GGD Forum

This forum is a space for shared reflection around the key themes of the Georgetown Global Dialogues. Georgetown faculty and students interested in contributing should contact globaldialogues@georgetown.edu.

Conversations

Facing Existential Threats

Calling Out Cruelty

Confronting Powerlessness

Fraternity and Solidarity

Can We Resist the Appeal of Technological Utopias?

How Can We (Re)imagine Human Fraternity?

Where Is Moral Authority in Today’s World?

Towards a Cosmopolitanism of Repair

The Specter of Plunder Neoliberalism

Our New, Non-Polar World

Cracks in Concrete

Against All Odds

July 29, 2026

Facing Existential Threats Blog Post

Existential threats crowd the global horizon, from climate disaster and pandemics to runaway AI and nuclear annihilation. These student reflections consider: How we you assess these dangers? How can and should the international community work together to address one or more of them?

Reflections

Students

The Problem That Didn't Wait

By: C. Breck DuPaul

Confront the Collective and the Particular

By: Colleen Schweninger

Reclaiming Radicalized Empathy in a Polarized World

By: Marium Ishan

March 5, 2026

GGD Student Fellows Reflect on Barcelona Blog Post

These essays capture moments from GGD Student Fellows’ time in Barcelona, where diverse perspectives served to inspire new ways of thinking about today's most pressing global challenges.