People Have Multiple Identities.

Civilizations Evolve Over Time, And Most Scholars Of Civilization, Including People Like Carol Quigley, Argue That They Go Through Periods Of Warring States, And Eventually Evolve Into A Universal State.

The Major Difference For Us In America With Respect To Hispanic Immigration Is That It Is So Large And That It Is Coming From Neighboring Countries Rather Than Those Countries Off The Atlantic Or Pacific. That Creates Different Issues And Different Problems For Us As Compared To The Past. It Is Still Very Different, However, From The Situation In Europe Where We See People With A Very Different Non-european Religion Coming From Neighboring Countries.

I've Been To Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, And Kuwait For Brief Visits At Conferences, And They Are Very Interesting Countries.

The Question Really Is What Will Be The Central Focus Of Global Politics In The Coming Decades And My Argument Is That Cultural Identities And Cultural Antagonisms And Affiliations Will Play Not The Only Role But A Major Role.

Cultural America Is Under Siege. And As The Soviet Experience Illustrates, Ideology Is A Weak Glue To Hold Together People Otherwise Lacking Racial, Ethnic, And Cultural Sources Of Community.