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While conducting a conventional war in Iraq and Syria, ISIS has staged terrorist attacks on a global scale against the people from the countries who are fighting ISIS. ”
Russia and China completely disagree with the international order that was established after World War II, and they're trying to take it apart right before our eyes. ”
My definition is that geo-enlightenment is understanding the interconnectedness of things. ”
We tell stories with maps about global warming, biodiversity; we can design more livable cities, track the spread of epidemics. That makes a difference. ”
One city can look at other cities relative to their city and learn something. It's a matter of sharing the patterns of what exists in one society based on landscape or cultural values versus other cities. ”
I want to test myself, playing with the best and against the best. I can do that at international level, so that's my target and what I want to reach. ”
Insofar as international law is observed, it provides us with stability and order and with a means of predicting the behavior of those with whom we have reciprocal legal obligations. ”
Law is the essential foundation of stability and order both within societies and in international relations. ”
It's not easy, especially in our politically polarized world, to recognize both the structural and the cultural barriers that so many poor kids face. But I think that if you don't recognize both, you risk being heartless or condescending, and often both. ”
There is a cultural movement in the white working class to blame problems on society or the government, and that movement gains adherents by the day. ”