New research coauthored by SIPA PhD student Fanyu Wang and Professor Douglas Almond finds that global air pollution rose 24–33 percent after the Trump administration ended US embassy air-quality monitoring in 2025.

“The volume of goods being brought into Yemen to make weapons increased exponentially and the number of routes being used increased exponentially after the truce was announced in Yemen in 2022,” said Peter Salisbury, an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

Advancements in AI offer the United States and its allies their first real opportunity in many years to catch up to China on the cyber front, writes IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow Anne Neuberger MIA ’05.

Margaret Walls investigates the world of weather forecasting with Jeffrey Shrader, an associate professor at Columbia University whose recent research examines inequalities in forecast accuracy among countries across the globe.

Columbia SIPA PhD student Cameron Scalera’s coauthored working paper finds a link between data center buildout and consumer energy prices.

SIPA alumni are filling leadership roles in cybersecurity government agencies and the private sector. Alumni and faculty of the past decade reflect on the program’s success in turning students into cyber practitioners.

We are thrilled to introduce our new 2026–27 Program Assistants! Meet Hannah Taschbach LSE-Columbia MPA ’27

Weather forecasts provide substantial economic value for society, but differences in forecast accuracy across regions can potentially exacerbate existing—and create new—economic inequalities, writes Jeffrey Shrader.

The most important pillar of the progressive AI agenda is using the increased productivity to create a better society — to get what we value.

A quarter-century may have passed, but the U.S. must maintain its post-9/11 vigilance while better addressing the stubborn support that exists for these movements worldwide, writes Stuart Gottlieb.