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Task Forces

IGP Task Forces convene scholars and practitioners to address the most complex and pressing issues facing security, climate, energy, and economic interests. Task forces work across SIPA’s five global policy challenge areas, examining and framing issues through a diverse ideological lens that combines research and practice to create actionable frameworks. Task force activity is supported through targeted donations and contributors eager to advance IGP’s vision for impact.

Economic Statecraft Task Force

Led by Secretary Jacob J. Lew and Eddie Fishman, the Economic Statecraft Task Force is a collaborative partnership between IGP and Columbia SIPA’s Center on Global Energy Policy that convenes policymakers, academics, and private sector experts to analyze the tools of economic statecraft and the impact of their deployment.

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Economic Statecraft Task Force

Future of Foreign Assistance Task Force

Led by Secretary Jacob J. LewAlice AlbrightAmbassador David Satterfield, and Sonali Korde, the Future of Foreign Assistance Task Force is a collaborative partnership between IGP and Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy that aims to reposition foreign assistance as a disciplined strategic investment in American interests while preserving US humanitarian leadership.

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Global Resilience and Climate Security Task Force

Led by Jason Bordoff and Victoria Nuland, the Global Resilience and Climate Security Task Force is a collaborative partnership between IGP and Columbia SIPA’s Center on Global Energy Policy that equips national security and foreign policy decision makers with tools to balance the clean energy transition and impacts of climate change with peace, security, and international relations.

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Global Resilience and Climate Security Task Force