SIPA Faculty Offer Historical Lessons from Combating Global Authoritarianism

On April 21, the Institute of Global Politics held a Rapid Response webinar titled “Governmental Attacks on Civil Society—Lessons for the US from Around the Globe.” The discussion featured Timothy Frye, Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy at Columbia University; M. Victoria Murillo, Columbia SIPA professor of political science, director of the Institute of Latin American Studies, and IGP Faculty Advisory Board member; and Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist, cofounder and CEO of Rappler, Columbia SIPA professor of practice, and IGP Affiliated Faculty member. The conversation was moderated by Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Columbia SIPA associate professor, vice dean for curriculum and instruction, and IGP Faculty Advisory Board member.