Rising geopolitical tension and the nationalist turn of American policy have called into question the premise of “the global.” In an era of conflict, mutual suspicion, and rising borders, what is the future that we now imagine? Are models of global convergence and integration that were once so compelling still relevant? What does it mean to be a global university in 2026? Can we still aspire even to the free circulation of people and ideas that we imagined 20 years ago? With the recent chilling effect on free speech, what is at stake for universities and global knowledge?
The Committee on Global Thought was formed at Columbia University in 2006 to interrogate what it means to teach and learn in an increasingly connected world. Join us for a conversation 20 years in the making with Columbia President Emeritus Lee C. Bollinger, Nobel Laureate and CGT’s founding chair, Joseph Stiglitz, and Adam Tooze, chair of the Committee on Global Thought, moderated by Ravi Agrawal, Editor in Chief, Foreign Policy.