1. About the author… Samuel Huntington (1927~2008) Ph.D. from Yale (18) Prof. at Harvard (23~) The White House Coordinator of Security Planning for the National Security Council (1977~1988/ Carter) The journal Foreign Policy

2. The Clash of Civilizations? A thesis on the post-Cold war world order With a question mark (1993, Foreign Affairs) Without the question mark in few years later (1996)

3. Discussion Questions 1) What does Huntington see as the trends in the spread of religious fundamentalism, and what are the causes of these trends? Do you agree or disagree? 2) Why and when do religious or other cultural differences breed conflicts between different states? Can you think of states from different civilizations that seem to get along well, or states from the same civilizations that are generally at odds? 3) What does Huntington mean when he says that “the paramount axis of world politics will be the relations between ‘the West and the Rest’”? Do you agree?

4. Discussion Questions 4) Have events since the article was written seemed to bear out or contradict Huntington’s thesis? Would Osama bin Laden agree with him or disagree? 5) What do you think the foreign policy implications of Huntington’s argument are?

5. Charlie Rose Interview with Samuel Huntington http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=the+clash+of+civilizations&emb=0&aq=0&oq=the+clash+of+civil i#q=the+clash+of+civilizations&emb=0&aq=0&oq=the+clash+of+civili&start=80&view=2&qvid=Charlie& vid=-2337511273984747591 Edward Said Lecture. The Myth of ‘the Clash of Civilizations’ http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=- 6705627964658699201&ei=mskES8blO4eWqAOlqKS4CQ&q=the+clash+of+civilizations Noam Chomsky on the Clash of Civilizations http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=the+clash+of+civilizations&emb=0&aq=0&oq=the+clash+of+civil i#q=the+clash+of+civilizations&emb=0&aq=0&oq=the+clash+of+civili&start=80&view=2&qvid=Noam&v id=-6251356592555890734

6. Civilizations Map