the blackstone vice-chairman, john studzinski.ou are one of the greatest thinkers in the economics of things. commenting to me about the terror attacks. first, there needs to be a realization that this is something we will have to deal with in the longer-term. the threat or -- attacks or the threat of attacks. mr. studzinski: there are interesting discussions we are starting to have. what is happening today is different than the last attacks on charlie hebdo. that was targeted at the media and the french police. this attack is more about attacking western civilization, a way of life, the symbolism of the way of life in paris. europe is seen as more in terms of attacking the west because of the large muslim population and the open of more ofd because a right and left polarization of the political situation. also the perception, and we will see if it is right or wrong with president hollande, that there is not enough strong leadership in europe beyond angela merkel. without strong leadership it provides the opportunity for some type