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We drive real-world impact by convening leading scholars and practitioners, developing policy solutions, and training the next generation of leaders.
UPCOMING LIVESTREAM EVENT
IGP and CGEP Rapid Response: Israel and Iran Conflict
On the night of June 12, the Israeli military conducted widespread strikes on sites in Iran that targeted the country’s nuclear program and its senior military leadership. This attack, and subsequent retaliation by Iran, has set off an unprecedented exchange of intense missile strikes between Iran and Israel, which risks escalating into a larger regional conflict. Please join the Institute of Global Politics and the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA for the first in a series of Rapid Response panels to discuss the specifics of Israel’s strikes on Iran, Iran’s responses, and the implications–for US national security, geopolitics in the Middle East and around the world, and global energy markets.
Speakers:
Eyal Hulata, Senior International Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Former Israeli National Security Advisor
Richard Nephew, Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia SIPA; Adjunct Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy; Former U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for Iran
Meghan O’Sullivan, Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs and the Director of the Geopolitics of Energy Project, Harvard Kennedy School
Elizabeth Saunders, Incoming Director of the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia SIPA, and Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
Jason Bordoff (moderator), Professor of Practice, Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy, and IGP Faculty Advisory Board Member, Columbia SIPA
IGP News
IGP hosted a Rapid Response webinar with a panel of faculty and practitioners debating the impact of the proposed tax and spending cuts in the federal budget bill.
A panel of experts addressed the causes of the recent escalation between India and Pakistan, and the outlook for the ceasefire.
Margot Wallström, Kent Visiting Professor, spoke with Associate Professor of Practice and IGP Women’s Initiative Director Rachel Vogelstein about the relationship between gender equality and foreign policy.
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June 2024 - May 2025
IGP’s Year In Review
The Institute of Global Politics (IGP) at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) marked an extraordinary second year of growth, engagement, and meaningful impact. We welcomed 15 Carnegie Distinguished Fellows, hosted more than 100 events, and brought together individuals from across the ideological and political spectrum. We advanced substantive policy work, reached hundreds of thousands of virtual participants, and deepened our engagement with students from across the university.
Bridging academia and practitioners
This year's cohort of Carnegie Distinguished Fellows includes a diverse mix of high-profile practitioners from across the globe representing a range of sectors: former high-ranking policy officials, diplomats, a world-renowned journalist, a ground-breaking activist, industry-defining entrepreneurs and experts, and more.
Advancing open dialogue
IGP provides a forum for the open exchange of ideas and respectful discourse through its signature speaker programs. From Spotlight Interviews to the Across the Aisle series, IGP brings leaders from the public and private sectors into dialogue to share lessons learned, discuss global challenges, and find commonalities across partisan and ideological divides.
Research for impact
Based at the world’s top school for global public policy, the nonpartisan Institute of Global Politics harnesses the deep expertise and experience of leading scholars and practitioners to develop and advance evidence-based solutions to today's pressing global challenges.
Training the next generation of leaders
The IGP Student Scholars Program helps prepare Columbia students to understand and find solutions to today's global challenges. Students selected for the program benefit from the mentorship of leading practitioners and scholars, gain hands-on experience in policymaking, and engage in dialogue on the world’s toughest problems.
Discover our work
IGP’s signature speaker series offer a vital platform to exchange ideas, find common ground, and model civil discourse for the next generation of policy leaders.
To train the next generation of leaders, IGP will host small, closed-door Policy Roundtables and Skills Workshops for Columbia students with the Carnegie Distinguished Fellows and other leading practitioners.
Our publications provide non-ideological, evidence-based research and recommendations to help leaders around the world navigate current policy challenges.
