American political scientist who predicted that post-Cold War conflict would be organized along civilizational rather than ideological lines — in The Clash of Civilizations.
The Clash of Civilizations: after the Cold War, the fundamental source of conflict will be cultural and religious — seven or eight civilizational blocs, especially the conflict between the West and Islam/Confucian civilization. Political Order in Changing Societies: political development requires institution-building before democratization. The Third Wave: a study of democratization processes.
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