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The US is still the world’s foremost power, and it plays an indispensable role in preserving global norms.
US President Donald Trump’s administration will hinder economic growth when it starts to reverse trade agreements, and growth will take an even bigger hit when the US begins to destroy the norms and institutions that govern markets.
The second paradox extends beyond Poland, posing a challenge for all countries in transition from communism: elections that reflect democratic norms may, in fact, destabilize democracy.
In Western Europe and the US, for example, the cultural acceptance of social and economic equality between men and women has involved a long process of political struggle and evolving social norms.
In other parts of the Islamic world, the fertility rate is far lower and has declined in recent decades, signaling a major shift in cultural norms.
Children are also collateral damage, which stems from the relentless erosion of the laws and norms designed to protect civilians in conflict zones.
The international community is failing to uphold the laws, norms, and rules that define civilized standards.
For starters, systemically important but not sufficiently open countries – beginning with China – should liberalize their economies more rapidly (particularly by reducing non-tariff barriers) and adhere to internationally accepted norms on intellectual property.
Bolsonaro, by contrast, does not have a powerful party machine to back him, even as he upends rules and norms.
The rules and norms arising from the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and its successor, the World Trade Organization (WTO), have underpinned the export-led growth model that has enabled developing countries to lift millions of people out of poverty.
Finally, the ability of mega-PTAs to set norms that benefit non-participants might prove to be more limited than many believe.
A clearly designated “enemy” with an unmistakable “plan” is psychologically more comforting than the chaotic evolution of social norms and the workings – or failures – of unfettered capitalism.
Even more surprising, new international norms are being advanced.
But with his shameless lies and relentless attacks on those who disagree with him – and his recent suggestion that it might be appropriate to “challenge” a major US news network’s broadcast license – Trump has shown that he is not interested in adhering to democratic norms.
Attention should also be paid to deterrence by economic entanglement and by norms.
As for norms, major states have agreed that cyber war will be limited by the law of armed conflict, which requires discrimination between military and civilian targets and proportionality in terms of consequences.
Such norms may have deterred the use of cyber weapons in US actions against Iraqi and Libyan air defenses.
The expectation that governments will tend to abuse emergency powers is enshrined in the very text of international human rights norms.
These last two criteria - called the principles of necessity and proportionality - also underlie the Geneva Conventions and other international norms for the conduct of warfare.
Doubtless there are plenty of happy warriors around these days who rejoice at the opportunity to roll back human rights and humanitarian norms.
Moreover, new international norms had come to the fore: external powers that previously turned a blind eye to coups, military dictatorships, and repression now rallied around democracy and human rights.
Morales, Correa, and Maduro have done lasting damage to their countries’ democratic norms and institutions.
His brassy, theatrical, and unpredictable negotiating style, together with his China-like disregard for international norms, are destabilizing international relations.
After World War II, the world – led by the US and Europe – reassessed international norms and institutions, and created the pillars of today’s rules-based global order.
Moreover, Chinese firms are benefiting from Chinese cultural norms concerning privacy.
Fast-paced changes of identity caused by urbanization, the empowerment of women or exposure to foreign media tend to weaken traditional norms and social networks.
Moreover, a system must be created to help countries transform the global goals agreed at the United Nations into concrete measures that suit their particular economic circumstances and social norms.
The Czech experience shows that implementing all of the European Union’s norms so as to be ready to qualify for membership takes some time.
What accounts for this contempt for democratic norms in some of Europe’s newest democracies?
A more integrated EU can play a central role in resolving existing crises, safeguarding against future ones, and reinforcing liberal norms.
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