Expanding Internet communications and business links create interrelationships across the globe. Students who return to their homelands after living in Western country or Russia often face value conflicts. Leaders of developing nations face the task of modernizing without destroying traditions. Muslims and West Asians use their traditional lunar calendars as well as the Western calendar. While people in India or Africa often use Western dress forbusiness, they frequently change to traditional clothing at home and for social events.
Many cultures reject the American emphasis on individual rights.
In these cultures, the family or group is often moreimportant than the individual. The United Nations has only a mixed record as a peacekeeping force. The Iranian people rejected Western culture when they overthrew the shah and set up an Islamic republic. Asians and Africans do not want to imitate Westerners. Developing non-Western countries often reject both US and Russian models.