Globalization is a complex issue, partly because economic globalization is only one part of it. Globalization is greater global closeness, and that is cultural, social, political, as well as economic.

It was incredible to me that members of one community could kill members of another not for anything personal that they did but simply based on their identity.

Economic growth without investment in human development is unsustainable - and unethical.

To say that certainly America was very lucky to get a large amount of land, and the native Indians were extremely unlucky to have white men coming over here, is one thing. But to say that the whole of the American prosperity was based on exploiting the indigenous population would be a great mistake.

Democracy is a universal value

The notion of human right builds on our shared humanity. These rights are not derived from the citizenship of any country, or the membership of any nation, but are presumed to be claims or entitlements of every human being. They differ, therefore, from constitutionally created rights guaranteed for specific people.

Violence is fomented by the imposition of singular and belligerent identities on gullible people, championed by proficient artisans of terror.