Westernization versus Modernization. This is the topic that stood out to us most throughout Huntington's essay. Huntington states that there will never be a universal civilization. As a westerner, it is in our blood to want to spread western culture to the rest of the world. When we accept what Huntington states, as we must, we begin to understand that many countries do not want to be like us. The majority of the middle east has resisted western culture and society, and has therefore fallen behind the west in terms of technology and government. They are now aiming to fix this disposition however, by becoming more modern, while still resisting western culture. Their culture has worked for them, and sustained them far longer than western culture has sustained the relatively young United States. Why change what works? Our question ultimately becomes is it in fact possible to modernize without westernizing? Does modernizing inherently suggest the absorption of western culture, which has become synonymous with modern government, technology, etc.? We aim to prove that it does, through research of real world countries.