Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and the Return of Civilisational Politics: An American and French Tale
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has emerged in a broader historical context of deglobalisation and a fractured global economy.
Civilization as an Alternative Unit of Analysis in International Relations
The civilizational approach may be helpful in opening new perspectives and enable scholars to broaden their ontological and epistemological approaches.
Samuel Huntington and the American Way of War
Huntington’s thesis has aided and abetted liberals with access to firearms; presenting them with suggestions, imperatives and hopes. As such his argument is a classic self-fulfilling prophecy.
Civilizations, Political Systems and Power Politics: A Critique of Huntington’s ‘Clash of Civilizations’
What we are seeing along the most conflictual of the civilizational fault lines is not so much a civilizational conflict as a conflict over alternative political systems.
Why (Clash of) Civilizations Discourses Just Won’t Go Away? Understanding the Civilizational Politics of Our Times
Identity politics has opened up the space for civilizations to reassert themselves as crucial discursive vectors of contemporary antagonisms.
Huntington’s ‘Clash of Civilizations’ Today: Responses and Developments
The UN and moderate Muslims have stressed that interreligious and intercultural dialogue is the way forward. But, will politicians act accordingly?
Civilizational Perspectives in International Relations and Contemporary China-India Relations
India and China both seem to be simultaneously moving upward on relative power trajectories while sustaining a rivalry which will further magnify.
Tracing Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations Thesis in the Alternative for Germany
The question becomes not whether Islam is a threat to stability but whether radicalization within diverse cultures is at the heart of whipping up the very conflict they seek to end.
The ‘Clash of Civilizations’ in International Law
International law remains an under-researched topic in the literature on Huntington’s ‘clash of civilizations’. This is remarkable since international law itself was born out of such a clash.
The (New) ‘Clash of Civilizations’: Migration and Terrorism
Dangerous ties are being nourished in Europe while we witness the growth of populist movements against refugees and migrants claiming a connection between Islam and terrorism.
