The Dangers of Decadence: What the Rest Can Teach the West

dominant force in the 21st century, as it has for the past four or five centuries, is giving way to a sense of foreboding that forces like the emergence of fundamentalist Islam, the rise of East Asia and the collapse of Russia and Eastern Europe could pose real threats to the West. A siege mentality is develop ing. Within these troubled walls, Samuel P. Huntingtons essay The Clash of Civiliza tions? is bound to resonate. It will there