Jack Lew, former U.S. Treasury Secretary, joins ‘Squawk on the Street’ to discuss the July CPI numbers, the U.S.’s move to help prop up the Japanese Yen, and more.

“There's political pressure for politicians to do whatever they can to help consumers, or even look like they're trying to help consumers, whether the tools are effective or not,” said Jason Bordoff, founding director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA.

OpenAI’s Chief Economist Ronnie Chatterji sat down with SIPA's Daniel Björkegren for a conversation about what AI could change for low- and middle-income countries, and what still has to happen for those gains to reach people.

Olivia talks about SIPA's Shopping Week is a flexible trial period during the first week of the semester that lets students attend multiple classes and review syllabi before finalizing their schedules. By encouraging hands-on exploration and real-time adjustments, it gives students the academic freedom to design a curriculum tailored to their specific goals.

There is an urgent need for a more nuanced and informed understanding of openness in AI systems, says Professor Camille François.

"At precisely the moment the world is without the protection of functioning arms control agreements, the United States is helping launch yet another country’s journey toward a nuclear program. It’s an irresponsible, reckless idea. But it also makes me wonder: Where is the arms control advocacy community that’s supposed to be raising the alarm?" says IGP affiliated faculty member Irwin Redlener.

In East Asia’s graying societies, police are becoming the “catch-all” agency for managing aging, like dementia-related wandering, according to Tao Chen MPA '26, Karen Pang MPA-GL '26, and Professor Yumiko Shimabukuro.

When asked about Nate Silver's "low-probability" prediction on a Republican midterm win, Robert Shapiro noted that "Nate Silver has this about right, but you have to also figure in the state of the war against Iran. It is looking like the 2006 election where it was clear the Democrats had a good shot in taking the House, though I do not think that 2026 will be such a landslide, but it will produce enough of a majority."

Putin’s eventual exit could trigger a managed succession, an internal coup, or a dangerous struggle for power inside the Kremlin, depending on if he's killed in office or not. Peter Clement, former senior CIA Russia analyst and Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, examines the scenarios that could shape post-Putin Russia.

Jason Bordoff and Erica Downs from SIPA's Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) on China's growing influence in global energy markets.