Key "Theorists"
Samuel Huntington: The world will be characterized by the clash of civilizations based on deep and irreconcilable differences. The key civilizations are: West, Confucian, Japanese, Islamic, Hindu, Slavic-Orthodox, Latin American, and African.
Benjamin Barber: Jihad versus McWorld. "The most attractive democratic ideal...will be a confederal union of semi-autonomous communities smaller than nation-states, tied together into regional economic associations and markets larger than nation-states..."
Thomas Friedman: the world is flat...globalization creates a level playing field where all competitors have equal opportunity.