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Meet the SIPA Community

Nonya spoke with Catherine Day MIA ’27 to reflect on her journey to SIPA and how her experiences have shaped her path in international security. Read more about what she shared!

Apr 22 2026
Admissions Blog
Democratic Resilience

Maria Ressa, CEO of Rappler, 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, and Co-Chair of the UN Independent International Scientific Panel on AI accepts the Champion of Global Leadership Award from Annalena Baerbock, President of the UN General Assembly, on April 8, 2026.

Apr 21 2026
United Nations Foundation
In the Media
Technology & Innovation

It's time to debate how to make sure tech serves values most people share—such as autonomy, fairness, humanity, writes adjunct associate professor Daniel Dobrygowski.

Apr 20 2026
Tech Policy Press
In the Media
Democratic Resilience

"His attack on the Presidential Records Act is an attempt at post facto vindication for having taken public property to Mar-a-Lago," said Timothy Naftali, the former director of the Nixon Presidential Library.

Apr 20 2026
NPR
In the Media
Geopolitical Stability

Trump’s threat — that a “whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again” — nearly six weeks into a war that he started, was of a different order and shouldn’t be dismissed as just a “Trump-being-Trump moment,” Timothy Naftali, a presidential historian at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs, told The Atlantic. “That’s a no-go zone.”

Apr 20 2026
The Atlantic
In the Media
Climate & Sustainable Development

"Being a net exporter means that energy shocks no longer constrain US foreign policy in the ways they once did," says founding director of Columbia's Center on Global Energy Policy Jason Bordoff.

Apr 20 2026
Financial Times
In the Media
Climate & Sustainable Development

Weather forecasts have been getting more accurate over time and may improve even more in the future, say experts. SIPA scholars joined a team of researchers that found this pattern could prevent heat-related deaths in a warming world.

Apr 20 2026
Faculty Spotlight
Geopolitical Stability

Jason Bordoff talks with Amos Hochstein about the recent developments in the Middle East.

Apr 18 2026
Columbia Energy Exchange
In the Media
Democratic Resilience

A new study co-authored by SIPA Associate Professor Tamar Mitts reveals how college students draw the line on campus free speech — and whose speech they're most likely to protect.

Apr 17 2026
Science Advances
In the Media
Geopolitical Stability

"Trust is shaped by the histories and relationships countries carry with them," write Samantha Sutton, associate director of policy at the Institute of Global Politics (IGP), and Angela Chitkara MIA '00, adjunct associate professor of international and public affairs.

 


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Apr 17 2026
Fortune
In the Media