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Generating and harnessing top level political commitment to engage societies ravaged by HIV/AIDS is critical to fighting this battle successfully.
Can the values of a consumer society be applied to societies with nothing to consume?
Non-Western societies often espouse a communitarian ethic that sees society as more than the sum of its individual members, and considers duties to be more important than rights.
How can women's rights be universal when, in some societies, marriage is seen not as a contract between two individuals but as an alliance between lineages, and when the permissible behavior of women is central to a society's perception of familial honor?
Culture constantly evolves in any living society, responding to both internal and external stimuli, and societies outgrow and reject much in every culture.
Let us concede that child marriage, female circumcision, and the like are not found reprehensible by many societies; but let us also ask the victims of these practices how they feel.
Though there may be cases where authoritarian societies had success in achieving economic growth, Botswana, an exemplar of African democracy, has grown faster than most authoritarian states.
Thus, areas dedicated to energy production, particularly biofuel, may not reach the level that societies would wish.
In graying societies, the political clout of the elderly will steadily grow; and in rapidly changing economies, their ability to adapt will decline.
All of this highlights the fundamental flaw in the argument that large-scale deregulation, such as that advocated by US President Donald Trump, benefits societies.
Many people believed already before the war that economies and societies should be planned as much as possible.
In the last 30 years or so, a key benchmark for liberal-democratic societies has been their openness to newcomers.
But Islamists did not play a big role in Egypt or Tunisia, and they are not expected to lead any of the new governments that are formed – though they are an important part of Arab societies and should play a role in their emerging regimes.
At a time of collapsing confidence in “elites” – from political leaders to, yes, board members – actively using this power to protect young people would have the added benefit of fostering trust within divided societies.
Fourth, every company both depends on and affects the societies in which it functions.
But, in the actual societies in which businesses function, governments are often unable or unwilling to provide required public goods or curb negative externalities.
Companies have a responsibility to their shareholders, but they also have a responsibility to the societies that grant them the right to operate.
Without resolute counter-measures, demand for water will overstretch many societies’ adaptive capacities.
No doubt he hoped, as do many in the West, indeed in China itself, that the visit would catalyze change in the Middle Kingdom, opening up the one-party regime and introducing Chinese societies to the values of the democratic West.
But even during the most ruthless phases of Western capitalism, civil society in Europe and the US was made up of a huge network of organizations independent of the state – churches, clubs, parties, societies, and associations that were available to all social classes.
The highest priority should be judicial reforms, which will help these societies internalize the rule of law, and regional reconciliation, without which there can be no progress toward accession.
The unprecedented number of jihadist attacks in multiple countries in recent months has demonstrated how vulnerable our societies have become and how transnational the threat is.
Jihadist organizations attempt to exploit discontent among marginalized groups in unstable societies.
If countries are able to provide their citizens with the infrastructure and institutions needed to thrive, they will be among the twenty-first century’s most dynamic societies.
We continue to prefer living in free and open societies, so we have always reacted with calm and measured resolve.
Those of us who live in democracies will not be terrorized into discarding our sense of balance and moderation, because we understand something profound about most societies: life always wins over death.
Open societies will undoubtedly have to withstand further assaults in the future.
Only societies with thriving sectors free of government control can participate in these broad coalitions of public, private, and civic actors.
With the right approach, fintech can be harnessed to strengthen economies and societies, while helping to preserve the environment.
Both societies have a mixed history that included periods of peaceful, cooperative politics and periods of violence and bloodletting.
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