The world today is more turbulent, more polarized, and more at-risk than in decades. Paradoxically, the many existential threats to our universe—natural and manmade—require global collaboration if we have any chance of success. How, then, should we think about the concept of “global” today?  What do we need to do to create a more collective vision of the world that will lead to a greater commitment to our mutual responsibilities?  

Reception to Follow.

Moderator:

Vishakha N. Desai: Chair of the Committee on Global Thought; Senior Advisor for Global Affairs to the President; Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Public Affairs

Panelists:

Manan Ahmed: Associate Professor of History

Mamadou Diouf: Leitner Family Professor of African Studies and Chair of the Department of Middle Eastern South Asian, and African Studies

Yasmine Ergas: Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of International and Public Affairs, Director, Gender and Public Policy Specialization, SIPA.

Linda Fried: Dean, Mailman School of Public Health and De Lamar Professor of Public Health Practice; Professor of Epidemiology and of Medicine; Senior Vice President, Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Jean-Marie Guéhenno: Arnold A. Saltzman Professor of Professional Practice in the School of International and Public Affairs and Director of the Kent Global Leadership Program on Conflict Resolution

Saskia Sassen: Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology