Aye Write Festival: The Future of Globalisation

Since 1989, Western corporations and governments have embraced the idea that everyone benefits from free markets and democratic governments. Yet many argue that globalisation is also the direct cause of war, disease and poverty and urged the rest of the world to conform to the same Western global standards. Time magazine’s Alex Perry has lived and reported the dark side of globalisation firsthand. Far from offering us an era of world peace and rising prosperity, he argues globalisation is often an instrument for alienation, enduring poverty and war. BBC foreign correspondent, Humphrey Hawksley, in Democracy Kills, argues that democracy is not the right answer for all as attempts to install democracy through elections have produced high levels of corruption and violence. For Dominique Moïsi (French Institute of International Affairs) there is a ‘clash of emotions’ not a clash of civilisations. Can understanding the emotions behind cultural differences offer a better view of the world and perhaps a more peaceful solution to the ignorance and differences that plague us?

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