The Georgetown Global Dialogues are an ongoing conversation about ways forward in a divided world that features leading thinkers from the Global South. GGD was launched in Washington, DC from April 22-26, 2024, with ten lively discussions on topics including fostering global solidarities; combating global intellectual inequality; the global future of feminism; and the prospects for a Cold War 2.0. Three webinars that preceded hand helped to frame the DC conversations -- on global histories of coexistence, feminism, and fascism.
A new U.S. cold war with China would be a disaster for the international community. Intense strategic competition is already undermining cooperation on global issues from the economy to the…
The surge of nationalism around the world has undercut efforts to forge a vibrant global civil society. Greater technological connectivity has not spawned a new era of cross-border cooperation…
The global challenges we face—from climate change and pandemics to rampant nationalism, security competition, and war—demand the full intellectual resources of global humanity. But the structures of…
Democracy is on the global defensive. Dictators in China and Russia, autocrats in India and Turkey, and nationalist populists in the United States and Europe are among the many elites attacking…
The expansion of industrial and consumer societies is driving the global climate crisis. Decades of growth have brought the planet to a precipice. Unless global humanity reduces carbon emissions…
Women’s equality is still a distant prospect worldwide. The rhetoric of equality too often goes hand in hand with political, economic, and social discrimination and gender-based violence. Over the…
