Upcoming Events

Powerful new technologies are transforming the information environment and shaping how states and other actors influence the public and conduct operations during wartime. To examine this important shift in warfare, the Institute of Global Politics (IGP) at Columbia SIPA will launch its new Emerging Technologies, Intelligence, and Security Initiative. The initiative will mark its debut with the release of a new comprehensive report on information operations in contemporary conflict, titled Influence Under Fire: Mapping Wartime Information Operations in the Middle East, 2023–2025.  

Please join us for the launch of the new initiative, a presentation of key findings from the report, and a panel discussion with leading experts on emerging technologies and the current and future challenges of warfare.

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November’s midterms have raised contentious issues around election integrity and security, access to ballots, and representation. Recent landmark rulings by the Supreme Court around mail-in ballots and gerrymandering have only added to the polarization and potential confusion ahead of the elections. Join an Institute of Global Politics webinar panel of experts and practitioners to unpack the issues facing the electoral process, how civil society, states, and local governments are responding, and what to watch for in the weeks ahead.

Speakers:
Lindsay McKenzie, Voting Rights Division Section Chief, New York State Attorney General’s Office
Steven Richer, Former Elected Recorder of Maricopa County, Arizona; Non-resident Senior Practice Fellow in American Democracy, Harvard Kennedy School
Deirdre Schifeling, Chief Political and Advocacy Officer, ACLU
Dana Remus, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP; Former White House Counsel
Alex Hertel-Fernandez (moderator), Herbert H. Lehman Professor of Government; Director of IGP’s American Democracy Initiative, Columbia SIPA; IGP Faculty Advisory Board Member

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Israel’s October election could prove to be one of the most consequential in the country’s history, reshaping not only Israel’s domestic politics, but its relationship with the United States and its role in a rapidly changing Middle East.

Join Columbia University SIPA Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo, former US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides, and leading Israeli journalist and Senior Research Scholar at Columbia SIPA Nadav Eyal for a timely conversation examining the election results, potential avenues for the next coalition/government, and how these elections will shape Israel's policies going forward.

Bringing together perspectives from academia, diplomacy, and journalism, the discussion will look beyond the immediate headlines and political maneuvering to ask the larger questions: What direction have Israeli voters chosen? What could the election mean for Israel’s relationship with Washington and the US, the Palestinians, and its regional partners? And after years of war and political upheaval, where does Israel go from here?

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Book talk with Kim Ghattas, former IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow and Emmy Award-winning journalist, analyst, author of Black Wave, and contributing writer for The Atlantic.

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