Glossary -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction Ten Propositions for Transatlantic Consensus -- Chapter One Beyond the War on Terror -- The common struggle -- Root causes' -- The limits of democracy -- Terror, rights and the rule of law -- The social geography of terrorism -- Chapter Two Confronting Proliferation -- Pre-emption and preventive war -- Iran -- Strengthening the non-proliferation regime -- The NPT's fragility -- Chapter Three State Failure, State-building and Democratic Change -- The six most dangerous places in the world -- Triage -- The art of the possible -- Conclusion Ambitions and Limits of a Transatlantic Partnership -- Appendix IISS Transatlantic Steering Group and Workshop Participants -- Notes.