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Moreover, even if duress facilitates structural reforms in some cases, it certainly does not do so in societies that have already experienced severe hardship.
There is another aspect to the relationship: Islam in the West – that is, issues concerning Muslims living within Western societies, particularly Europe.
We may have to look to the Muslim communities within Western societies to provide leadership and direction for the future.
They may occasionally be able to carry out deadly terrorist acts, but they have no chance of destroying or taking over Western societies.
And they served to convince young, discontented Muslims that extremism was the only possible solution to their societies’ weakness and lack of opportunity.
There are plenty of serious intellectuals in Islamic societies who want to revive the reformist call for the embrace of some of the ideas of Western Enlightenment: the value of science, the importance of liberal tolerance, and the need for free and open discussion.
But there is growing confusion in the world, in particularly among its most modern societies, regarding a different issue which is likely to be very divisive.
Just look at the issues that are beginning to agitate the political debate in advanced societies: birth control, death control, life prolongation, health cures, improvements in appearance, intellectual enhancement, personality alteration, human cloning, brain transplants, synthesis of human and artificial intelligence.
The danger here is not only of uncontrolled changes with unpredictable consequences, but also of creating a greater gap in the human condition between those societies in which these capabilities will be applied massively and those societies that lack the means for their application.
Other Arab societies now must undertake similar dialogues, with the ultimate goal of creating economies and institutions that meet their people’s needs.
After years of destabilizing economic crisis, which has yet to be fully overcome, most European societies feel wholly unprepared – socially, economically, politically, and even psychologically – to receive the flood of refugees.
But one must not underestimate the endurance of values like tolerance and solidarity within European societies.
Countries with homogenous societies, such as Tunisia, have suffered only minimal violence, unlike socially heterogonous countries, such as Syria.
The reason is simple: Our societies and economies are based on the flawed assumption that perpetual growth is possible on a finite planet.
This is the main political project in most free societies, and it is in principle acceptable to all major parties.
The inventors of the Third Way mostly overlooked the value of individual liberty, but it is this that remains the single most important issue in a world where open societies still face mortal enemies.
Intolerance grows, and not just in societies run by jihadists and religious fanatics.
Morocco’s Veiled FeministsIt is often assumed that modern feminism has no place, and thus can make little headway, in societies undergoing a religious revival, particularly in the Islamic world.
Their strategy shifted as well, focusing on the growing importance of religious values in shaping societies and global relations.
Slow growth and globalization have divided all European societies – and the United States – into two new classes: those whose education and social capital enable them to cope with today’s globalized economy, and those stuck in low-paid, often transient jobs (and thus most directly affected by competition from legal and illegal immigrants).
Leading the Middle East Into the FutureSAN FRANCISCO – New technologies are emerging so rapidly that societies in the Middle East are now having trouble coping with their impact.
Experts predict that the continent will experience some of the gravest changes, whereas the capacity of African societies to respond to them is among the weakest in the world.
Press freedom is a start, not just because it is a fundamental human right, but also because vigorous media are essential to keeping societies alert to the kinds of crises that are all too common in Ethiopia.
The mistake, however, is to assume that open societies are more permissive and vulnerable to terrorism than those who live under authoritarian regimes.
We cannot – indeed, must not – cede to terror by building walls around and within our societies.
After all, the grim reality is that the separatist enclaves are in economic free-fall, with their societies becoming increasingly criminalized.
Slightly apart from these are the new social sciences, which deal with humans and societies.
This leads to such things as a “language” at the level of cells and “energy” behind organized societies.
These are just a sample of the benefits that multilateral institutions deliver for modern societies.
Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey have already accepted much larger numbers of refugees, despite the serious strain this is putting on their economies and societies.
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