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Earlier this year, the New York Fed and Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) co-organized the sixth annual State-of-the-Field Conference on Cyber Risk to Financial Stability.

Aug 13 2025
The Teller Window
In the Media
Democratic Resilience

"I would not make any big deal of this," Robert Y. Shapiro told Newsweek. "With so many polls being done, results that look like outliers or noteworthy changes need to be treated as possible due to normal sampling error, where you can get what looks like an outlier one out of twenty times."

Aug 12 2025
Newsweek
In the Media
Climate & Sustainable Development

Aaron Bartnick, a former Biden official now at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy, said there was no obvious reason for Washington to have pivoted so quickly on the security risks of the chips.

Aug 11 2025
Trump takes a new cut of American tech profits
In the Media
Climate & Sustainable Development

Glenn Denning explains to NSW Country Hour that tackling food security in SE Asia may be the best way for Australia to keep the peace. 

Aug 11 2025
NSW Country Hour
In the Media
Climate & Sustainable Development

Sanctions are more effective at pushing a country to change its behavior than tariffs, said Edward Fishman, a former State Department official and current scholar at Columbia University who has written a new book on economic warfare.

Aug 11 2025
The New York Times
In the Media
Technology & Innovation

IGP researcher Jen Weedon writes: "The critical question isn't just 'What don't we know yet about how this AI might fail?' but also 'What do we already know, and that we're choosing not to address?'"

Aug 07 2025
Tech Policy Press
In the Media
Democratic Resilience

"This isn’t the first time the BLS commissioner aroused presidential ire," writes Tim Naftali. "But at least Nixon faced constraints."

Aug 07 2025
The Atlantic
In the Media
Technology & Innovation

"The critical question isn't just 'What don't we know yet about how this AI might fail?" but also "What do we already know, and that we're choosing not to address?' writes Jen Weedon.

Aug 07 2025
Tech Policy Press
In the Media
Meet the SIPA Community
Aug 07 2025
Admissions Blog

Anya Schiffrin, co-director of the Technology, Policy, and Innovation Concentration at SIPA—and lifelong Upper West Side resident—shares her favorites.

Aug 06 2025
Columbia News
In the Media