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The clash of civilizations will dominate global politics. The fault lines between civilizations will be the battle lines of the future.

— Samuel P. Huntington

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Undoubtedly many more people in the world are concerned with sports than with human rights.

The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (1996)

In the post-Cold War world, for the first time in history, global politics has become multipolar and multicivilizational.

The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (1996)

The most important groupings of states are no longer the three blocs of the Cold War but rather the world’s seven or eight major civilizations.

The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (1996)

Many more people in the world are concerned with sports than with human rights.

The clash of civilizations and the remaking of world order (1997)

Those who do not recognize fundamental divides, however, are doomed to be frustrated by them.

The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (1996)

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