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SIPA Institute of Global Politics
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Transforming ideas into global policy action
We drive real-world impact by convening leading scholars and practitioners, developing policy solutions, and training the next generation of leaders.
Upcoming Livestream Event
The Fight Back: A Citizen's Guide to Standing Up to Dictators
Join the Institute of Global Politics (IGP) for the launch of Nobel Peace Prize winner and SIPA Professor Maria Ressa’s new book, The Fight Back, a frontline guide to understanding, defending, and rebuilding democracy in the age of AI. Ressa outlines ten strategic goals broken down into 100 concrete actions citizens can take right now. In this opening event of her book tour, Ressa, who survived the dictator’s playbook firsthand, breaks down three convergent global crises around truth, order, and accountability, and offers concrete frameworks for how everyday citizens can hold the line in the age of AI.
Speakers:
Hillary Rodham Clinton, 67th Secretary of State; Former Senator from New York; Professor of International and Public Affairs, IGP Cofounder and Faculty Advisory Board Chair, Columbia SIPA
Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize-Winning Journalist; Professor of Professional Practice, IGP Faculty Advisory Board Member, IGP’s Technology & Democracy Initiative Codirector, and Inaugural IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow, Columbia SIPA
Raney Aronson-Rath, Executive Producer and Editor-in-Chief of FRONTLINE, PBS' flagship investigative journalism documentary series
Camille François (moderator), Assistant Professor of Professional Practice and IGP’s Technology & Democracy Initiative Codirector, Columbia SIPA
Introductory remarks by Keren Yarhi-Milo, Dean, Columbia School of International and Public Affairs, Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Relations; IGP Cofounder and Faculty Advisory Board Member
Sponsored by IGP's Technology & Democracy Initiative.
IGP Highlights Since Launch
310+
Total Events
90+
Student Roundtables and Workshops
910K+
Event Livestream Views
30
Rapid Response Webinars
42
Carnegie Distinguished Fellows Hosted in Residence
320+
IGP Student Scholars and Student Circle Members
18K+
In-Person Event Attendees
21M+
Social Media Impressions
IGP in the News
Rapid Response
IGP hosted a Rapid Response webinar with a panel of experts discussing President Xi’s meeting with President Trump in Washington during the UN General Assembly week and the future of US-China relations.
Rapid Response
IGP hosted a Rapid Response webinar with a panel of experts discussing President Trump’s UN General Assembly speech and what it tells us about America’s policies and evolving global role.
Technology & Democracy Initiative
A warning has gone viral, writes IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow Audrey Tang. In early September, Jacob Coxon, a researcher who just resigned from Anthropic, said: “The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade."
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June 2025 - May 2026
IGP’s Year In Review
The Institute of Global Politics (IGP) at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) marked a third year of sustained excellence across scholarship, research, and student engagement. We hosted 135 events, reached more than 300,000 people through our livestreamed events, and generated over 10 million social media impressions while launching new IGP Initiatives and Task Forces.
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 offers 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 hosts 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.
