To: Solon who wrote (31856 ) 12/15/2012 4:31:23 AM From: 2MAR$ Read Replies (2) | Respond to The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact, non-Westerners never do. # Religion Samuel P Huntington iwise.com Political Order in Changing Societies Clash of Civilizations The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century Who Are We? The Challenges to America's National Identity , was published in May 2004 en.wikipedia.org Davos Man , referring to global elites World Economic Forum Davos Switzerland global economy [13] 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 powerful 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 .
