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An early indicator of success will be when the global
discourse
on biotechnology focuses on the benefits as well as the risks, and on the concerns of both the developing and developed world.
Fake news – and fake allegations of fake news – now plagues civil discourse, and political parties have proved increasingly willing to use xenophobia and other malign strategies to win elections.
It is time to abandon the “either/or”
discourse
that pits science against humanities – which the British chemist and novelist C.P. Snow identified more than a half-century ago as an obstacle to human progress.
While the
discourse
of sacrifice persists, the logic that has shored it up for millennia has been abandoned.
This return to pre-feminist
discourse
is not confined to India.
The difference in
discourse
between then and now attests to how far the current multilateral order has moved from its original aims.
Today’s tendency to view Muslim grievances in one-dimensional terms reduces political
discourse
to a very simplistic level.
That theme has died out in diplomatic
discourse.
As in Russia and Venezuela, a few courageous dissidents are allowed to exist on the margins of public discourse, to provide a semblance of free speech.
Trump’s rejection of “reasoned discourse, including commitments to truth and evidence,” has been accompanied by an unlimited “capacity to manipulate mass opinion and play on such repressed emotions as racism and class envy.”
But explaining that to block thinkers will never have the impact of a real connection to the multi-faceted
discourse
that is actually taking place on the other side.
But over time, especially in conservative political discourse, criticism of Israel increasingly came to be regarded as not just anti-Semitic but also anti-American.
Singapore’s
discourse
on meritocracy has failed to gain much traction abroad, largely because it was not presented as a universal ideal.
But an uncomfortable question lingers: How is it possible for the world’s most powerful country and its oldest continuous democracy to exhibit a state of political
discourse
that is more reminiscent of a failed African state?
One is that the US will ultimately be undone by the poor quality of its democratic discourse, and that it is merely at the start of an inevitable decline.
In Pakistan, for example, there are sectarian killings almost daily; in Malaysia, the tiny Shia population is viewed as an existential threat; and incendiary language dominates
discourse
about rival sects in Wahhabi circles in Saudi Arabia and far beyond.
However, the shock of sudden Sunni disempowerment generated a discourse, widely shared in the Muslim world, in which the Shia are guilty of collusion in the US occupation of the country – a view reinforced by events in Syria.
Nevertheless, drawing Libya deeper into international discourse, despite the possibility of roadblocks along the way, is a strategic decision that, now that it has been taken, the West must pursue with patience, perseverance, and constant nurturing.
Others feel suffocated by the prevailing toxic
discourse
that casts European Muslims as foreign, alien, and suspect.
Although there have been many obstacles on the road to good relations, this year could provide a unique opportunity to forge a new
discourse
of tolerance and understanding between the peoples of the Islamic world and the West.
The question arising from the end of this conflict is this: what are likely to be the intellectually and emotionally mobilizing forces of political
discourse
in the future?
But if these processes can be handled responsibly, if Europe unites, if the EU expands, if NATO expands, if the American-Chinese relationship is more cooperative, if there is greater sharing of political responsibility for the fate of the Middle East and the Persian Gulf, particularly once there is a peace treaty between Israel and its neighbors, if there is triangular discourse, cooperation, security arrangements eventually in the Far East, if Russia realizes that its only destiny is not the recreation of an empire that claims the status of a global power but as part of a more closely integrated Europe, which will create for the Russian people the opportunity to become a truly democratic and modern state, then we'll have the makings of something which provides gradually an alternative to the present, rather unique, phase of American preponderance.
If anyone does not like them, there are all the instruments of public debate and of critical
discourse
that an enlightened community has at its disposal.
The gains of enlightened
discourse
are too precious to be turned into negotiable values.
Of course, when it comes to immigration and human rights, the internationalist ideological tradition of socialism prevents extreme nationalist and racist
discourse
on the far left.
The imposition of a monolithic religious
discourse
on society has made liberal values attractive to Iranians.
And it discourages younger, less credentialed economists from entering the public
discourse.
The public
discourse
is poorer for this.
Thus, an effective leader is one who promotes free speech, engages in civil discourse, and remains open to compromise.
Given their numbers, not to mention rising education and literacy rates, young people can make a world of difference, shaping political
discourse
and electoral outcomes.
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