西方和非西方：文明间的问题 在正在显现的世界中，属于不同文明的国家和集团之间的关系不仅不会是紧密的，反而常常会是对抗性的。但是，某些文明之间的关系比其他文明更具有产生冲突的倾向。在微观层面上，最强烈的断层线是在伊斯兰国家与其东正教、印度、非洲和西方基督教邻 Western and non-Western: the issue of civilizations In the emerging world, the relations between nations and groups belonging to different civilizations are not always compact but often confrontational. However, the relations between some civilizations tend to be more conflict-generating than other civilizations. At the microscopic level, the strongest fault lines are found in the Islamic countries and their Orthodox Christian, Indian, African and Christian Christian neighbors