Stuart Gottlieb, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, argues that this is America’s third “unipolar moment” since 1945, offering Washington another opportunity to help fashion a world that safeguards America’s interests and values, along with stabilizing leadership.

Timothy Naftali, senior research scholar at the School of International and Public Affairs, says Trump's State of the Union "is an opportunity to reset the president's agenda or to reaffirm it."

Inspired to pursue diplomacy growing up in the Bronx in a Ghanaian family, Khalil Ibrahim chose SIPA for its academic rigor, global perspective, and proximity to home.

Alejandra Valdivia MPA ’26 came to SIPA to gain the policy, finance, and regulatory expertise needed to expand clean energy access for underserved communities across Latin America — building on her hands-on experience developing microgrid projects in the Peruvian Amazon.

Seeking work that merged his interests of international politics, finance, and US–China trade relations, Liam Lau MPA ’26 enrolled at SIPA. The School’s academic rigor and location in New York City made it an ideal place to pursue that goal.

Jose Roberto Baldiva Jr., MPA ’26, reflects on his path from education reform in Brazil to climate policy at SIPA, highlighting his work to broaden understandings of Brazil, support first-generation students, and pursue inclusive models of sustainable finance.

IGP affiliated faculty member Irwin Redlener spoke with MS Now, stating that “we cannot forget what’s happening to Ukraine’s children. At the end of the day, this is a massive humanitarian crisis.”

Thomas J. Christensen, director of the China and the World Program at the School of International and Public Affairs, discusses the detention of Zhang Youxia—the capstone arrest amid the greatest series of purges in the history of China’s People's Liberation Army.

Columbia SIPA Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo and Secretary Hillary Clinton co-edited a book that brings readers into the room where leaders make decisions in times of crisis.

Jean-Marie Guéhenno, former UN under-secretary general and Arnold A. Saltzman Professor of Practice in International and Public Affairs, speaks about the challenges to the foundations of the international order established after World War II.