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.

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.

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."

Strategies built to disrupt cyber adversaries may impose costs but are unlikely to lead to long-term stability, write IGP Affiliated Faculty members Jason Healey and Jack Snyder.

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.

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.

As policymakers grapple with the future of open AI, defining “openness” has become more important than ever. This post highlights a new paper that provides a shared framework for understanding openness in foundation models and reflects several years of collaborative work led by Columbia IGP and its partners.

There is an urgent need for a more nuanced and informed understanding of openness in AI systems, says Professor Camille François.

IGP hosted a webinar addressing some of the most pressing questions around AI labor market policies and the future of work.

Seven new projects will examine critical policy challenges ranging from household finance and democratic leadership to Arctic geopolitics, electricity grids, long-term care, workplace technology, and the politics of extraction in the Amazon.