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    “The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of the World Order” Samuel Huntington's organized approach in his book The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of the World Order leads to his analysis complete picture of modern warfare. . He states that world politics has been “reconfigured along cultural lines.” (Elliott) This is an expansion of his original article entitled The Clash which appeared in the July 1993 issue of Foreign Affairs. What struck me most was the argument that the end of the Cold War led to a change in the nature of global conflict, with post-Cold War conflicts being more culturally based, primarily defined by religion, than those that occurred during the Cold War. the cold war. The main theme of the book is cultural identities and culture itself. This theme of culture shapes patterns of cohesion and constitutes a conflict after Huntington divided it into seven civilizations: Sinic, Western, and Islamic. , Orthodox, Japanese, Latin American, Hindu, and also offers that of African-Americans. He explains this in all five parts of his book, explaining that world politics is multi-civilizational, that modernization is distinct from civilization. Westernization does not produce a universal civilization in any meaningful sense. The second part explains that of the balance of powers; He asserts that power is decreasing in the West and that Asian civilizations are increasing their military, economic and political strength. Non-Western civilizations reaffirm the value of their culture. After the Cold War, Huntington believes that culture replaced ideology (Huntington p. 138) and the question shifted away from "Which side are you on?" " to "What are you... middle of paper ...... supposed clash of civilizations. Another obvious weakness is that Huntington is unable to pay attention to the strong influences of modernization, which could be an effective solution to prevent the clash of civilizations. Instead, he sticks to his belief that modernization will do nothing but make the situation worse. What I took away most from Huntington's book was his advice to America to always be in control and never make quick decisions. I agree with Huntington that America, as a superpower, will play a key role in avoiding the global clash of civilizations. I think the key is for the current government to begin to address its degraded relations with Middle Eastern countries through peaceful negotiations so that it can show its authenticity in solving problems and in achieving and maintaining global peace all over the world..