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Confronting Powerlessness

August 30, 2025

The sense that things are spinning out of control—that democracy and solidarity are failing as wars proliferate while the climate crisis and the artificial intelligence revolution take over—has generated a widespread feeling of powerlessness. Writers and thinkers who insist on alternatives to our current path need to find new ways to work, think, and be together. How can communities that are both international and inclusive of younger generations be created and sustained?

Georgetown faculty interested in contributing should send their 300-500 word essays to globaldialogues@georgetown.edu by September 17. 

Students also have the option of submitting via the Georgetown Global Dialogues Student Essay Contest (Deadline: September 12).