Huntington’s book revealed a vision of a world freed from Western arrogance and interventionism but respectful of national sovereignty. Professors and intellectuals from several countries join in to discuss this amazing book.
Alexandre del Valle analyses Samuel Huntington’s major book “Clash of civilisations” on Sunday, April 14 at 4.30 pm.
Alexandre del Valle is a French writer, professor, columnist and political commentator focusing on radical Islam, new geopolitical threats, civilizational conflicts and terrorism. He is the author, most recently, of “Les vrais ennemis de l’Occident: Du rejet de la Russie à l’islamisation des sociétés ouverte” (“The real enemies of the West: From the rejection of Russia to the Islamization of open societies”).
Defining post-Soviet Russia as the main enemy of the West, while considering the Sunni Islamic monarchies of the Middle East and neo-Ottoman-Islamist Turkey as allies or friends, is a dangerous geopolitical mistake. The primary interest of the West and the main mission of NATO is not to demonize regimes it does not like, such as Putin’s authoritarian kleptocracy or other non-democratic states that do not pose a direct military threat. Rather, it is to safeguard our land, sea, airspace and populations.
In order to accomplish this, however, we have define the “enemy.” In the military and strategic sense of the word, an enemy is an entity that truly threatens our short- and long-term survival and vital interests — not one that simply does not share our concept of democracy and human rights.
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