Reading Geopolitics, No. 1: Universalism vs. Particularism

Saturday Trompenaars' Cultural Dimensions

Find an international rule that every country has agreed to. Watch which nations follow it and which do not. The split is the difference between universalist and particularist cultures.

To a lesser extent, the reciprocal is true; when you know which nations are universalist and particularist, you can predict which will follow the rules and which are less likely to follow the rules.