Berlin is committed to dismissing the West-vs-Rest theme. Pictured: German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (Photo: European Council / Flickr Commons) Although the ISIL is a convenient common enemy, the Paris attacks have widened the “deep rift within the Western world” and worsened the clash among the “Western Civilizations” themselves over the “inclusion of ‘the other’” which … Continue reading Paris Attacks Widen Gap Between Germany and the Rest of the West