The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order/Related Articles

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Civilization [r]: "The highest cultural grouping and the broadest level of cultural identity short of that which distinguishes humans from other species" (Samuel Huntington) ^[e]
Culture [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Culture (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.
Futures studies [r]: The discipline of predicting futures, which is not limited to extrapolating from present trends or to a single possible future ^[e]
Grand strategy [r]: Add brief definition or description
Samuel Huntington [r]: An American political scientist, futurist and sociologist (1927-2008), with numerous academic and government posts; well known for his "clash of civilizations" theories and analysis of the motivations of soldiers ^[e]

Nationalism [r]: Strong belief that the interests of a particular nation-state are of primary importance. ^[e]
Tribalism [r]: A group identity that regards either other tribal groups, or modernism, or popular culture, as a hostile other ^[e]
Core state [r]: Within a civilization, one or more nations that provide a dominant cultural influence ^[e]
Lone country [r]: Nations isolated, from larger civilizations, by language, religion, or other factors, such as Haiti, Ethiopia and Japan; if they define a civilization, such as Japan, they are also core states ^[e]
Cleft country [r]: A nation with sufficiently large and distinct cultural groupings as to have separated (e.g., Czechoslovakia or Yugoslavia), semi-separated (e.g., Sudan, Tanzania), or have a threat of separatism (e.g., Canada) ^[e]
Torn country [r]: Countries with predominant cultures with leaders that want to shift it into a different one, such as Peter the Great in Russia or Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Turkey. ^[e]
Fault line conflicts [r]: A term introduced by Samuel Huntington, micro-level clashes between groups from different civilizations within the same cleft country, such as the former Yugoslavia ^[e]
Core state conflicts [r]: As defined by Samuel Huntington, conflict between the major states of different civilizations, such as the Cold War ^[e]

Modernization [r]: Add brief definition or description
Westernization [r]: The process by which Western cultural values, including religion and politics, are introduced into a society undergoing technological modernization ^[e]
Globalization [r]: The interaction of peoples, cultures, and businesses worldwide, which tend to overcome traditional national and cultural boundaries ^[e]
Thomas P.M. Barnett [r]: Add brief definition or description
- The Pentagon's New Map [r]: A book on grand strategy and world development by Thomas P. M. Barnett, which postulates that world conflict is chiefly due to lack of "connectedness" of nations to the information-intensive core of nations; he also proposes a partnership, in peace enforcement, between the high-technology "takedown" function and the "nation-building" role ^[e]
Francis Fukuyama [r]: Add brief definition or description
- The End of History and the Last Man [r]: An argument, by Francis Fukuyama, that universal history, through the forces of "the logic of modern science" and the "struggle for recognition" make liberal democracy a natural end state of historical development. ^[e]
- Isothymia [r]: As defined by Francis Fukuyama, "the desire to be recognized as the equal of other people", or dignity; a refinement of Plato's definition of thymos ^[e]
- Megalothymia [r]: Add brief definition or description
Benjamin Barnett [r]: Add brief definition or description
Jihad vs. McWorld [r]: Add brief definition or description