The West pushes nonproliferation, democracy, and immigration restriction against the rest.
Evidence
As of 1995 European and American efforts to achieve these goals had met with limited success. Almost all non-Western civilizations were resistant to this pressure from the West. These included Hindu, Orthodox, African, and in some measure even Latin American countries. The greatest resistance to Western democratization efforts, however, came from Islam and Asia. This resistance was rooted in the broader movements of cultural assertiveness embodied in the Islamic Resurgence and the Asian affirmation. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 515 (
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Categorization
- XREF: connects to: The West promotes a universal culture it is increasingly unable to impose.; The West produced its own internal others while excluding non-Europeans. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 524; Local political forms in the Middle East disguise deep hostility to Western tutelage (+9 more)
Broader Connections
- Non-Western civilizations broadly resisted Western democratization pressure by 1995
#corroborates(0.92) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 515 - Universal civilization advocates demand Western domination they refuse to endorse
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