Diana speaks with Kiran Kaur '26 during her last semester at SIPA about what success looks like for her. Kiran shares her advice for incoming SIPA students.

Scholars and practitioners gathered at Columbia SIPA to debate liberalism and the future of the international order as well as pay homage to Professor Jack Snyder.

Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton on accelerating efforts to end child marriage: “This is an issue that really goes to the heart of how women and girls are treated around the world. This is an economic problem for communities, nations and the world because when these young women are married so early, their education stops."

India's economic growth journey is a huge opportunity for its international partners, the country's envoy in Washington Ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra said at the at the Columbia Indian Economy Summit 2026: The Quest for a Developed India hosted at SIPA.

Adjunct Senior Research Scholar Rajan Menon on the U.S.-Israel war with Iran: "The chasm between the two sides remains vast. Absent compromises and adept diplomacy, the conflict will almost certainly reignite."

"I do not see Iowa going blue in 2028. Its transformation into what has been a solidly Republican state has been striking over past years," says Columbia University professor Robert Y. Shapiro.

As part of the 2025–26 Capstone workshops in sustainable development practice, a team of graduate students from Columbia SIPA has been working with Kumulus Water, a French-Tunisian startup developing atmospheric water generation technology, on a project focused on supply chain optimization.

"If we’re serious about making this election about affordability, then kids should be front and center," writes Secretary Hillary Clinton, Professor of International and Public Affairs.

"The most important war that Iran has fought was largely undeclared and is almost entirely forgotten," says senior research scholar Nadav Eyal.

Amos Hochstein, IGP Distinguished Fellow, argues that the vulnerability of the global energy supply to Iranian coercion must be remedied by "new infrastructure, making a massive, internationally coordinated investment in energy corridors that bypass the Strait of Hormuz entirely."