He essentially has laid out an argument that the world will coalesce along cultural lines, in fact, cleavages; that the major conflicts of the 21st century will be what he calls a " clash of civilizations," and he stated as early as 1991 that there was no basis for collaboration between Japan and the United States.
Il a principalement laissé entendre que les regroupements mondiaux se feront selon les cultures, des clivages en fait, que les grands conflits du XXIe siècle seront ce qu'il appelle un «affrontement des civilisations». Il avait déjà dit en 1991 que le Japon et les États-Unis n'avaient aucune raison de collaborer.
