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This 3 page paper examines Samuel P. Huntington's thesis and responses to it. This paper supports the author's ideas.
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and tie it to his ideas. This article is a response to another on his own thesis. Huntington argues that if his original premise is not true, then what is?
He suggests that an alternative paradigm is necessary if one is to counteract his ideas (Huntington, 1993). The author argues that several events around the world had been predicted and
lists them (Huntington, 1993). This is something that would help to solidify his original premise. Of course, that was well before 9/11, an event that in part helps to prove
his thesis. Samuel P. Huntington is correct. His idea that there will be clashes between peoples seems to be accurate and there is much evidence to support his premise.
His rebuttal as well as the entire volume he had later written is seemingly quite accurate and had predicted future events. Yet, there are many critics. For example, Henriksen
(1995) remarks: "In fact, the nationalism of Arab states militates against a Huntington-type clash of Islamic civilization with other world cultures" (p.63). Yet, this is only partially true. In looking
at the big picture, there does seem to be a holy war and state borders are quickly fading. In his book Clash of Civilizations, Huntington (1998) provides a great deal
of insights. He writes: "The weakening of the states and the appearance of "failed states," contribute to a fourth image of a world in anarchy. This paradigm stresses: the
breakdown of governmental authority... the proliferation of nu- clear and other weapons of mass destruction; the spread of terrorism; the prevalence of massacres and ethnic cleansing" (Huntington, 1998, p.35). To
this author, the world is changing and the fact that terrorism has risen is simply a part of this new model. To some extent, Huntingtons
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