“Forestalling Dystopia: Stratagems for Change” on Global Political Economy brought together speakers to discuss climate breakdown, conflict, inequality, and shifting global power.
The conversation moved between questions about where current trajectories were heading and what kinds of structural change would be required, with attention to economic systems, militarization, and the role of the Global South.
Dr. Ivana Nikolić Hughes spoke on nuclear risk within this broader context, drawing on Cold War arms control history and highlighting how public pressure and civil society engagement had, at key moments, helped reduce nuclear tensions and advance disarmament efforts.
