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China, with the Olympics looming, is unlikely to initiate a clash, and India has no desire to provoke its neighbor, which humiliated it in a brutal border war in 1962 that left China in possession of 23,200 square kilometers of Indian territory.
The
clash
between these two blocs is both real and misleading.
No political, diplomatic, or territorial arrangement with such a group – whose fanatical ideas and vicious practices
clash
with all civilized societies’ fundamental norms – can be justified.
Moreover, the
clash
within Islam is likely to be destabilizing regionally and counterproductive to the interests of the free world.
Of course, I do not fear some sort of military
clash
between Turkey and the EU.
But an increasingly virulent and violent
clash
of cultures is emerging in Europe – particularly in France, Germany, Spain, and the Netherlands – between Islam and the humanitarian, Christian, and Jewish traditions.
If it comes to a
clash
between the supposed interests of potentially rational but not yet even conscious beings and the vital interests of actually rational women, we should give preference to the women every time.
Such a debate does take place within all Eastern societies, which leads us to the real
clash
of civilizations: all societies today are fragmented between Westernizers and non-Westernizers.
This
clash
within civilizations on what modernization means is more significant than Huntington’s alleged conflict between geographical entities.
For a majority of Europeans, though they have absolutely no sympathy for radical Muslims, be they Sunni or Shia, Israel’s offensive against Hezbollah and its result, the destruction of Lebanon, are seen as self-defeating for Israel and as potentially detonating a
clash
of civilizations between Islam and the West.
But let’s not forget the war’s starting point: the
clash
within Hamas over whether to recognize Israel.
It would be a mistake to think of the standoff between the Greek government and the Eurogroup as a
clash
between Greece’s left and Europe’s conservative mainstream.
For the struggle is not a
clash
of Islam vs. the West, but a civil war within Islam between a minority of terrorists and a larger mainstream of non-violent believers.
The most important lesson five years after 9/11 is that failure to combine hard and soft power effectively in the struggle against jihadi terrorism will lead us into the trap set by those who want a
clash
of civilizations.
But this
clash
of titans, should it continue to escalate, will cost both parties dearly, to the point that even the winner (more likely to be the US) would probably find its victory Pyrrhic.
In fact, despite the low probability of a direct military
clash
between the US and China, a new cold war would undoubtedly produce collateral damage so far-reaching and severe that the very future of humanity could be jeopardized.
The Bush administration is fiercely opposed to lifting the embargo, pointing out that in the event of a military
clash
over Taiwan, US troops would face weapons provided to China by America’s own allies.
But no matter how frequently we proclaim that all "are born free and equal in dignity and rights," this
clash
of principles has not diminished.
The controversy over China’s exchange-rate policy thus is no mere bilateral US-China trade dispute, but rather a global macroeconomic
clash
between advanced and emerging countries.
The US could also
clash
with China over Taiwan.
A military confrontation on the Korean Peninsula could lead to a nightmare scenario in which nuclear weapons are used, or even to a larger
clash
between nuclear-armed global powers.
A
clash
with powerful unions awaits.
Another
clash
that NEPAD aims to resolve is that between economic rights, or “the right to bread,” which the Beijing model supporters put first, and political rights, or “the right to vote,” emphasized by the pro-Western camp.
The perceived
clash
between that rule and national sovereignty was a salient issue in the Brexit vote.
The recent effort by elements of the army – the shield of Kemalist secularism – to overturn the will of the people (as it has done three times in the last half-century) confirms the continuing
clash
between secularism and democracy in Turkey.
Then US and Chinese leaders can turn their attention to the broader problem of avoiding the Thucydides Trap, thereby preventing a
clash
with consequences that would dwarf those of a trade war.
So it is a grave mistake to link modern forms of fundamentalism with the idea of a
clash
of civilizations.
This led to a
clash
with Sarkozy when Lula visited Paris soon after Iran’s post-election crisis began.
But Saudi Arabia would welcome a
clash
between Israel and Hezbollah, believing that it would inevitably lead to a confrontation between Israel and Iran.
After all, with Russia’s deeper involvement in Syria, the risk of a
clash
between Russian and Western forces in the region has already been growing.
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