Why the world isn’t in as bad a state as you think

Right-wing nationalism, underlain with a message of hate, is rising in some regions, but it’s not sweeping the world.

Demonstrators in front of the United States Embassy in Ottawa on Jan. 30 protest an executive order of U.S. President Donald Trump limiting travel to the U.S. by people from several Muslim-majority countries.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY DOUGLAS ROCHE

March 15, 2017

The bursts of terrorism, bombings, and political turmoil in today’s world have convinced many people that peace is impossible. I dissent from this view. We are not having a “clash of civilizations.” There are many reasons to express a realistic hope that a safer world can be built. We must be ...

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