Samuel P. Huntington
Samuel Phillips Huntington (April 18, 1927 – December 24, 2008) was an American political scientist, adviser, and academic. He spent more than half a century at Harvard University, where he was director of Harvard's Center for International Affairs and the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor.
Samuel P. Huntington | |
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Huntington in 2004 | |
| Born | Samuel Phillips Huntington April 18, 1927 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | December 24, 2008 (aged 81) Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Yale University (BA) University of Chicago (MA) Harvard University (PhD) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Nancy Arkelyan (m. 1957) |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | Clientelism: A Study in Administrative Politics (1951) |
| Influences | Zbigniew Brzezinski Feliks Koneczny |
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| Discipline | Political science International relations |
| Institutions | Harvard University Columbia University |
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| Notable works | Political Order in Changing Societies (1968) The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (1996) |
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During the presidency of Jimmy Carter, Huntington was the White House Coordinator of Security Planning for the National Security Council.
Huntington is best known for his 1993 theory, the "Clash of Civilizations" otherwise known as COC, of a post–Cold War new world order. He argued that future wars would be fought not between countries, but between cultures, and that Islamic civilization would become the biggest threat to Western domination of the world. Huntington is credited with helping to shape American views on civilian-military relations, political development, and comparative government. According to the Open Syllabus Project, Huntington is the second most frequently cited author on college syllabi for political science courses.