Intercivilization conflict divides into micro-level religious fault lines and a macro-level West-versus-rest division

Evidence

In the emerging world, the relations between states and groups from different civilizations will not be close and will often be antagonistic. Yet some intercivilization relations are more conflict-prone than others. At the micro level, the most violent fault lines are between Islam and its Orthodox, Hindu, African, and Western Christian neighbors. At the macro level, the dominant division is between “the West and the rest,” with the most intense conflicts occurring between Muslim and Asian societies on the one hand, and the West on the other. The dangerous clashes of the future are likely to arise from the interaction of Western arrogance, Islamic intolerance, and Sinic assertiveness. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 487

Categorization

• XREF: Huntington’s core thesis condensed into a single diagnostic sentence — connects to the book’s opening chapters and to Kenneth Waltz’s three-image analysis of international relations. — connects to: Vernacular religion, not institutional belief, drives post-conflict sectarian division. — Nadim N. Rouhana and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, When Politics Are Sacralized:…, 2302