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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.
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IGP Rapid Response: Making Sense of President Trump’s UNGA Address
The UN General Assembly is the biggest platform for the American president to address the world’s leaders in one room. Beyond the spectacle, what do such speeches tell us about the present and future of US foreign policy? What message will his address give about America’s approach, priorities, and evolving place in the world? And how will the rest of the world react? Drawing on decades of policymaking experience across US administrations — including drafting major UN addresses — SIPA’s Victoria Nuland, Daniel Benaim, and Gideon Rose, along with the Heritage Foundation’s Victoria Coates, take us behind the curtain.
Speakers:
Victoria Coates, Vice President, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation; former Deputy National Security Advisor
Victoria Nuland, Shelby Cullom Davis Professor in the Practice of International Diplomacy, Director of the International Fellows Program, IGP Faculty Advisory Board Member, Columbia SIPA; former Undersecretary of State
Gideon Rose, Senior Lecturer in Discipline at Columbia SIPA; former Editor of Foreign Affairs
Daniel Benaim (moderator), Executive Director, Institute of Global Politics; former speechwriter to the US President, Vice President, and Secretary of State
IGP Highlights Since Launch
280+
Total Events
90+
Student Roundtables and Workshops
790K+
Event Livestream Views
28
Rapid Response Webinars
42
Carnegie Distinguished Fellows Hosted in Residence
320+
IGP Student Scholars and Student Circle Members
18K+
In-Person Event Attendees
20M+
Social Media Impressions
IGP in the News
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."
Technology & Democracy Initiative
A new initiative brings mental health experts and AI safety professionals to the same table, with a focus on teen mental health while working in the open for the public interest.
Inclusive Prosperity and Macroeconomic Performance
Drawing on a November 2025 convening of worker leaders hosted by the Institute of Global Politics at Columbia University, as well as research and reflections from worker leaders, organizers, scholars, and advocates, this paper captures the experiences and lessons of those who helped build the movement.
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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.
