SIPA: School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University

The Arab Uprisings: A View from the University on Tahrir Square

Lisa Anderson, President of the American University in Cairo and former Dean of Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs, returned to New York for a discussion with students. She was introduced by SIPA Dean John H. Coatsworth and Professor Jack Snyder, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Columbia's Department of Political Science. [March 21, 2011]

Michelle Chahine (MIA '12) blogged about Anderson's visit: “Note that Ben Ali in Tunisia was exiled from the country. Mubarak was allowed to stay home. He is in internal exile at his palace in Sharm el Sheikh. Qaddafi is most likely going to die… And that tells you something about the different regimes, revolutions and reconstruction.” More