Internet Activities   Instructions: Enter your answers into the boxes below. If you'd like a print-out of your responses, click on the Submit button at the bottom of the page, and you will be taken to a printer-friendly page. If you have been instructed to submit your exercise online, enter both your and your instructor's name and e-mail address, then click the Email button at the bottom of the page. Your answers will be e-mailed immediately. Macintosh Users: If you have been instructed to submit your reponses to your instructor, you must enter your responses, then click on the Submit button at the bottom of the page to receive a printer-friendly version of your responses that you can then print and turn in to your instructor.   The End of History, or the Clash of Civilizations? Renowned analyst Francis Fukuyama has argued that we have reached an "end of history," one in which liberal democracy and regulated capitalism is, and will remain, the global norm. Samuel Huntington has postulated that there will be a coming "clash of civilizations," that we have not yet reached the end of history. The two articles here examine and analyze the debate in the post 9-11 world. "Has History Started Again?" by Francis Fukuyama "The Future of 'History'" by Stanley Kurtz 1. What are Fukuyama’s main points in his "end of history" thesis? Does he truly think there is an actual "end" to history? 2. What are the main components of Huntington’s "clash of civilizations" thesis? 3. How does Huntington view the spread of democracy to traditionally nondemocratic states? How does he predict it will affect the United States? 4. How do the two articles view the "end of history" and the "clash of civilizations" in terms of the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks? Which presents the best arguments? Why?     Student Name:* Student Email:*   Professor Name:*   Professor Email:*         *required
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