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The ‘Clash of Civilisations’ Thesis as a Tool for Explaining Conflicts in the Contemporary World

  • Osborn A
Defence Studies (2005) 5(3) 394-400
DOI: 10.1080/14702430500492849
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Discusses the "Clash of Civilisations" thesis in the explanation of conflicts in the contemporary world. Definition of a civilisation; Factors that reinforce the differences between civilisations, including the rise of economic unions; Conduction of a statistical analysis on conflict between pairs of states, from 1950 to 1992.

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Osborn, A. (2005). The ‘Clash of Civilisations’ Thesis as a Tool for Explaining Conflicts in the Contemporary World. Defence Studies, 5(3), 394–400. https://doi.org/10.1080/14702430500492849

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