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So in fact, the cultural or civilizational variable could not possibly be neglected in the explanation
of certain phenomena on the global scene. Otherwise, how can one to explain the phenomenon
of the alliance of Muslim countries with the international coalition at the time of the Iraqi invasion
to Kuwait? Or the Iraq- Iran conflict itself? Or the Moroccan- Algerian conflict on the question
of the Moroccan Sahara, does it have cultural or civilizational dimensions? Not at all. In multi
vocal states, from Lebanon to Pakistan and going through Lebanon, internal conflicts cannot be
interpreted by the prism of cultural or civilizational variables.

An analysis of the global scene has to take in consideration several variables just equally as important
as economic ones, namely, social, technical, as well as cultural and political. Order representation
as well as that of disorder must incorporate all the dimensions possible to surpass the clichés and
the pessimistic visions of the world which have been used to kick off the XXI century. This work
is necessary in order to deconstruct the imagery that is being propagated by scholarly work, the
media, decision-makers, and opinion leaders.