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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
IGP Rapid Response: Analyzing the Trump-Xi Summit
President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington, DC, to meet with President Donald Trump marks the Chinese leader’s first state visit to Washington since 2015. The relationship between the two superpowers has changed profoundly since then, and this latest summit raises critical questions about the future of US-China relations.
Join Columbia SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics for a Rapid Response webinar, featuring a panel of experts who will take stock of the summit and situate it within the broader currents shaping the relationship: trade and economic relations, energy security amid the war with Iran, artificial intelligence, and other pressing issues.
Speakers:
Thomas J. Christensen, James T. Shotwell Professor of International Relations and IGP Affiliated Faculty Member at Columbia SIPA; Pritzker Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Erica Downs, Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia SIPA
Julian Gewirtz, IGP Senior Research Scholar at Columbia SIPA; former Senior Director for China and Taiwan Affairs at the US National Security Council; author of Never Turn Back
Matt Turpin, Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution; former Director for China at the US National Security Council
Edward Wong, Diplomatic Correspondent, New York Times; author of At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China
Zongyuan Liu (moderator), IGP Senior Research Scholar at Columbia SIPA; author of Sovereign Funds: How the Communist Party of China Finances Its Global Ambitions
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
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."
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.
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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.
