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Parent topics

• Futures studies [r]: The discipline of predicting futures, which is not limited to extrapolating from present trends or to a single possible future ^[e]
• Globalization [r]: The interaction of peoples, cultures, and businesses worldwide, which tend to overcome traditional national and cultural boundaries ^[e]
• Grand strategy [r]: The application of all national means of affecting the actions of other nations and non-national actors; specifically includes but is not restricted to military means ^[e]

Subtopics

• The Pentagon's New Map [r]: A book on grand strategy and world development by Thomas P. M. Barnett, which postulates that world conflict is chiefly due to lack of "connectedness" of nations to the information-intensive core of nations; he also proposes a partnership, in peace enforcement, between the high-technology "takedown" function and the "nation-building" role ^[e]
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• Benjamin Barber [r]: Political scientist and author, now at Demos, books include Jihad vs. McWorld: How Globalism and Tribalism are Reshaping the World ^[e]
• Anthony Cordesman [r]: Center for Strategic and International Studies; Board of Editors, Middle East Quarterly ^[e]
• Stuart Eizenstat [r]: Attorney, now heading the international practice of Covington and Burling; Director, Atlantic Council guest scholar, Brookings Institution; member, Council on Foreign Relations; Board of Trustees, Freedom House; past positions including chief White House domestic policy adviser to President Jimmy Carter (1977-1981); U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs, and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury in the Bill Clinton Administration (1993-2001) ^[e]
• Francis Fukuyama [r]: Professor at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, author and government adviser on global development and foreign policy; in and out of neoconservatism; adjunct fellow, Hudson Institute; director, National Endowment for Democracy, New America Foundation ^[e]
• Samuel Huntington [r]: An American political scientist, futurist and sociologist (1927-2008), with numerous academic and government posts; well known for his "clash of civilizations" theories and analysis of the motivations of soldiers ^[e]

• The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order [r]: A book, by Samuel Huntington, assuming a fundamental conflict between civilizations of different cultures, and discussing grand strategy to deal with this conflict ^[e]
• The End of History and the Last Man [r]: An argument, by Francis Fukuyama, that universal history, through the forces of "the logic of modern science" and the "struggle for recognition" make liberal democracy a natural end state of historical development. ^[e]
• Jihad vs. McWorld [r]: A book by Benjamin Barber, first published in 1995, examining the interaction of globalization and consumerism with religious fundamentalism and tribalism; McDonald's, MTV, and Macintosh are used as icons for consumerism ^[e]