As Trump’s threats grow more unhinged, Saltzman Institute Director Elizabeth Saunders explains how Trump may have boxed himself into a place of maximum destructiveness on Iran—and why the GOP must urgently rein him in.

“Being part of the conversation with industry leaders makes you better prepared to navigate your career,” Profestas says.

Scholars from SIPA’s PhD in Sustainable Development program are showing how the burdens of a hotter planet fall unequally across societies.

SIPA teaches students and faculty the art of holding frank and honest discussions about some of the most charged issues of our time.

In a piece co-authored by the founding director of Columbia's Center on Global Energy Policy, Jason Bordoff, and Meghan L. O’Sullivan, the authors argue that the energy crisis caused by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran highlights a broader pattern: as the cooperative global order frays, energy insecurity rises. They point to the 1973 oil embargo as evidence that oil geopolitics has long shaped global stability—and continues to do so today.

Energy has reemerged as a central force shaping our world in 2026—both a geopolitical weapon and an economic fault line, according to Jason Bordoff, founding director of Columbia's Center on Global Energy Policy.

Approximately 270 alumni returned to SIPA for expert-guided conversations on today’s foremost policy challenges and to reconnect with classmates.

"Children deserve to be protected as robustly as possible—and that requires tools we can actually understand," writes Camille François, Assistant Professor of Practice at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

"Unlike the United States, which feels it must be able to project power worldwide, all Europeans need to do is protect their continent—a far more feasible task," writes senior research scholar Rajan Menon. 

There's nothing better than when we have a celebrity sub-in for a blog post! Welcome, Jason Healey! One of SIPA's extraordinary faculty members who is an expert on cyber risk and conflict. Professor Healey shares his perspective on how to prepare to study cyber at SIPA.