Globalization wields powerful influence over societies and cultures. Business travelers and tourists both observe and distribute new ideas. New ideas, interactions, foods and products are tried, then embraced or discarded. With the internet or satellite television, films, publications, photographs, news reports and cartoons can travel instantly, entertaining or angering audiences around the globe. With social media like Facebook or Twitter, individuals offer news and own instant pronouncements on trends. Whether slowly through immigration or immediately online, these connections bring about some convergence of norms on fashion to human rights while also provoking challenges from traditionalists. A global society has emerged, and it’s tightly linked.

Where Did Global Warming Go?

America has turned skeptic on the issue
Elisabeth Rosenthal
October 31, 2011

The New Geopolitics of Food

As prices soar, the world is losing its ability to deal with food shortages
Lester R. Brown
October 18, 2011

Beyond the PC

Small mobile gadgets democratize technology
Martin Giles
October 14, 2011

Problems Will Be Global – And Solutions Will Be, Too

The world can change a lot in 15 years – often in unpredictable ways
Anne-Marie Slaughter
October 13, 2011

Winds of Change: Cinema from Muslim Societies

Films portray many more narratives than news media do
Sheyma Buali
October 10, 2011