IGP Faculty Advisory Board Member Timothy Naftali, a presidential historian at Columbia University, speaks to the demolition of the White House's East Wing and the 123 years of American history it embodied.

According to IGP Affiliated Faculty Member Robert Y. Shapiro, "There is an old expression in (Chicago) politics, 'don't make no waves, don't back no losers.' Mamdani is ahead and it looks like the only way for him to lose would be for Sliwa to drop out and endorse Cuomo.

According to Jason Bordoff, founding director of Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy and IGP Faculty Advisory Board member, energy has been used throughout history "as a coercive tool and a source of military and economic strength."

Institute of Global Politics (IGP) Carnegie Distinguished Fellow and former US Director of National Intelligence Avril D. Haines joined SIPA Professor Peter Clement to discuss how strategic transparency and “intelligence diplomacy” have reshaped alliances and modern national security.

IGP hosted a discussion with Nasser al-Kidwa, former Foreign Minister of the Palestinian Authority, and Ehud Olmert, former Prime Minister of Israel, on the potential for lasting peace in the region.

IGP Affiliated Faculty Member Anya Schiffrin and Natali Helberger, co-chairs of the Steering Committee, highlighted that “the current concentration of economic, technological and political power in the hands of a few Big Tech platforms that control large parts of the digital information infrastructure is a threat to democracy”.

Institute of Global Politics (IGP) Carnegie Distinguished Fellow and U.S. District Judge Roy K. Altman joined Columbia Law School Dean Emeritus David Schizer for a conversation on strengthening democracy.

As global demand for critical minerals accelerates, African institutions and entrepreneurs are positioning the continent to capture value and ensure that prosperity reaches communities on the ground.

IGP Faculty Advisory Board Member Jason Bordoff, Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy and Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, writes: "With more countries threatening to make coercive use of more different kinds of energy flows, the world could be at the dawn of a new age of energy weaponization."

Two former US Trade Representatives from across the political spectrum—Mike Froman, 17th US Trade Representative under President Obama, and Robert Lighthizer, 18th US Trade Representative under President Trump—shared insights from their time at the negotiating table while reflecting on how to solve some of the toughest issues around trade.