GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES

The Clash May Not Be Between Civilizations, but Within Them

Jul 21, 2017 | 14:34 GMT

In 1993, Samuel Huntington presented the hypothesis that people’s cultural and religious identities will be the primary source of conflict in the post-Cold War world, arguing that future wars would be fought not between countries, but between cultures.
In 1993, Samuel Huntington presented the hypothesis that people’s cultural and religious identities will be the primary source of conflict in the post-Cold War world, arguing that future wars would be fought not between countries, but between cultures.

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In 1993, Samuel Huntington presented the hypothesis that people’s cultural and religious identities will be the primary source of conflict in the post-Cold War world, arguing that future wars would be fought not between countries, but between cultures. Now his theory is being challenged....

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