The nature of modern terrorism / John Gearson -- The roots of terrorism: probing the myths / Karin Von Hippel -- The coming war on terrorism / Lawrence Freedman -- Finance warfare as a response to international terrorism / Martin S. Navias -- Responding to 11 September: detention without trial under the anti-terrorism, crime and security act 2001 / Helen Fenwick -- American hegemony: European dilemmas / William Wallace -- The eleventh of September and beyond: NATO / Anne Deighton -- The eleventh of September and beyond: the impact on the European Union / Charles Grant -- Russian-Western relations after 11 September: selective cooperation versus partnership (a Russian view) / Nadia Alexandrova Arbatova.