In 1920, the West ruled huge amounts of the world.

The West hasn't reached its universal state as yet, although its close to it, but it certainly has evolved out of its warring state phase, which it was in for a couple of centuries.

It will take a long time, and certainly the West will remain the dominant civilization well into the next century, but the decline is occurring.

And the big question for the West, of course, and to the Europeans is, what other countries, which were formerly part of the Soviet bloc, should be incorporated into western institutions?

The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion […] but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.

Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the world.