Rajan Menon, senior research scholar at the Saltzman Institute, rejects the assumptions that Europe can't defend itself without the U.S., claiming that this mindset is the product of decades of American strategy. Menon shows how Europe's chosen dependence could be overcome, and why the Trump era makes it both possible and necessary.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke Wednesday about efforts to end child marriage at the Institute of Global Politics' Women's Initiative.

Jack Lew, former U.S. Treasury Secretary and former U.S. ambassador to Israel, discusses the war in Iran, stating that "I haven't heard a clear explanation of what the goal is. The administration could've done a much better job explaining why we're committing U.S. troops to this battle."

Rory Callison shares how studying social policy grounded his understanding of politics in the everyday realities that shape people’s lives.

“We’re at this pivotal moment where we could either continue to make progress or go backwards,” said Rachel Vogelstein, a professor and director of the Institute of Global Politics Women’s Initiative at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs. She is co-author of a new report on the economic costs of child marriage.

The Women’s Initiative at Columbia SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics (IGP), together with the Center for Global Development (CGD), has released a new report titled Accelerating Efforts to End Child Marriage.

According to SIPA senior research scholar Tim Naftali, Washington's joint military operation with Israel succeeded in killing a foreign leader, shattering a precedent that had been sustained for decades by a mix of moral, political, and logistical concerns.

Despite its sharp rhetoric over Iran, “Beijing cares much more about managing the United States than events in the Middle East,” said IGP Senior Research Scholar Julian Gewirtz, former senior director for China and Taiwan Affairs at the National Security Council under President Biden.

In this Q&A, CGEP scholars Richard Nephew, Dr. Karen Young, Daniel Sternoff, and Anne-Sophie Corbeau analyze the widening crisis, including disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, impacts on Gulf energy infrastructure, and the risks to global oil and gas prices.

A live stream with Lisa Anderson, James T. Shotwell Professor Emerita of International Relations, on the emerging developments following the joint US-Israel coordinated strikes on Iran.