IGP Panels Explores Post-9/11 Transformation of US and NYC

On September 9, the Institute of Global Politics hosted an event titled “The 9/11 Attacks 25 Years Later: Lessons Learned, Lessons Forgotten.”

The event featured two panels of experts discussing the September 11 terrorist attacks – the first panel, Reshaping America’s Security Architecture After 9/11, featured Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, 67th Secretary of State, former senator from New York, professor of international and public affairs, IGP cofounder and Faculty Advisory Board chair at Columbia SIPA; Secretary Michael Chertoff, 2nd Secretary of Homeland Security and cofounder and executive chairman of the Chertoff Group; Hon. Jane Harman, chair of the Commission on the National Defense Strategy, former congresswoman, and former IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow; Matthew C. Waxman, Liviu Librescu Professor of Law at Columbia Law School and IGP Affiliated Faculty member at Columbia SIPA; and was moderated by Victoria Nuland, Shelby Cullom Davis Professor in the Practice of International Diplomacy, director of the International Fellows Program, and IGP Faculty Advisory Board member at Columbia SIPA.

The second panel, Building Back Stronger: New York’s Recovery and Lessons for Urban Resilience, focused on the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan and featured Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton; Mary Fetchet, executive director and founder of VOICES of September 11th; Joseph Pfeifer, former first deputy commissioner and founding director of the Center for Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness at FDNY and adjunct professor of international and public affairs at Columbia SIPA; Kathryn Wylde, former president and CEO of the Partnership for New York City and IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow at Columbia SIPA; and was moderated by Ester R. Fuchs, professor of international and public affairs and political science and IGP Affiliated Faculty member at Columbia SIPA.