lodestar, Clash of Civilizations, ‘Like Living in a Horror Movie’

 

Russia remains a lodestar for nations like Serbia that feel resentment against the West, experts say.

Survival on Ukraine’s Front Line Is ‘Like Living in a Horror Movie’

The war never stops in Huliaipole, a town in eastern Ukraine. Most residents have fled, and those who remain wonder where the next shelling will land.

Clash of Civilizations - Wikipedia

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The Clash of Civilizations is a thesis that people's cultural and religious identities will be the primary source of conflict in the post–Cold War world.

lodestar

/ˈləʊdstɑː/

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noun

1. a star that is used to guide the course of a ship, especially the Pole Star.

   Similar:

   guide

   guiding star

   guiding light

   role model

   model

   luminary

   exemplar

   ideal

   inspiration

   criterion

   aim

   guiding principle

   standard

   pattern

   • a person or thing that serves as an inspiration or guide.

     "she was his intellectual lodestar"