Columbia's Institute of Latin American Studies, Institute of Global Politics, and Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies hosted a webinar with a panel of faculty and experts discussing changes in US policy toward Latin America, specifically as it relates to drugs and security.

Five inaugural grants were awarded to support innovative research on topics ranging from the geopolitics of space to the risks of generative AI and financial fraud.

"Missteps by China or resistance from other countries could well thwart Xi’s designs," writes IGP Senior Research Scholar Julian Gewirtz. "For the United States, such setbacks can buy time—until different leadership in Washington once again has a vision of the future built around more than looking out for itself."

IGP Affiliated Faculty member Jeffry Frieden joins EconoFact Chats to discuss the forces driving a splintering in globalization, and the present and past linkages between domestic politics and international economics.

Former President of Colombia and IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow Juan Manuel Santos urges contemporary leaders to harness constructive dialogue to confront global threats.

"Richard Nixon understood as a lawyer — a good lawyer, actually — that he had to at least make justice look blind when he schemed against his enemies," said Timothy Naftali, an IGP Faculty Advisory Board member and former director of Nixon's presidential library.

IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow Susana Malcorra, former director-general of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, and IGP Women’s Initiative Director Rachel Vogelstein discussed new Beijing+30 report and the future of women’s rights globally.

As the conflict in Yemen becomes increasingly internationalized, Aidarous Al-Zubaidi, vice chairman of the country’s Presidential Leadership Council, argued that an independent South Yemen offers the best path forward.

“Our findings suggest that industrial policies can deliver measurable employment benefits in targeted strategic sectors, even in the short run,” write the authors, IGP Affiliated Faculty members Joseph E. Stiglitz and Eric Verhoogen, and Bilge Erten of Northeastern University.

IGP Affiliated Faculty Member Robert Y. Shapiro told Newsweek via email Wednesday: "Mamdani has a solid lead and Cuomo has only two hopes. One is that Mamdani will perform badly in the debates in October -- something close to a disaster. The other is that barring a poor performance by Cuomo in the debates, he will have a chance of winning if both Sliwa and Adams drop out. There is nothing Cuomo can do himself alone."