POLI 244 Lecture Notes - Lecture 51: Gaullism, Thomas Hobbes, Utopia
12 Mar 2016
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Samuel p. huntington conflict between civilizations will be the latest phase in the evolution of conflict in the modern world. Why civilizations will clash differences in civilization are basic, different history, traditions, and religion. The fault line between civilizations replacing political and ideological boundaries of cold war cultural division of western christianity and orthodox christianity and islam. Velvet curtain of culture has replaced the iron curtain of ideology, dividing. After ww2, arab nationalism and islamic fundamentalism increased, warfare between arabs and west started in 1990 when us sent troops to persian gulf to defend arab countries against aggression by another. Relations complicated by demography: population growth in arab countries and north africa migration to. On islam border, conflict arises between orthodox and muslim people. Religion reinforces the revival of ethnic identities and restimulates russian fears of security. Conflict with pakistan and india, intensifies religious strife within india between hindu and muslim minority.
