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“Fascism and communism have not entirely disappeared but have been sidelined certainly, and liberal democracy has come to be accepted, in theory at least, around the world, if not always in practice.”

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Samuel P. Huntington

Samuel P. Huntington, born on April 18, 1927, and died on December 24, 2008, was a renowned political scientist. His research focused on comparative politics, international relations, and democratic theory. Huntington is best known for his theory of the Clash of Civilizations, which posits that conflicts between different civilizations will be the primary feature of international relations in the 21st century. more

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“Countries will cooperate with each other, and are more likely to cooperate with each other when they share a common culture, as is most dramatically illustrated in the European Union. But other groupings of countries are emerging in East Asia and in South America. Basically, as I said, these politics will be oriented around, in large part, cultural similarities and cultural antagonism.”

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“Obviously Pakistan and the U.S. are very different countries, but we have common geopolitical interests in preventing communist take over in Afghanistan and hence, now that Pakistan has a government that we can cooperate with, even though it is a military government, we are working together with them in order to promote our common interests. But obviously we also differ with Pakistan on a number of issues.”

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“I don't say that the West is united, I don't suggest that.”

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“Obviously there are divisions within the West and divisions within Islam - there are different sects, different communities, different countries. So neither one is homogenous at all. But they do have things in common.”

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“People everywhere talk about Islam and the West. Presumably that has some relationship to reality, that these are entities that have some meaning and they do. Of course the core ofthat reality is differences in religion.”

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“Both sides are divided and Western countries collaborate with Muslim countries and vice versa.”

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“Global politics remains extremely complex and countries have different interests, which will also lead them to make what might seem as rather bizarre friends and allies.”

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“The U.S. has and still is cooperating with various military dictatorships around the world. Obviously we would prefer to see them democratized, but we are doing it because we have national interests, whether it's working with Pakistan on Afghanistan or whatever.”

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“Since the revolution of the 18th century, America has basically had an ideology of liberal democracy and constitutionalism.”

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