POL101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Slavic Orthodox, Trade Bloc, Civi-Dt
4 Nov 2016
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It is my hypothesis that the fundamental source of conflict in this new world will not be primarily ideological or primarily economic. The great divisions among humankind and the dominating source of conflict will be cultural. Nation states will remain the most powerflil actors in world affairs, but the principal conflicts of global politics will occur between nations and groups of different civilizations. The clash of civilizations will dominate global politics. The fault lines between civilizations will be the battle lines of the future. Conflict between civilizations avill be the latest phase in the evo- lution of conflict in the modern world. For a century and a half after the emergence of the modern international system with the peace of westphalia, the conflicts of the western world were largely among. During t h e cold w ar the world was divided into the first, second and third worlds.
