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.

Is Brand America in Trouble?

Can an advertising campaign overcome growing counter-American sentiment around the world?
Paul Maidment
September 26, 2005

Generation Jihad

Rootless and restive, young Muslims in Europe are increasingly turning to religious extremism
Bill Powell
September 27, 2005

Making Education the Focus of Gulf-Europe Ties

Inter-regional dialogue should include long-term concerns, writes Koch
Dr. Christian Koch
September 28, 2005

India Outsources a Bollywood Film

Mumbai with the Mounties, Bollywood goes to British Columbia
Matthew Hays
September 27, 2005

Defiant Turkish Writer Says "Genocide" Taboo an Obstacle to EU Entry

The trial of Orhan Pamuk puts the spotlight on human rights battles in Turkish history
Ramsay Short
October 19, 2005