Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
Women in Power: Fighting for Democracy in an Age of Authoritarianism
Join Linda Robinson, CFR senior fellow for women and foreign policy and best-selling author of books on hybrid warfare, for a discussion of her new book Women in Power: Fighting for Democracy in an Age of Authoritarianism. In it she examines the governing approaches that modern women leaders are using to defend democracy and build domestic resilience. Robinson offers case studies of women in power around the world—from the Balkans and Taiwan to New Zealand and Barbados— who are using diplomatic, informational, military and economic tools to strengthen their countries amid a global crisis of democracy.
Speakers:
Linda Robinson, Author, Women in Power: Fighting for Democracy in an Age of Authoritarianism; Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Rachel Vogelstein, Associate Professor of Professional Practice; Codirector of IGP’s Ann F. Kaplan Women’s Initiative; Faculty Codirector of Human Rights, Gender, and Equity Concentration, Columbia SIPA (moderator)
This event is organized by IGP’s Ann F. Kaplan Women’s Initiative and co-sponsored by the HRGE Concentration at Columbia SIPA.
The Future of Climate Finance: A Discussion with Ibrahima Cheikh Diong
Join scholars from the Institute of Global Politics (IGP) and the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) for a roundtable discussion with Ibrahima Cheikh Diong, executive director of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage, on the future of climate finance. The conversation will tackle the current state of financing climate mitigation, adaptation, and loss and damage. The panel will also give an overview of the global politics around climate change and discuss outlooks for working in the field.
The world has a wealth of knowledge and tools to prevent, detect, and rapidly halt outbreaks. Yet the collective will to confront the inevitable and growing threat of infectious diseases is not keeping pace. Against a backdrop of weakening international cooperation, declining global health financing, unresolved inequities, and an erosion of trust, this event brings together senior leaders, scholars of geopolitics, finance, and health, and former practitioners to consider what has changed since COVID-19, what gaps remain, and how multilateral cooperation can be strengthened to prevent health emergencies and pandemics.
The conversation is especially timely during a week when world leaders meet at the UN to consider how to better tackle pandemic threats.
Cosponsored by ICAP Global Health and the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response.
Join SIPA’s MPA-DP concentration for a conversation with Arancha Gonzalez on “Europe in a Changing Global Landscape.” A lawyer by training, Gonzalez has served as Spain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation and held senior leadership roles at the UN, International Trade Centre, WTO, and European Commission. Moderated by Professor Shiv Someshwar, the discussion will explore Europe’s evolving role in a rapidly changing global landscape.
On September 24, 2026, the Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies and the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University will convene Brazil Climate Futures, the inaugural edition of a new policy forum on Brazil, under the theme Brazil 2030: Visions of Prosperity in a Climate-Constrained World.
Coorganized by SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics through a faculty grant and the Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities, the forum takes up a question that is far from settled: what does prosperity mean for resource-rich countries in a climate-constrained world—and what does it mean for Brazil, whose wealth lies in agribusiness, oil and gas, and critical minerals?
Five Years On: The Fight for Women’s and Girls’ Human Rights Under Taliban Rule
Five years after the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, women and girls face systemic exclusion from public life, including prohibitions on education, bans on travel without a male chaperone, and severe restrictions on employment. Join the IGP Ann F. Kaplan Women’s Initiative a discussion of ongoing human rights abuses against Afghan women and girls and their fight for freedom—including an excerpt from Rule Breakers, a powerful film that documents the story of the Afghan Girls’ Robotics Team, which competed against the odds—followed by a panel discussion on the way forward featuring Roya Mahboob, the team’s founder and coach.
Cosponsored by IGP's Ann F. Kaplan Women's Initiative.
Synthetic Content, Real Stakes: AI Slop and the 2026 Midterms
AI slop isn't going away – what does that mean for the US midterms?
As the 2026 US midterms approach, AI-generated content (and particularly slop, the low-grade content optimized for broad distribution and engagement) is no longer a peripheral nuisance but a structural feature of the information environment voters need to navigate. This public roundtable, as a follow-up to Columbia’s Slop Salon and published proceedings, brings together leading researchers and practitioners to unpack the stakes: how synthetic content is produced and distributed at scale, how it interacts with platform incentives and moderation gaps, and what its proliferation means for electoral integrity and democratic trust in this contested moment.
Opening Remarks:
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
Speakers:
Ryan Beiermeister, Partner at Founders Fund; Former VP of Product Policy at OpenAI
Renée DiResta, Associate Research Professor at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy
Isabel Linzer, Policy Analyst at Center for Democracy & Technology
Aidan Walker, Creator-in-Residence at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Camille François (moderator), Assistant Professor of Practice of International and Public Affairs; Codirector of IGP’s Technology & Democracy Initiative, Columbia SIPA
This event is organized by IGP’s Technology & Democracy Initiative and cosponsored by the Technology Policy and Innovation Concentration at Columbia SIPA.
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
October 7, 2023 forever changed the dynamics of the Middle East, the global conversation about Israel and Palestine, and the lives of so many in the region and beyond.
Three years later, Jaser AbuMoussa and Jonathan Dekel-Chen — two fathers from Gaza and Israel whose families and communities have endured profound loss — have chosen to reach across the divide.
SAVE THE DATE! IGP Spotlight Interview: C-Suite Conversation
IGP presents James P. Gorman, Chairman of The Walt Disney Company and Chairman Emeritus of Morgan Stanley, in conversation with IGP Faculty Policy Director Secretary Jacob J. Lew.
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SAVE THE DATE! The Fight Back: A Citizen's Guide to Standing Up to Dictators
Book talk with Maria Ressa, Professor of Practice of International and Public Affairs; Codirector of IGP’s Technology & Democracy Initiative, Columbia SIPA
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SAVE THE DATE! The Best Kind of American
Book talk with Kim Ghattas, former IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow and Emmy Award-winning journalist, analyst, author of Black Wave, and contributing writer for The Atlantic.
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Recent Events
IGP hosted a webinar addressing some of the most pressing questions around AI labor market policies and the future of work.
IGP hosted a Rapid Response webinar with a panel of experts discussing the recently announced agreement between the US and Iran to end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and detail a framework for sanctions relief.
Scholars of American democracy and policy practitioners convened at Cornell University to discuss how to rebuild the federal government in the wake of the erosion of democratic norms and institutions.