Two Significant Developments In The

In The 19th Century It Was Basically Nationality And People Trying To Define Their Nationalism And Create States Which Would Reflect Their Nationalism. In The 20th Century, Ideology Came To The Fore, Largely, But Not Exclusively, As A Result Of The Russian Revolution And We Have Fascism, Communism And Liberal Democracy Competing With Each Other. Well That's Pretty Much Over.

I Don't Say That The West Is United, I Don't Suggest That.

I Think In Theory, The United States Finds It Much Easier To Deal With Situations Where There Is A Leading Country. You Can Go To The Leaders Of That Country And Say, For Example, To India, "there Are All These Problems In Bangladesh, We Really Have To Do Something About It, What Do You Suggest We Can Do To Work Out A Common Policy?" But When You Don't Have The Equivalent Of India, You Have To Go Capital To Capital Trying To Put Together A Coalition, Which Is Extraordinarily Difficult, Especially In The Arab World, Because Of The Historic Rivalries And Branches Of Islam.

When You Have Increased Migration Of Peoples And Ethnic And Religious Minorities, You Develop A Set Of Rules And Language The Larger Society Can Accept And The Minority Community Can Accept.

As Far As Ideology Or Political Beliefs Are Concerned, Countries Are Very Different.