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Climate & Sustainable Development

“There is way too much U.S. LNG capacity coming online for Europe to absorb,” said Anne-Sophie Corbeau, a former head of gas analysis at BP who now works as a global research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy. “There is also a nontrivial possibility that the U.S. will export more LNG than Europe will consume,” probably by the early 2030s, she added.

Sep 15 2025
Foreign Policy
In the Media
Democratic Resilience

"The inconsistency [in content moderation] is really powerful for actors who wish to promote extremism on social media. That allows them to find people who may be attracted to the ideologies and recruit them on less moderated spaces," said SIPA's Tamar Mitts on CNN.

Sep 15 2025
CNN News Central
In the Media
Geopolitical Stability

A clever map trick, Ukrainian self-defense, and European Union membership should form the core of a face-saving deal, writes Cynthia Roberts, an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

Sep 11 2025
Foreign Policy
In the Media
Geopolitical Stability

Historically in Nepal, “there is very much an expectation that security forces will break the law,” said Rumela Sen, a lecturer at Columbia University whose research focuses on political violence in South Asia.

Sep 10 2025
New York Times
In the Media
Geopolitical Stability

Colin Kahl ’00SIPA, a national-security adviser in the administration of President Barack Obama ’83CC and undersecretary of defense for policy under President Joe Biden, said in a 2022 interview that there was “rarely a conversation” on national-security issues in the White House Situation Room when he and colleagues did not draw on Robert Jervis’s work.

Sep 10 2025
Columbia Magazine
In the Media
Technology & Innovation

Creating a dedicated U.S. Cyber Force as a new branch of the armed services could transform America’s ability to defend against growing cyber threats. In this new FDD Monograph, Erica Lonergan and Mark Montgomery outline the current gaps, what a U.S. Cyber Force would look like, how it could strengthen U.S. national security. 

Sep 09 2025
Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)
In the Media

“I find that there’s been confusion between urgency and haste,” Ben Orlove, a professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University, told Gizmodo. “Though we recognize the urgency of action, that should never serve as an excuse for incompletely reviewed proposals moving forward.”

Sep 09 2025
Gizmodo
In the Media
Democratic Resilience

President Donald Trump signed an executive order rebranding the Pentagon as the “Department of War." Tim Naftali discusses why the department was renamed and reacts to Trump and Hegseth's reasoning for the change.

Sep 08 2025
CNN
In the Media
Geopolitical Stability

Tanya Domi, Adjunct Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs from Columbia University, joined to discuss the situation in Serbia. 

Sep 06 2025
TVP World
In the Media
Technology & Innovation

The SIPA Cyber Regulations Watch newsletter sat down with Colin Ahern to discuss how New York approaches cybersecurity regulation.

Sep 05 2025
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