Publication

This paper traces global trends in the use of language and media to identify the implications of cultural change and identity formation for national security. The author suggests that in the next several decades, the world is likely to be more ideologically fragmented than at any time during the 20th century. Not only will the ability of the United States to push back against other rising “centers of influence” be comparatively reduced; other rising powers themselves will unlikely be able to wield the same forms of influence that shaped international politics in the 20th century.