In 1993 the Harvard political scientist Samuel P. Huntington wrote an article in Foreign Affairs titled “The Clash of Civilizations?” In that article -- and subsequent book -- Huntington argued that ...

The “Kennan Sweepstakes,” they called it in the early 1990s. Decades earlier, the diplomat George Kennan had won lasting renown (and lifelong self-torture) with his writings at the Cold War’s outset ...

Samuel Huntington envisioned enduring hostility between Islam and the West. But that thesis hasn’t come to pass — and it overlooks the identity crisis that will truly define this century. Thirty years ...

In “The Fourth Turning Is Here” and “End Times,” the historian Neil Howe and the social scientist Peter Turchin use generational analysis and Big Data to predict the crises to come. By Francis ...

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BOSTON (Reuters) - Political scientist Samuel Huntington, whose controversial book "The Clash of Civilizations" predicted conflict between the West and the Islamic world, has died at age 81, Harvard ...

The late Samuel Huntington’s “clash of civilizations” paradigm has been taking a beating lately. His critics have warned that such a worldview portends a millenarian war between the West and Islam.

This was the context when Samuel Huntington injected his famous ideas into public consciousness 30 years ago. A 1993 Foreign Affairs essay he expanded into a bestselling book with a slightly different ...

Two columnists sit down to discuss two books that crystallize this period in America. By Carlos Lozada, Pamela Paul and Vishakha Darbha In “The Fourth Turning Is Here” and “End Times,” the historian ...