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.

Kazakhs Seek Stronger Ties With Israel

Film about fictional Kazakh television reporter traveling the US puts prejudice under the spotlight
Ruth Eglash
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Muslim-as-Apple-Pie Videos Are Greeted With Skepticism

Four videos showing Muslims at home in America are Washington's latest attempt at changing anti-American sentiment abroad.
Jane Perlez
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Anger at U.S. Said to be at New High

Ambivalent sentiments towards U.S. peak as Bush’s strategies for Iraq reach crucial allies in the Arab world
Jane Perlez
September 11, 2002

Family Tree of Chinese Sage Branches Out to Include Women

China offers Confucianism as a possible model for global ethics
Jonathan Watts
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Tussle Over a Vanished Kingdom

Tension over borders, nationalism and history haunts northern Asia
Choe Sang-Hun
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