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Defenders of open societies must rally support for their ideas, uphold the values of the West, and prevent the preachers of populism from expanding the Angry Quarter.
That is why, in some societies, they are not allowed to emerge from those confines, or may do so only if fully covered and accompanied by a male relative.
We also need strategies to decrease urban heat stress, including a shift toward polycentric urban configurations, with economies and societies built around multiple regional hubs, rather than concentrated around a single city, and natural assets maintained through eco-corridors and connected green spaces.
One of the themes that I explore in my new book, Vagina: A New Biography, is that the West’s supposedly sexually liberated societies, in which sexual images and content are available everywhere, have not really been all that liberating for women.
Our societies do not take seriously women’s sexual integrity or crimes against it.
Universal secondary education, especially for girls, is transformative for societies attempting to escape poverty, because education changes the demographic dynamics of the country as well.
That deficit, which threatens the futures of these kids and their societies, can now be closed at low cost.
So, in this era of global warming, smart bombs, cyber warfare, and worldwide epidemics, our societies must be protected with more complex and subtle strategies.
In other words, this is an existential fight – for the wellbeing of people today and the survival of island societies in the future.
They reflect power asymmetries and political failures within societies.
It was a startling image, illustrating how fear can overrun the commitments needed to maintain open societies and political freedoms even in Europe, the birthplace of modern citizenship.
The so-called War on Terror that began in 2001 has evolved into multiple brutal conflicts that are destabilizing the entire Middle East, eroding people’s freedoms, undermining their safety, and transforming the very nature of their societies.
By stabilizing Middle Eastern societies and advancing their economic development, Europe can help to stem the influx of migrants and asylum-seekers today, while securing new markets, business opportunities, and partnerships tomorrow.
Some non-democratic systems seem to evoke deeper support, because they are based on religious or national communal solidarity, and because closed societies minimize doubt, drift, and criticism.
This is not true of totalitarian or fundamentalist regimes, because, to foster free societies, they must be deposed.
The first temptation, characteristic of frightened societies, is a rush to embrace so-called "traditional" values, with their implications of withdrawal, closure, intolerance, and even hatred.
But, in the here and now, these relationships need to be maintained in order to help polarized societies make progress toward overcoming their divisions.
US diplomats – indeed, all countries’ diplomats – might want to consider that, rather than chasing record numbers of social media “followers,” they should be building trust on all sides in conflict-prone societies and looking for more leaders willing to take chances for peace.
As societies become richer, the relative value placed on different dimensions of life may shift.
Human societies have slaughtered and oppressed one another on the scale of Mother Nature’s worst scourges.
As a result, democracies are likelier than non-democracies to win wars, because they mobilize their societies more fully, and because citizens, who bear the costs, have the electoral power to stop politicians from fighting wars that are reckless and unnecessary.
Russia exposes an ugly truth of our era: illiberal societies can grow just as fast – even faster – than open ones.
The Borders of LiberalismWhen it comes to whether and how to regulate the economy, Western societies have a history of liberal theory upon which to rely.
But we need this wall to tumble if we do not want to miss today’s revolution, which is delivering societies based on knowledge, technology, and information.
I mean developing our human capital, which is our greatest resource; encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship, which are the only truly eternal resources we have on hand; investing in science and technology, which will open up unsuspected opportunities in the future; and promoting more dynamic and flexible markets and societies that will put us ahead, and at the helm, of change, rather than always lagging behind and trying to comprehend and adapt to change.
In traditional societies, men did the fighting, because they were stronger, faster, and taller.
This idea must form the bedrock of national economies and constitute the fabric of our societies.
Different societies have different health-care needs, and fully comprehending what they are is no easy task.
One alternative, called “parliamentarized presidentialism,” retains direct presidential elections, which many societies still demand.
The finding suggests that in plough-using societies, patriarchal values circumscribed female mobility, and allowed men – as a result of their greater economic contribution – to undermine women’s autonomy.
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