Huntington suggests that in the future the central axis of world politics tends to be the conflict between Western and non-Western civilizations, in 's phrase, the conflict between "the West and the Rest".
Hantington sugeriše da u budućnosti osovina svetske politike ima tendenciju sukoba između Zapadnih i nezapadnih civilizacija, u frazi Stjuarta Hala, između „Zapada i ostalih”.