Race is an issue in every society. Some societies attempt to face those issues squarely; others ignore the matter completely. as the world becomes more globalized, the latter choice is becomingly less of an effective option. As an index of how far some societies have to go, one need only go to a drugstore and look at how some products are labeled.
The US will engage in some sort of a conversation about gun control over the next few weeks. The debate is a good way to interpret the how Americans interpret the liberal tenet of freedom (and, on the issue of guns, the American interpretation is profoundly different from most other liberal societies). The Atlantic has run a good article with some very good data on the types of restrictions on the freedom to own guns that Americans support and oppose.
India and Pakistan are moving toward warmer relations, after a long freeze after the terrorist attack on Mumbai in 2008. Relations between the two states will never be truly easy, but a step back from the deeply hostile stance of the last few years is welcome. Much of the change has to do with the changing geopolitical environment in South Asia, but the recognition of the interdependence of the two states is indispensable toward a more stable world order.
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