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.

Don't Tell Liz, but the Sari's So Out

Indian designers swap traditional dress for Western styles
Amelia Gentleman
April 29, 2005

India's IT Prodigals Return Home

India's economic potential reverses brain drain, brings expatriate workers home
Harsh Kabra
May 2, 2005

A Triumph Over the Romans Seen as the Birth of the German Nation

The battle that turned back an empire
Hans Riebsamen
May 2, 2003

Korean Actors Oppose End to Quota on US Films

Hollywood threatens survival of the local film industry in South Korea
January 29, 2002

The New Nationalism

Despite globalizing economy, nations worldwide begin to look inwards
David Ignatius
April 20, 2005