Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa has spent decades defending press freedom, work that made her a target of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte and left her facing years of legal jeopardy. She is out with a new book, The Fight Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Standing Up to Dictators.

The US drive to win the AI race against China now feeds a fantasy of permanent American dominance in global affairs, writes Julian Gewirtz.

Erica Lonergan appears on the Irregular Warfare podcast to examine why cyberspace has remained central to US coercion strategy despite research questioning its effectiveness.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria discusses homelessness, housing, and how mayors can advance solutions in cities across the country.

Maria Victoria Murillo’s new book looks at Paraguay and Argentina to understand why farmers and peasants protest – and why they won’t.

Benjamin Miyakawa MPA-DP ’27, reflects on tracing one migrant's journey from a Bihar village to a Bengaluru factory floor.

A conference compares the campaign that closed Columbia’s Institute for Propaganda Analysis in 1942 with the clampdowns against online disinformation researchers today.

Over the summer in Kyiv, SIPA Professor Stephen Biddle interviewed Ukrainians who put American weapons to use and lectured on strategy in a bomb shelter. He discusses his findings with SIPA News.

“Military force can never eliminate an adversary’s agency entirely. Policymakers who ignore this fact will continue to launch wars that they cannot end successfully,” writes Stephen Biddle, Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia SIPA.

We are thrilled to introduce our new 2026–27 Program Assistants! Meet Farah Sabir MIA ’27.