The differences among civilizations hamper peace efforts and attempts at economic integration. The West's hidden agenda. It ignores the positive roles cultures have on one another and creates a mythical anti-West alliance. World security is not threatened by cultural conflict as Harvard professor Samuel P. Huntington claims. Civilizations have always fought each other.
Many current conflicts are due to simple national interests.
And struggles within groups dwarf those between them. India and Pakistan's foray into the nuclear arms race seemed to give credence to Huntingdon's claim. However, a closer analysis of this development revealed that these countries' nuclear arms activities did not spring from their Islam-Hinduism animosity. India's venture was sparked by its desire to proclaim its power and gain the respect of other nations. Thus, this security threat is also political in nature.