Implication for the Western policy: short term advantage & long term accommodation
Short term advantage:
cooperation and unity
cooperative relations with Russia & Japan
local inter-civilization conflicts
limit the military strength and conflicts of Confucian & Islamic states
military capabilities & superiority
strengthen international institutions that reflect and legitimate Western interests & values
Short term advantage:
promote greater cooperation and unity within its own civilization
promote & maintain cooperative relations with Russia & Japan
prevent escalation of local inter-civilization conflicts
limit the expansion of the military strength of Confucian & Islamic states
moderate the reduction of Western military capabilities & maintain military superiority
exploit differences & conflicts among Confucian & Islamic states
support in other civilizations groups sympathetic to Western interests & values
strengthen international institutions that reflect and legitimate Western interests & values and to promote involvement of non-Western states in those institutions
Long term accommodation:
maintain economic & military power
Understand other civilizations’ religious & philosophical assumptions
identify elements of commonality between Western & other civilizations
Long term accommodation:
maintain economic & military power to protect its interests
develop more profound understanding of other civilizations’ religious & philosophical assumptions, as well as the way they see their interests
identify elements of commonality between Western & other civilizations