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Politicians, functionaries, army officials – usually coming from the right – introduced into Israeli political life the disgraceful norms in force in the occupied territories.
But when inadmissible norms become tolerated in silence, even the strongest juridical system becomes destabilized.
Their idea – now called “global governance” – was to create an institutional architecture that could foster international cooperation, elaborate consensual global norms, and establish predictable, universally applicable rules, to the benefit of all.
The UN remains the source of laws and norms that countries negotiate together and agree to uphold as the “rules of the road.”
Both countries are now not only actively undermining the rules-based trading system; they seem to be proving that, as long as a country is powerful enough, it can flout shared rules and norms with impunity.
The dissemination of democratic norms from the advanced countries of the West to the rest of the world has been perhaps the most significant benefit of globalization.
Since the economic collapse of 2008-2009, globalism and its supporting economic rules and norms have been challenged not just by US President Donald Trump, but by populists entering the European mainstream.
He seems to have no plans to adhere to basic rules and norms relating to his own conflicts of interest.
These historically embedded norms and practices were only slowly superseded.
Smart policy can help us to overcome short-run constraints, deeply entrenched behaviors, and social norms, and to develop innovative financing instruments that change incentives.
It is the legalism of the barbarian, and the instinctive political philosophy of all who are in revolt against democratic norms of behavior.
The Organization of American States and other regional bodies must now forcefully insist on the effective restoration of constitutional norms in Venezuela.
It was the ultimate proof that the Bush administration does not believe in universal norms.
These norms are in keeping with the principle of sound governance embodied in the European Union’s Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Bush was also respectful of institutions and norms at home and abroad, going to the US Congress for authorization of the Gulf War, and to the United Nations for a resolution under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter.
Like people everywhere, they reflexively conform to the norms of the world around them, without thinking through their merits.
Since Chinese is the language of instruction at Tibetan schools and universities, anyone who wishes to be more than a poor peasant, beggar, or seller of trinkets must conform to Chinese norms, that is, become Chinese.
Social norms undervalue girls and women, with sex-selection abortions resulting in an estimated 1.3 million girls per year not being born in China and India alone.
Ultimately, entrenched social and cultural norms remain the most intractable obstacle to female leadership in Asia.
Affirmative action programs can expedite female representation in leadership, but they take time to affect deeply ingrained social norms.
The global agenda in this area determines the norms and standards that shape how public and private actors promote health, prevent disease, and administer care.
The most fundamental of these values is democracy, understood to entail not merely periodic elections, but also active and meaningful participation in decision making, which requires an engaged civil society, strong freedom of information norms, and a vibrant and diversified media that are not controlled by the state or a few oligarchs.
But most Poles are committed to democratic norms and believe in civilizing the uncivilized.
But no treaty should be signed so long as the sincerity of Russia’s commitment to the norms of international behavior remains in doubt.
But if one thinks in terms of universal norms of human rights, what right has Turkey to dictate internal development in another country?
Changing endemic cultural norms about gender and identity – and developing more female leaders – begins in the classroom.
Such behavior flouts the norms and rules of the international community and isolates Iran and its people.
Most Western and Middle Eastern governments are also highly concerned about Iran’s behavior, which reflects a rejection of international norms such as respect for national sovereignty.
The territorial and economic imperatives of empire will continue to make it difficult for Russia to develop a political system that conforms to Western norms.
Network organizations (such as the G-20) are used for setting agendas, building consensus, coordinating policy, exchanging knowledge, and establishing norms.
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