U.s. Foreign Policy Is In Every Area

Certainly There Are Various Trans-islamic Political Movements, Which Try To Appeal To Muslims In All Societies.

There Are Lots Of Conflicts Going On In The Middle East. It Is Unclear As To Which Country Will Emerge, If Any, As The Dominant Or Hegemonic Power In The Middle East.

Countries Will Cooperate With Each Other, And Are More Likely To Cooperate With Each Other When They Share A Common Culture, As Is Most Dramatically Illustrated In The European Union. But Other Groupings Of Countries Are Emerging In East Asia And In South America. Basically, As I Said, These Politics Will Be Oriented Around, In Large Part, Cultural Similarities And Cultural Antagonism.

People Everywhere Talk About Islam And The West. Presumably That Has Some Relationship To Reality, That These Are Entities That Have Some Meaning And They Do. Of Course The Core Ofthat Reality Is Differences In Religion.

The Core Of The American Set Of Beliefs Has Remained Pretty Constant.