Samuel Huntington may refer to: (wikipedia)
The founding fathers added the propositional dimension to American identity at the time of the Revolution. How else were they going to justify themselves in rebelling against the British monarchy?
Back then that was pretty clear, and there were great pressures, and a certain amount of coercion, to ensure that immigrants did assimilate to the Anglo-Protestant culture, work ethnic, and the principles of the American Creed.
They were establishing new societies, in some cases for commercial reasons, in more cases for religious reasons.
One doesn't know whether that economic growth will continue at its recent rates, and China may well go into an economic slide.
And Asian societies and Muslim societies are increasingly resentful of our efforts to induce them to adopt our values.
There's only one non-western territory that I can think is still run by a western government, and that's Hong Kong.
But we have to recognize the limits on our power and the fact that our ability to bring about changes in other societies is, is declining.
Since the new wave of immigration as a result of the 1965 changes, overall emigration appears to be somewhat lower than earlier in this century.
A partial truth, on the other hand, is plausible, because there is evidence to support it. And hence, it is easy to assume that it is the total truth.
Well, I think as far as China is concerned, it's the economic dynamism of China, which has already made China more assertive in world affairs.