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  Answer with a 3-4 page critical essay deposited in Drop Box prior to the final exam meeting time.At the end of the Cold War, intellectuals struggled to find a new framework with which to judge global affairs.  With the fall of the Soviet Union, what new ideological and social tendencies might hold sway?For this essay, you will read extracts from three of those intellectuals, all writing from the UnitedStates: Francis Fukuyama, Benjamin Barber, and Samuel Huntington.You also view a video by a critic of several of these approaches, Edward Said.  In your essay, you will identify which of the three writers you find most compelling in charting future directions, with specific arguments differentiating that authors thesis.