Harvard professor Samuel Huntington’s theory for a post-Cold War United States claimed that the “Confucian” states represented by China and the “Islamic” states would unify against the West in a civilization war for the fate of humankind. This theory was heavily criticized by theorist Edward Said for the racial and colonial stereotypes upon which this theory relied. Conservative policy analysts believe 9/11 proves Huntington’s thesis to be correct.
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