is something for everyone in this compilation!"
Muslim World Book Review