This individual is a guest contributor. MEI is not able to assist with contact requests.
David Romney is a Ph.D. student at Harvard University. His primary research interests are the psychology of intergroup relations, ethnic and religious conflict, and the Middle East. He holds a degree in Middle East studies and Arabic language (B.A.) from Brigham Young University.
Social globalization has brought groups with different values and worldviews into contact with each other—in a physical and institutional sense to be sure, but also in the sense that the international exchange of ideas, information, and images has increased. This exchange occurs in both directions; American readers can reflect on the fervor in U.S.
