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But even moderate critics of the mosque (actually an Islamic cultural center with a prayer room called Park 51) betray in their arguments two assumptions that are as questionable as they are ingrained in the prevailing public discourse in the US.
Since Shiite fundamentalism is itself a recent phenomenon, the early Iranian revolutionaries inevitably rebuilt the religious seminaries along lines suggested by the Iranian opposition’s most powerful pre-revolutionary discourse: communist ideology.
The governments of Poland, Hungary, and Turkey have become increasingly authoritarian and – like leaders in the Balkans, China, and Russia – increasingly eager to control public discourse.
Green Energy and Clean PoliticsNEW YORK – There are few areas of public discourse where the old adage, “People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones,” is more applicable than climate change.
This “Back to Edo” discourse translates into the refusal of young Japanese to learn a foreign language or travel abroad.
Many occur on an international basis, and we need to encourage such discourse, even in tough times for government budgets.
And liberal capitalism itself – with its mediocre political leaders and cartoonish public discourse – has become a poor advertisement for the Absolute Idea.
In his speech to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s death on June 4, Khamenei fully appropriated the discourse of the dissident clerics aligned with Khatami.
Indeed, even at the left end of mainstream discourse, the boldest call is for the well-off merely to contribute their "fair share" to paying for the costs of government.
This narrative of decline and pessimism underlies much of today’s environmental discourse, and is often formulated in a simple fashion: by 2030, we will need two planets to sustain us, owing to higher living standards and population growth.
As a result, the question that dominates Israeli discourse nowadays is whether or not to invade Hamas-controlled Gaza.
Indeed, the nominal acceptance of grand narratives of "democracy" and "human rights" as common bases for political discourse represents a crucial shift in demarcating the cultural battle.
Upon Saddam's fall, a large "middle ground" existed in Iraq that was positively disposed towards democratic discourse and practice.
One consequence of a document like the Global Strategy is the creation of a common discourse.
Moreover, social media are blamed for amplifying political polarization, while providing a platform for foreign meddling in countries’ elections and public discourse.
Indeed, Russia’s reaction is consistent with its recurrent discourse about being “squeezed out” of its own neighborhood and “encircled” by hostile Western powers.
Both events severely distorted public discourse.
The term features in political discourse and has become a key approach to global agricultural development.
And that presupposes a discourse on the state-market relationship that is very different from the one to which Westerners are accustomed.
The Old Continent has been immersed since World War II in a “post-historical” discourse that rules out the use of force as a way to resolve conflicts, let alone to bring about regime change.
Owing to new information and communication technologies, Africans, particularly young Africans, are better informed, more engaged in civil and political discourse, and increasingly capable of holding their leaders accountable.
It was the Enlightenment, with its embrace of reasoned discourse and scientific inquiry, that underpinned the enormous increases in standards of living in the subsequent two and a half centuries.
Measuring the Costs of “Too Big To Fail”CAMBRIDGE – The idea that some banks are “too big to fail” has emerged from the obscurity of regulatory and academic debate into the broader public discourse on finance.
America does not need more of the partisanship that ossified our public discourse.
What the nation needs is a discourse that recognizes the importance of both hard and soft power and debates a smart strategy to integrate them.
The opposition’s new leadership also displaced those who wanted to supplant “populist” leaders with an anti-political discourse.
As vernacular languages--particularly French--displaced Latin, religious discourse gave way to observation and analysis, with unlimited faith in reason and scientific progress.
The search for the essential traits of a leader dominated the field of leadership studies until the late 1940’s, and remains common in popular discourse today.
This effort is all the more urgent in view of the toxic political discourse on migration.
Initiation into Islamist ideology needs to be countered by a much stronger initiation into the culture of democracy and its fundamental values – and by a much stronger affirmation of these values within our political discourse.
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