Civilizational Governance and Political Economy
Research and dialogue across intellectual and civilizational boundaries.
GDCI
Where Civilizations Meet — and Listen.
An independent initiative advancing research, dialogue, and collaboration across the world’s great civilizational traditions.
Our agenda
Thematic pillars
Civilizational Memory and Heritage
Research and dialogue across intellectual and civilizational boundaries.
Climate, Environment, and Civilizational Futures
Research and dialogue across intellectual and civilizational boundaries.
Dialogue, Peace, and Conflict Resolution
Research and dialogue across intellectual and civilizational boundaries.
Knowledge, Education, and Civilizational Exchange
Research and dialogue across intellectual and civilizational boundaries.
GDCI
Latest from GDCI
Civilizational Memory and Heritage
What History Teaches at the Margins of Empires
An inquiry into memory, exchange, and identity at civilizational borders.
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The Architecture of Peace: Three Governance Traditions
A comparative exploration of legitimate authority and peaceful order.
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Civilizational Governance and Political Economy
Who’s the Protectionist? BRICS, Washington, and the EU’s Carbon Border Tax
The BRICS New Delhi Declaration named the EU's carbon border tax as 'protectionist' — so did the US ambassador to the EU, a month earlier, for entirely different…
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Dialogue & Events
28Nov 2026
Hybrid
Script & Thought: East Asian Calligraphy and Civilizational Exchange
Kyoto, Japan & Online
A hybrid seminar and masterclass examining script transmission as an early vehicle of cross-cultural philosophical translation.
12Dec 2026
Online
Environmental Justice Across World Traditions: A Panel
Online webcast
Scholars from India, Kenya, and Canada discuss non-Western ecological ethics and their implications for global climate treaties.
Dialogue across civilizational time
An independent initiative advancing research, dialogue, and collaboration across the world’s great civilizational traditions.
Dialogue is not agreement. It is the willingness to be changed by understanding another civilization on its own terms.