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Democratic Resilience

Stuart Gottlieb: "This is a realignment that has significant staying power. The standard advice to Democrats — come back to the center! focus on “affordability”! protect migrants from deportation! — might have worked in the 1990s, but it is falling on deaf ears now because the Democrats have lost credibility with far too many swaths of voters and the brand is deeply tainted."

Jul 22 2025
New York Times
In the Media
Geopolitical Stability

The scholars will be publishing research, holding events and roundtables, and working with faculty and practitioners to help ensure that academic research can best inform public policy choices.

Jul 21 2025
Faculty Spotlight
Democratic Resilience

Trump's support fell off because he has gone too far beyond what even his supporters have wanted -- to secure the southern border and deport the bad guys," Robert Shapiro told Newsweek.

Jul 21 2025
Newsweek
In the Media
Democratic Resilience

"The fight against scam compounds in Southeast Asia has seen significant setbacks in recent months — another seeming casualty of the United States foreign aid freeze", states SIPA lecturer Laura Scherling.

Jul 18 2025
Tech Policy Press
In the Media

A special counsel is an independent prosecutor appointed by the attorney general to investigate, and potentially prosecute, cases in extraordinary circumstances, Robert Shapiro told McClatchy News.

Jul 18 2025
Miami Herald
Geopolitical Stability

How do world leaders make decisions at critical moments? In Inside the Situation Room, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Keren Yarhi-Milo, the dean of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, bring together academics and policymakers to bridge the gap between theory and practice and offer insight into what happens behind the curtain.

Jul 18 2025
Foreign Policy
In the Media
Geopolitical Stability

"After the latest strikes, it’s hard to see Israel doing anything other than sticking to its current strategy – one in which diplomacy plays no role," writes Rajan Menon.

Jul 17 2025
New Statesman
In the Media
Climate & Sustainable Development

"I don't think subsidizing electricity just as a general matter necessarily makes sense," says Noah Kaufman, a senior research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, who served as a senior economist on the Council of Economic Advisers under former President Joe Biden.

Jul 15 2025
NPR
In the Media
Democratic Resilience

A political science professor explains how voters are shopping around this year.

Jul 15 2025
Americas Quarterly
In the Media
Geopolitical Stability

Former White House Russia expert David Shimer calls Trump’s weapons plan for Ukraine a “positive step forward.”

Jul 15 2025
CNN
In the Media