a Foreword / Fernando Henrique Cardosa -- Introduction: democratic responses to terrorism / Leonard Weinberg -- Talking sense: guidelines for international democracy promotion / Theodore J. Piccone -- Strengthening civil society / Mary Kaldor -- Islam, Islamism and democracy: the case of the Arab world / Bassam Tibi -- Militant Muslims and democracy: knowns and unknowns / Saad Eddin Ibrahim -- The United Nations and terrorism / Jeffrey Laurenti -- Negotiating with terrorists / Peter R. Neumann -- Anti-terrorism legislation: civil liberty and judicial alteration / Laura K. Donohue -- Human rights and the challenge of terror / David Cole.