Global politics is now multipolar and multicivilizational for the first time.

Evidence

In sum, the post-Cold War world is a world of seven or eight major civilizations. Cultural commonalities and differences shape the interests, antagonisms, and associations of states. The most important countries in the world come overwhelmingly from different civilizations. The local conflicts most likely to escalate into broader wars are those between groups and states from different civilizations. The predominant patterns of political and economic development differ from civilization to civilization. The key issues on the international agenda involve differences among civilizations. Power is shifting from the long predominant West to non-Western civilizations. Global politics has become multipolar and multicivilizational. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 47 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Post-Cold War global politics is now multipolar along civilizational lines. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 47; Civilization core states replace superpowers as poles of attraction in global politics — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 420

Broader Connections

• Post-Cold War global politics is now multipolar along civilizational lines. #corroborates (0.93) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 47