Contending Visions on the Post-Cold War: “End of History” or “Clash of Civilizations” ?

“ What we may be witnessing is not just the end of the Cold War,

or the passing of a particular period of post-war history, but the

end of history as such: that is, the end point of mankind's

ideological evolution and the universalization of Western liberal

democracy as the final form of human government.” The End of

History

“…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.” The Clash of Civilizations

…the forces of Jihad and the forces of McWorld operate with equal strength in opposite directions, the one driven by hatreds, the other by universalizing markets, the one re-creating ancient subnational and ethnic borders from within, the other making national borders porous from without. They have one thing in common: neither offers much hope to citizens looking for practical ways to govern themselves democratically.

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Russia-Georgia War (2008)

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