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.

Social Media Becomes Lifeline for Civilians Under Fire in Ukraine

Users seek news of relatives and battle reports
Paul Sonne
February 9, 2015

China Further Tightens Grip on the Internet

Entrepreneurs, professors, artists and innovators struggle to connect and work with rest of the globe
Andrew Jacobs
January 30, 2015

Weak Think Tanks Shackle Nation’s Governance Upgrade

Think tanks in China must have freedom to be more than rubber stamp
Wang Wenwen
January 29, 2015

Fewer Chinese Than Expected Apply to Have Second Child

China’s one-child policy reduced poverty, keeping the population close to 1.2 billion by 2000
Patti Waldmeir
January 16, 2015

Terror Attacks Cannot Save Islam's “Honor”

Terror is not an act of courage or faith
Husain Haqqani
January 13, 2015