Cross-civilizational coalitions based on mutual rationality and restraint are essential to manage interstate relations.

Evidence

In truth, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order represented in its policy implications a grand warning. Almost a decade before 9/11, Huntington’s message was that in today’s politically awakened world, our consciousness of several civilizations’ mandates requires—as nuclear weapons with their unprecedented scale of danger already require—that we rely on cross-civilizational coalitions based on reciprocal rationality, respect, and restraint in order to manage the relations between nations. Thus, Huntington’s work is not only intellectually pioneering; it dares to be politically wise. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 15