The DOC is co-organising a global essay competition in advance of Rhodes Forum 2020, and in the context of the 75^th anniversary of the United Nations. In the spirit of the international institution and the DOC’s goals, the topic to be addressed will be:

Humanity and Global Challenges:
How can we maintain international cooperation in the face of increasingly urgent global problems and decreasing dialogue between civilisations?

The competition is open to two groups of young people between the ages of 18 and 27:
(a) students who are enrolled in an educational program (bachelor or master’s degree)
(b) young …

Dr. Heloise Weber and Dr. Martin Weber of the University of Queensland have written a rejoinder to the Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute’s inaugural Rhodes Report, titled “Civilisations, States and World Order”. What follows is a short summary of the rejoinder written by Drs. Heloise Weber and Martin Weber and a brief interview with the authors. The rejoinder is available to download in full here.

“Civilisations, States and World Order: Where are we? Where are we heading?” is an impressive and compelling synthesis that provides a much enhanced understanding of contemporary global social and political challenges. Among its …