当德国和梵蒂冈于1991和1992年迅速承认克罗地亚和斯洛文尼亚时，他们实际加深了已故政治学家塞缪尔·亨廷顿随后提出的所谓“文明冲突”的印象。
When Germany and the Vatican quickly recognized Croatia and Slovenia in 1991 and 1992, they reinforced the sense of what the late political scientist Samuel P. Huntington subsequently called a “clash of civilizations.”