One of the last books by the famous German philosopher and sociologist Jurgen Habermas (b. 1929) continues a number of his works devoted to the analysis of the most pressing political problems of our time. The central themes of the articles and interviews included in this book were the terrorist attack in the United States on September 11, 2001 .and its consequences; the new face of international terrorism; the war in Iraq, the crisis of the UN and international law in the face of the “hegemonial” policy of the United States - as the main reason for the “split of the West”; problems of further unification of Europe and its place on the world political stage; processes of globalization and various prospects for a new world order. The book has been translated into Russian for the first time. The opinions of one of the most prominent European intellectuals will undoubtedly be of interest to Russian readers.