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Our global future looks bleak. Existential threats crowd the horizon, from climate disaster and pandemics to runaway AI and nuclear annihilation. Failing domestic politics and international diplomacy, driven by destructive power politics, are not meeting our shared global challenges. Without a change of direction we may face a future of environmental collapse, public health crises, technological dystopia, and cataclysmic war.

This panel highlights contributions in the new Handbook on Authoritarianism in the Arab World, forthcoming open access from Bloomsbury Politics. The Handbook highlights the specificities of authoritarianism in the Arab world while placing the region in the context of global trends.

H.E. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, former President of Croatia

Kiran Desai is the Booker Prize winning author of three novels, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, The Inheritance of Loss, and Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard.

Speaker: Mostafa Minawi, Department of History, Cornell University;

Having been born and raised in the Middle East, and living a significant amount of her adult life in the US, Dana constantly challenged what it meant to be an Arab female artist who was making music that represented her authentic self as opposed to the stereotypical expectations of Arab female artists. Against the odds, when Dana moved to the U.S. for college, and upon graduating, she turned to the neighborhoods of Brooklyn, and started making music, DJ’ing and founded her artistry as King Deco.

‘Akwaaba’
The Ghana Immersive Showcase is a dynamic cultural experience celebrating Ghana’s rich heritage through food, fashion, storytelling, and music. Guests are guided through live performances, interactive installations, and sensory moments that bring Ghana’s history and contemporary culture to life.

Exploring the intersection of international living and cultural preservation within the African Diaspora

In the year 2026, Latin America and the Caribbean will continue to face high global uncertainty and structural transformations in the world economy. As countries in the region contend with slow global growth, shifting financial conditions, geopolitical fragmentation, and evolving trade and investment patterns, both policymakers and markets are reevaluating the region’s prospects for growth, stability, and reform. 

With speakers Bina Fernandez, Brenda Yeoh, Payal Banerjee, Waleed Ziad