Ajami does not believe that civilizations will clash over race and does not acknowledge the "de-westernization" of societies. He believes that Huntington places far too much emphasis on tradition.

"We have been hearing from traditionalists, but we should not exaggerate their power, for traditions are often more insistent and loud when they rupture, when people no longer really b

elieve and when age-old customs lose their ability to keep men and women at home."

His ideas on tradition clearly undercut Huntington's ideas on the re-emergence of tribalism. He says instead of states splintering because of secular groups they will stay coherent out of necessity and fear of chaos.

t it is hard to find anyone of a true ethnicity. No culture has been that isolated. History has had its' score of quarrel but it also reminds us that we still exist and that humanity has an uncanny ability to learn and survive from previously made mistakes.

In "The End of Progressivism" Eisuke Sakakibara again looks over the history of conflict and does not believe that conflict comes from sheer ethnicity alone. Instead he points to economic and environmental problems. He also denies the premise made by Fukuyama

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