"Governments have good reasons to use tariffs or sanctions for geopolitical purposes but should consider the trade-offs," Jeffry Frieden writes.

Robert Y. Shapiro told Newsweek: "The concern about Independent voters is not very relevant to primaries but is a danger sign for Republicans in the midterm elections if they hold Republican candidates accountable for Trump's blunders so far. If this carries forth to the next presidential election, in 2029 the Democrats will likely control the presidency and both houses of Congress."

“The president has an outsized personality,” said Timothy Naftali, former director of Richard Nixon’s presidential library and professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. “There’s a predictability to the way in which the president frames his actions — or any actions around any event associated with him — and that’s just part of who he is, and his makeup and his professional background.”

Victoria Nuland and IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow Secretary Mike Pompeo teamed up last week at the Munk Debate on why foreign wars fail, arguing in favor of US leadership responsibility and global engagement.

Columbia University professor Robert Y. Shapiro told Newsweek that, "Rubio has clearly overshadowed Vance on the Iran war and foreign policy. And outperformed as a national leader, leaving Vance behind. And we know that Trump's effort at regime change was not a priority for Vance to say the least. It is far too early for them to declare their candidacy. And they will be taking their cues from Trump."

Regulation also favours workers in the vanguard of industrialisation, who receive benefits that employees of small businesses do not, creating what Arvid Lukauskas and Yumiko Shimabukuro of Columbia SIPA call a “labour aristocracy”.

"If the U.S. retreats while Ukraine still fights for survival, the lesson to aggressive authoritarians everywhere will be unmistakable that forcibly violating other countries’ sovereignty works," writes Irwin Redlener, IGP Affiliated Faculty Member.

Needing for a beachside read this summer? Look no further! Admissions program assistant Adrien Tardy MIA ’26 has compiled some of his favorites that has helped shape his time within the International Security and Diplomacy (ISD) concentration.

"When the president, in a tough midterm election environment, chooses loyalty to himself over loyalty to keeping a majority in Congress, it shouldn't be surprising that some elements of that majority, if from his own party, begin to test their own independence," said Timothy Naftali, an adjunct professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.

Approximately 650 graduates and 3,000 guests returned to Columbia University’s main campus to celebrate SIPA Class Day.