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.

India-China Love-Hate on the Silver Screen

Bollywood films reflect evolution of the Asian giants’ ties through love and war
Coonoor Kripalani
May 21, 2013

Rescuing the European Model

Despite the debt crisis, Europe has chosen to modify, not end, social welfare
Joergen Oerstroem Moeller
May 2, 2013

Is Tourism the Most Destructive Enterprise?

Tourism explodes with globalization, enriching lives but destroying nature and culture
Elizabeth Becker
April 23, 2013

US Could Be World’s Most Populous Country

By opening immigration door, the US could fuel rise of population and power
Joseph Chamie
April 15, 2013

The Choice: More Immigrants or Fewer Citizens?

Nations with declining birthrates could soon be competing for immigrants
Joseph Chamie
March 4, 2013

Vietnam’s Economy Needs Reoriented Foreign Policy

Vietnam’s leaders try to hedge with China, but dissidents call it kowtowing
David Brown
February 20, 2013