February 25, 2000
Students of World Affairs Can't Ignore the Continuing Clout of the Great Powers
In the aftermath of the cold war, scholars have been busy trying to create new frameworks to interpret world events. Observers focusing on globalization, democracy, and technology see the world as becoming smaller, and more uniform, prosperous, and peaceful. Those scrutinizing culture, religion, and ethnicity see a different world, one divided by civilizations and torn apart by civil wars.
Although those two viewpoints seem to be polar opposites, they have one
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