A declining West must divide rivals and unite itself to limit losses

Evidence

The declining grip of the West over the rest of the world is not a result of the diminishing impact of the institutions which first arose there but, on the contrary, a result of their global spread. — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 128 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Halliday continues his dismissal of “Islam” as an analytical category when he goes on to note that “political argument about the ‘West’ versus ‘the rest’ turns out, on closer examination, to be a conflict between two different interpretations and variants of the Western political tradition itself” (Halliday, 1996:5). — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3515 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The West’s apparent unity masks deep internal divisions; A Western society can voluntarily seek to defect from the West. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 411; Renewed Western unity hinges on the United States defining itself as Western — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 853 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• The West’s apparent unity masks deep internal divisions #complicates (0.85)
• Western decline stems from the global spread of Western institutions, not their fading #complicates (0.80) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 128
• West-versus-rest political conflict is an intra-Western ideological dispute #complicates (0.78) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3515
• A Western society can voluntarily seek to defect from the West. #complicates (0.75) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 411
• Defeating Western power and adopting Western civilization can be complementary strategies #complicates (0.75)