According to the article “Clash of Civilization” by Samuel Huntington1, the world is divided East vs. West due to religion. Is the world divided in half by East vs. West and if so is it due to religion or by culture? Does globalization have an influence and if so how? These are questions that cannot be answered by a simple answer yes or no. Every article has a different point of view and a bias definition of what is going on with our world yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Yes there is a different divide between East (Asia) and West (America and European Nations), but it’s more complex than this. It is more the battle of the leading Superpowers of the world. For instance according to US Today “U.S. sends B-52s over China-claimed waters”2, China has been laying claim to nearly 1 million square miles of ocean known as the East China Sea, insisting that the sea's energy resources and fisheries belong to China. Much of the ocean territory it claims is hundreds of miles from its shore, including waters off the coasts of Japan, Taiwan and South Korea. China went further than ever, announcing it had designated much of the sea as an air defense zone it controls. The zone includes the Japan-held Senkaku Islands, a string of uninhabited islets that China calls the Diaoyus. The Chinese Defense Ministry said the zone was created to "guard against potential air threats." This became the test of the allies. Russia who united states have become allies with since the Cold War decided to support China. United Stated due to the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security Revised in 19603, grants the United States the right to military bases on the archipelago in exchange for a U.S. pledge to defend Japan in the event of an attack. This put United Stat...
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4.“Royal prerogative in the United Kingdom”, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_prerogative_in_the_United_Kingdom
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8. Huntington, Samuel P, “The clash of civilizations?” Foreign Affairs; summer 1993; 72, 3; ABI/INFORM Global pg. 22
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...ities as a responsible state holder. One of the consequences of the international community questioning China’s military capabilities is that the international community could potentially induce an unproductive arms race with China. If China is to participate in the race, China will have a weakened competitive position in the races of economic and intellectual strength. Secondly, China will lose the ability to use its army as a form of soft power therefore making it harder to believe that China can be a responsible state holder since it will seem like propaganda. In terms of China, the world is in a very exciting position with the promotion of the China’s model an alternative governing system is being offered. However, we need to remain vigilant and aware for just as quickly as China rose, it has the potential to fall as well if it doesn’t play it’s cards right.
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Thirdly, the Clash of Civilizations is a theory by Samuel Huntington, which shows that the conflicts that North Korea and South Korea faces in the modern era are caused by differences. On one hand, the war was considered the clash of civilizations at one of two levels: the micro-level. It is when adjacent groups along the fault lines between civilizations struggle violently, over the control of territory and each other. It is clear that North and South Korea fought a gruesome war, and allies of both countries were involved (Huntington 29). The death toll had reached over 54,000, and this is a clear example of how two neighboring civilizations with different ideologies can clash with each other (CNN). On the other hand, there is a macro-level,
Therefore, following the phenomenon of the Rise of the Rest and some emerging issues regarding diversity in civilizations, this essay will examine where the post-American world order will lead, either to strengthen the dialogue between civilizations or even increase the possibility of the clash of civilizations. II. Discussion Samuel Huntington was one of the America’s greatest political scientists, back in 1993 Huntington published an essay, which later became a book, called The Clash of Civilizations, in his analysis 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).
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
Additionally, in the book US FOREIGN POLICY, Michael Cox (2012) concluded that “China’s peaceful rise has largely consoled its neighbors and the United States that it remains a status quo power. However, as it has risen, there are some (perhaps an expanding number) who predict this will lead to increased regional and global competition” (p.266). Clearly, Michael Cox indicated the point that there might be more competitions in the future relation between China and the rest of the world no matter China rises peacefully or not. In particular, China and the United States will face many intense issues since they are the two giants in th...
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China's Foreign Policy Since the initial warming of U.S.-China relations in the early 1970’s, policymakers have had difficulty balancing conflicting U.S. policy concerns in the People’s Republic of China. In the strange world of diplomacy between the two, nothing is predictable. From Nixon to Clinton, presidents have had to reconcile security and human rights concerns with the corporate desire for expanded economic relations between the two countries. Nixon established ties with Mao Zedong’s brutal regime in 1972. And today, Clinton’s administration is trying to influence China’s course from within a close economic and diplomatic relationship.
Wei-Wei Zhang. (2004). The Implications of the Rise of China. Foresight, Vol. 6 Iss: 4, P. 223 – 226.
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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.
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