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Inclusive Prosperity

“Our findings suggest that industrial policies can deliver measurable employment benefits in targeted strategic sectors, even in the short run,” write the authors, Bilge Erten of Northeastern University and Joseph E. Stiglitz and Eric Verhoogen of Columbia University.

Sep 24 2025
Brookings
In the Media
Democratic Resilience

Columbia University professor Robert Y. Shapiro, to Newsweek via email Wednesday: "Mamdani has a solid lead and Cuomo has only two hopes. One is that Mamdani will perform badly in the debates in October -- something close to a disaster. The other is that barring a poor performance by Cuomo in the debates, he will have a chance of winning if both Sliwa and Adams drop out. There is nothing Cuomo can do himself alone."

Sep 24 2025
Newsweek
In the Media
Democratic Resilience

Here & Now's Jane Clayson speaks with historian Tim Naftali about how President Trump's enemies list compares with former President Richard Nixon's during Watergate in the 1970s.

Sep 23 2025
WBUR
In the Media
Democratic Resilience

In a hall full of top officials and diplomats from all around the world, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler co-founder Maria Ressa called on the United Nations to win the battle for information integrity.

Sep 23 2025
Rappler
In the Media
Climate & Sustainable Development

José Antonio Ocampo's essay highlights the Sevilla Commitment’s significant advances, but also some of the important gaps.

Sep 23 2025
Multilateralism in Action
In the Media
Technology & Innovation

"Success requires defining what winning looks like, propositions of how adversaries should operate and organize differently after suffering the pressure of U.S. defensive improvements and counteroffensive operations," writes Jason Healey.

Sep 22 2025
OODA Loop
In the Media
Geopolitical Stability

When leaders let emotions or personal chemistry determine their policy, volatility replaces credibility with both adversaries and allies alike, write Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton and Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo in a New York Times op-ed.

Sep 22 2025
New York Times
In the Media
Inclusive Prosperity

With her rallying cry for gender equality turning 30 this year, Mrs. Clinton says President Trump and autocratic leaders abroad are steadily dismantling decades of progress.

Sep 22 2025
New York Times
In the Media
Geopolitical Stability

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joins Fareed Zakaria GPS alongside Keren Yarhi-Milo, dean of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, to discuss their new book Inside the Situation Room: The Theory and Practice of Crisis Decision-Making.

Sep 21 2025
CNN
In the Media
Democratic Resilience

“It’s both deja vu and PTSD.” Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist and author of the book “How to Stand Up to a Dictator,” sits down with Jon Stewart for a conversation about Trump’s authoritarian attacks on free speech in the wake of Disney taking Jimmy Kimmel off the air in fealty to the president and his hand-picked FCC Chair.

Sep 20 2025
The Daily Show
In the Media