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The whole notion of democracy has been eroded and discredited, with the radicalization that engulfs many Muslim societies now spilling over into their emigrant communities in the West.
Fighting for Life at 60LONDON – European Union heads of state just gathered to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome at a time when nativist nationalists are threatening to destroy Europe’s open liberal societies.
In societies where girls are normally married off young, there can seem little point to investing in their education.
One might think that addressing child marriage would be high on both national and global agendas, given the powerful evidence of the damage that it causes to individuals and societies.
We recognize that child marriage is a deeply embedded tradition in many societies – all too often sanctioned by religious leaders.
The fact that religious leaders condone and sanction it in many societies owes more to custom and tradition than doctrine.
After all, many of these scholars have made tremendous, lasting contributions to understanding how markets and societies work.
Other countries’ lack of male escape fantasies in their popular culture may be no less historically rooted: less transient, more traditional societies will not warmly welcome homegrown films and pop songs about local young men taking off and fleeing their responsibilities.
The question remains, however, whether robots or gene sequencing or micro-sensors can help refugees integrate into European societies that are increasingly hostile to them, or else help them get back home.
Given this, officials, investors, and business leaders in search of revolutionary ideas, cutting-edge solutions, and untapped talent should not allow turbulence in some societies, or tranquility in others, to influence their decisions excessively.
But in aging societies, the more the young abstain from voting, the more decisions by parliaments and governments will be biased against their interests.
In particular, the way Europe, in the process of its enlargement, has projected its power to achieve lasting peace across the whole continent, and fostered development by integrating entire economies, states, and societies within its institutional framework, could become a model for shaping a cooperative world order in the twenty-first century.
Globalization and open societies, even if imperfect and in need of improvement, benefit nations not only in purely economic terms, but in social, political and cultural ones as well.
The historical dynamics and empirical evidence in respect to anti-globalization and closed societies clearly indicate negative outcomes.
These considerations should lead us to focus on how to develop open societies and how to encourage greater and better integration of global markets, rather than seek to resuscitate bankrupt theories of economic autarky, self-reliance and protectionism which impede growth and inflict untold damage.
The 2003 Iraq war was highly consequential, for it exacerbated Sunni-Shia tensions in one of the region’s most important countries and, as a result, in many of the region’s other divided societies.
If we are ill-prepared, global warming will cause more deaths and devastation, especially in poor countries and fragile societies.
If we prepare societies for more ferocious hurricanes in the future, for example, we are also helping them to cope better with today’s extreme weather.
European Muslims should avoid nurturing a “victim mentality” and acknowledge their responsibilities within their respective societies.
Economic Growth’s Many RecipesCAMBRIDGE, MA. -- Development “big think” has always been dominated by comprehensive visions about transforming poor societies.
The prevailing obsession with the “governance” agenda entails a broad-based effort to remold institutions in developing societies as a prerequisite for economic growth.
Whereas America built its own democracy from below, on federalist principles, Afghanistan had imposed upon it one of the most centralized states in the world – despite being one of the world’s most decentralized societies.
They are economically or socially disadvantaged, or live in war-torn societies with prevalent crime and a thriving black market.
Putin’s claim that democratization is actually an American plot “to gain unilateral advantages” resonates with many societies following the disastrous invasion of Iraq and revelations about the National Security Agency’s spying on citizens and leaders worldwide.
Many wanted a Western lifestyle, with access to the kinds of jobs and goods available in the US, but seemed not to recognize that access to that lifestyle requires increased economic and personal freedom – precisely the kind of freedom that underpins democratic societies.
It is the mark of ancient societies, like those of Germany and of Greece, that contemporary tribulations revive old fears and foment new discord.
And given both China and Hong Kong’s capacity to completely reinvent themselves within one generation, no one can possibly guess where the two societies may be in two generations time.
For the first time in history, more than a privileged few societies have a chance to ease the material wants of their citizens.
We live in an increasingly multipolar world, in which major emerging economies and their populous societies are transforming the international landscape.
Members of this camp do not believe that dynamic civil societies can integrate people of different origins within open democratic settings, or that their countries can benefit from welcoming them.
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