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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
Emerging Technologies, Intelligence, and Security Initiative Launch
Powerful new technologies are transforming the information environment and shaping how states and other actors influence the public and conduct operations during wartime. To examine this important shift in warfare, the Institute of Global Politics (IGP) at Columbia SIPA will launch its new Emerging Technologies, Intelligence, and Security Initiative. The initiative will mark its debut with the release of a new comprehensive report on information operations in contemporary conflict, titled Influence Under Fire: Mapping Wartime Information Operations in the Middle East, 2023–2025.
Please join us for the launch of the new initiative, a presentation of key findings from the report, and a panel discussion with leading experts on emerging technologies and the current and future challenges of warfare.
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.
