When a foreign competitor gains an unexpected technological capability, it can precipitate conflict, writes senior research scholar Julian Gewirtz.

The Institute for Global Politics (IGP) at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) convened an intimate group of leading experts for a closed-door convening to tackle cutting-edge academic and policy questions regarding the implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for strategy and grand strategy.

Ester Fuchs, Columbia SIPA professor and IGP Affiliated Faculty member, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss the New York City mayoral race and what it could mean for education in the city.

Beijing thinks it holds all the cards as Trump attacks allies, writes senior research scholar Julian Gewirtz.

Maria Ressa — professor of professional practice at Columbia SIPA and IGP Faculty Advisory Board member — discusses her work “to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.”

IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow Wally Adeyemo, who was a key architect of Russia sanctions in the Biden administration, said Trump should move quickly to take advantage of relatively low global oil prices and ramp up economic pressure on China for its support of Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

In The Origins of Inequality, and Policies to Contain It, Joseph Stiglitz draws writings from across his five-decade-long career into a broad analytical framework that describes what causes and perpetuates inequality.

The scholars will be publishing research, holding events and roundtables, and working with faculty and practitioners to help ensure that academic research can best inform public policy choices.

President Donald Trump’s approach to the Jeffrey Epstein case has frustrated many of his own supporters, fueling growing demands for the appointment of an independent investigator.

How do world leaders make decisions at critical moments? In Inside the Situation Room, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Columbia SIPA Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo bring together academics and policymakers to bridge the gap between theory and practice and offer insight into what happens behind the curtain.