Hosted by the Woodrow Wilson School, the 2009 Princeton Colloquium on Public and International Affairs is titled “Prosperity or Peril? The Next Phase of Globalization.” The Colloquium will examine whether and how the forces of globalization - which in the 21st century are increasingly interactive and interconnected, being shaped by the movement across borders of hundreds of millions of people, as well as countless amounts of money, information, and goods - will result in a more stable and prosperous global society, or instead enable instability and violence to spread the way a virus ripples across networks of computers.

The 2009 Princeton Colloquium seeks to understand how the latest phase of globalization, beginning at the end of the Cold War, will continue to unfold: will nations seek to cut themselves off from a world that threatens to import more peril than promise? Or will states redefine the meaning of borders and find genuinely global ways to confront common problems? The Colloquium brings together policy makers, academics, journalists, and business leaders through panel sessions, keynote addresses, and featured presentations to debate and analyze how globalization will impact states, global society, and the planet.

Colloquium keynote addresses and panel sessions are free and open to the public. In addition, most Colloquium events will be webcast live and a final Colloquium report highlighting the proceedings will be available through the Colloquium website.

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