Synopsis:
- Western Civil War
- 1648:
- The modern international system is born with the Peace of Westphalia
- Conflicts of the Western world are among monarchs attempting to expand the territory they ruled
- Monarchs create nation states
- 1793:
- Nationalism is born with the French Revolution
- Conflicts are among nations
- Nation states create cultural dogmas
- Western Civil War
- 1919:
- Ideologies are born with the Russian Revolution
- Conflicts are among ideologies (nazism, communism, democracy)
- Cultural dogmas create western civilization
- Clash of Civilizations
- 1991:
- The fall of Communism and the triumph of Capitalism ends the Western Civil War
- Globalization weakens the nation state as a source of identity
- Conflicts are among civilizations (Western, Islamic, Confucian, Japanese, Islamic, Hindu, Slavic-Orthodox, Latin American, African)
- Capitalism creates regional economic blocs (European Union, Asean, etc)
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