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100	1		_aLACEY James G
245			_aThe impending collapse of Arab civilization
260			_c2005
520			_aPuts the case that the view, propounded by Samuel Huntington and Bernard Lewis, that the modern world faces a clash of civilizations is not correct. Instead it suggests that Islam as a religion is doing well, but that in economic and development terms the (mostly Muslim) Arab world is not. Suggests that unquestioning acceptance of the clash of civilzation idea as the basis for grand strategy is not sound policy.
650			_aCLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS
650			_aARAB WORLD _x ECONOMICS
650			_aUNITED STATES _x FOREIGN POLICY
690			_aMiscellaneous
773			_aProceedings: _g September 2005, pp.24-27 (86)
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