Since the 15th century the world has been through three major power shifting, as Fareed Zakaria describe in his book “The Post-American World”. Zakaria analyze that the first power shifting began in the 15th century and took place in most of European countries, this was the era of the development of modern science and technology, it is also produced such a long history of political dominance of the nations of the west. . The second shift was the rise of the United States in end of 19th century, right after it industrialized the United States emerged as the most developed and strongest country in the world, and for the last century the United States has dominated the global economics, politics, sciences and cultures. What we are facing right
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Samuel Huntington was one of the America’s greatest political scientist, back in 1993 Huntington published an essay, which later became a book, called The Clash of Civilizations, in his analysist he argued that the future conflict will be marked by civilizations conflict. He believes that in this new world the sources of conflict will not be primarily ideological nor economical, but rather the great division of humankind and the dominating source of conflict will be cultural. In short, Huntington’s predicts that the clash of civilizations will dominate global politics in the future (Huntington, 1993).
In the years since the early 90’s, Huntington’s premise have not been proven wrong. Along the years, various conflict occurred around the world in which can be identified as the examples of the clash of civilizations. Certainly, other factors such as politics, economics and military also contribute in many conflicts, yet the most catastrophic and chaotic ones are inevitably occurred in the dispute between civilizations. Between Orthodoxy and Islam there was wars in Bosnia, Kosovo and the Caucuses, between Islam and Africa there is Boko Haram, between Islam and the Hindu civilization happened a perpetual terrorism, between Orthodoxy and the West occurred wars in Croatia and Slovenia and the current crisis in Ukraine, and of course, between the West and Islam, there was the phenomenon of Charlie Hebdo, not to mention about the widely-known 9/11 tragedy. The clashes
There has been over hundreds of international forum has been made that held globally by many countries from different civilizations, including Islamic-Catholic Forum, Annual Meeting of (Religions for Peace) International Trustees, International Conference of the International Association for Intercultural Research, International conference on Dialogue of Civilizations, Regional Forum of National Commissions on (Rapprochement of Cultures), International Conference of the Global Movement “Youth for the Alliance of Civilizations”, Summit Meeting of the Leaders of World Religions, International Symposium on “Dialogue and Coexistence among Civilizations and Cultures” and many more, these international forum have been held throughout the world, from Africa, America, Europe, Asia which all of these region hold to various civilizations (ISESCO,
As the United States developed into a world economic power, it also became a military and political power. Certain things led Americans to become more involved in world affairs, such as territorial growth. There were also consequences to the nation’s new role, like conflict between citizens and people of power. United States government and leaders had to learn the “hard way”, the challenges and negativity that they would face, such as loss of money and lack of control between certain nations, and the positive effects such as expansion of territory and alliances.
After the Second World War, America came out of the war with the responsibility of being the “superpower” of the world. In the past America would never get involved in foreign affairs however after World War Two things had changed. Since America was considered the most powerful natio...
Bernard Lewis (1916- Present) was the one who initially coined the term, ‘clash of civilizations,’ in his influential article “Roots of Muslim Rage: Why So Many Muslims Deeply Resent the West, and Why Their Bitterness Will Not Be Easily Mollified,” published in The Atlantic Monthly, September 1990. This article appeared after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the beginning of identifying the new enemy of the United States of America.
I share the view of Edward Said who responded to Huntington’s thesis in his 2001 article, “ The Clash of Ignorance”. He argued that Huntington’s categorization of the world’s fixed “civilizations” omits the dynamic interdependency and interaction of culture. Said (2004) also argues that the clash of civilizations thesis is an example of “ the purest individious racism, a sort of parody of Hitlerian science
... expanded successfully in peace. On the other hand, the Western religions have a very violent and bloody past during their growth and expansion. As mention by Cason and Tillman “A defining theme that runs through the history of all three Western religions is that they arose out of conflict.” And still to this day they are in conflict.
The struggle to balance our many diversities with unity and, at least some tolerance and cooperation, has been one long battle between mankind and itself. Often, it seems almost eternal, a flame that cannot be extinguished unless all its kindling is dunked in some eye-opening truth and acceptance. Today, as much as any other day in history we experience these acts against each other: as impactful as Russia and Ukraine or the conflicts between Israeli and Palestinian people or as silly as Brazil and Argentina’s famous football rivalry. More industrialized countries/societies, particularly western societies, can obtain a certain superiority complex. Ethnocentrism plays a role in this; in a large amount of cases the “inferior cultures” lacked something like stronger military forces and technological advances, or even a disadvantage caused by the local geography that was dubbed weaker than their opponents.
“While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand; When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls - the World.” Lord Byron. This essay will discuss the similarities of military, economics and systems of government between the Roman Empire of the 6th century BCE and the United States of America of the 20th century. History has revealed that all superpowers fall eventually, although much time has passed since the glory days of Rome we see in 2015 the largest superpower in charge, the United States. There are many similarities that can be drawn between the American superpower and the Roman Empire such as the same founding of government and both dominated in military, as well as economic similarities. This leads to the conclusion that because the rise to power between the two powers was so similar, the downfall will be equally parallel.
Having understood that the world has taken the form it has through the domination or imperialism of Western countries, it is said that they are the agents that have greatly influenced the world; their ideologies in addition to their political as well as economic influences have spread across the globe through time (Headrick, 1981).
Fareed Zakaria discussed the issue about Jerusalem with guest speakers: Richard Haass, Hanan Ashrawi, and Dore Gold. President Trump caused a commotion when he publicly recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Richard Haass stated that while it is true, that Israel controls all of Jerusalem, it was was a mistake to publicize it. Both Israel and Palestine are trying to come to an agreement with how to divide the land in Jerusalem. By publicly choosing to side with Israel, America has failed to be an unbiased broker. Trump has added more tension and conflict between the two countries. In this situation, America should make a policy to decrease interference with other countries. If we are not improving the situation, we should pull out
“Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.” Machiavelli’s quote from Discourses of Livy manages to succinctly describe our current social and political world. Founded on colonialization and violence, the term ‘the west’ promotes the idea of certain values and concepts which make it superior to ‘the east’. I argue that the concept us ‘us versus them’, particularly when linked with the Western Ideology, justifies violence in social, economic and physical terms. This ideology perpetuates the idea that there are inherent, distinct characteristics which separate members of each race, known as race thinking. Further, it allows powerful nation-states to
Throughout history, Western civilization has been an emerging force behind change in foreign societies. This is the concept that is discussed in the article the West Unique, Not Universal, written by Samuel Huntington. The author makes a very clear thesis sentence and uses a variety of evidence to support it. This article has a strong very convincing point. The thoughts expressed in this article can be related to a lot of events throughout history.
In this paper, I will argue that the current system is hegemonial. My explanation to hegemony will then be centered on the sources of the United States as a hegemonial power. Furthermore, I will state the different primary implications associated with the rise of China and what the Roman Empire offers for understanding the United Sta...
In 1992 within a lecture Samuel P. Huntington proposed a theory that suggests that people's cultural and religious identities will undoubtedly be the primary source of conflict in the post-Cold War world, this theory is known as the Clash of Civilizations. Therefore this essay provides a criticism of this theory, whether I agree or disagree with it and also the aspects I like or dislike about the theory as a whole.
With the end of the Cold War emerged two superpowers: The United States and the Soviet Union. The international system then was considered bipolar, a system where power is distributed in which two states have the majority of military, economic, and cultural influence both internationally and regionally. In this case, spheres of influence developed, meaning Western and democratic states fell under the influence of U.S. while most communist states were under the influence of the Soviet Union. Today, the international system is no longer bipolar, since only one superpower can exist, and indisputably that nation is the United States. However China is encroaching on this title with their rapid growth educationally, economically, and militaristically.
Our world is constantly changing and it requires a society that is well versed in understanding the problems deriving from culture differences and tolerance of one another’s beliefs and perceptions. We are dealing with systemic problems in education, economic, government, religion and culture differences.