Originally Posted by JohnFlint1985

I was a student of a couple of very good professors and modern historians Richard Pipes and Bernard Lewis. Both dealt with very different aspects of world history, but never-the-less their view on the history and politics was surprisingly close and almost the same. According to them 21 century is going to be a century of a conflict (hopefully not military one) between different human civilizations for the control of resources, earth hegemony and domination, space exploration and colonization of planets. As much as I want to believe that there is such a thing as brotherly love in this world - I still believe that it is not enough and their predictions are quite on target. I am showing here a map and a scheme of their theory. Let's keep this discussion civil and interesting.
Please don't take this map as an 100% correct version of upcoming events. It is wrong in few details but it is right in general.

Western civilization, centered on Western Europe (particularly the European Union) and North America, but also including other European-derived countries such as Australia and New Zealand. Huntington also includes the Pacific Islands, East Timor, Suriname, French Guiana, and northern and central Philippines. Whether Latin America and the former member states of the Soviet Union are included, or are instead their own separate civilizations, will be an important future consideration for those regions, according to Huntington.

The Orthodox world of Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Republika Srpska and Ukraine.

Latin America. It's a hybrid of the western world and the local indigenous people. May be considered a part of Western civilization, though it has slightly distinct social and political structures from Europe and North America. Many people of the Southern Cone, however, regard themselves as full members of the Western civilization.

The Muslim world of Central Asia, North Africa, Southwest Asia, Afghanistan, Albania, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Pakistan, Somalia, Mindanao, and parts of India.

Hindu civilization, located chiefly in India, Nepal, and culturally adhered to by the global Non-resident Indians and People of Indian Origin, the diaspora.

The Sinic civilization of China, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Vietnam. This group also includes the Chinese diaspora, especially in relation to Southeast Asia.

Japan, considered a hybrid of Chinese civilization and older Altaic patterns.

The civilization of Sub-Saharan Africa is considered as a possible 8th civilization by Huntington.

The Buddhist areas of Bhutan, Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Arunachal Pradesh, Kalmykia, parts of Nepal, parts of Siberia, and the Tibetan government-in-exile are identified as separate from other civilizations, but Huntington believes that they do not constitute a major civilization in the sense of international affairs.

Instead of belonging to one of the "major" civilizations, Ethiopia, Haiti, and
Turkey are labeled as "Lone" countries. Israel could be considered a unique state with its own civilization, Huntington writes, but one which is extremely similar to the West. Huntington also believes that former British colonies in the Caribbean constitute a distinct entity.

In some cases, the Sinic, Hindu, Buddhist and Japonic civilizations are merged into a single civilization called Eastern World.