Introduction / Chris Patten -- 'The hour of Europe' : from Bosnia to enlargement and beyond / Andrew Marshall -- Europe in the global community : a key player in the multilateral arena / David Hannay -- European defence and security / Michael Quinlan -- Religion and conflict / Marcus Braybrooke -- Immigration, nationality and citizenship / Enid Wistrich -- The century of democracy / James Robert Huntley -- Culture, Kultur and globalisation / Richard Mayne -- Europe and the developing world / Peter Pooley -- Europe's world role in the 21st century / Kofi Annan