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Climate & Sustainable Development

For Fatou Kiné Gueye, an MPA in Environmental Science and Policy (MPA-ESP) student at SIPA, protecting the environment isn’t just a passion; it’s a mission rooted in heritage and hope for a better future.

Mar 24 2025
State of the Planet
Student Spotlight
Democratic Resilience

Timothy Naftali, an adjunct professor at Columbia University who is writing a book about JFK’s presidency, said scholars likely now have more details about U.S. intelligence activities under Kennedy than under any other president.

Mar 23 2025
AP
In the Media
Climate & Sustainable Development

SIPA hosted the 2025 GPPN Conference, bringing together global policy students and leaders to showcase bold solutions for a more sustainable future.

Mar 21 2025
Student Spotlight
Geopolitical Stability

"Debates over the balance of the Chinese and U.S. navies must be broadened to consider the dynamics of competitive production in long wars at sea," Stephen Biddle writes. 

Mar 19 2025
Foreign Affairs
In the Media
Democratic Resilience

Tim Naftali, an adjunct professor at the school of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, said that his review of the documents convinced him that some previously redacted information had not been classified to protect details that cast doubt on what happened to Kennedy but for a much simpler and more sensitive reason: to protect the C.I.A.’s sources and methods.

Mar 19 2025
New York Times
In the Media
Democratic Resilience

"Fundamental shifts are occurring in the body politic that have left Democrats on the wrong side of the popular vote, congressional races, and the country's shifting demographics," writes Stuart Gottlieb. "It's time for a total re-do."

Mar 19 2025
Newsweek
In the Media
Geopolitical Stability

CBC interviewed Nobel Prize winning economist, and former staffer and advisor to Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, Joseph Stiglitz.

Mar 18 2025
CBC
In the Media
Democratic Resilience

"Yes, these are perilous times, and the fabric of the Republic is being tested," writes Stuart Gottlieb in a New York Times letter to the editor. But the framers of the Constitution wrestled with these very issues, and crafted a system of government that has stood the test of time."

Mar 17 2025
New York Times
In the Media
Climate & Sustainable Development

“Regulatory process and political issues are part of the problem,” says Steven Cohen. “Offshore wind in the US can involve multiple approvals and risky expensive leases of offshore sites.”

Mar 16 2025
New York Post
In the Media
Geopolitical Stability

“What is new is the articulations of overwhelmingly imperial ambitions and purely acquisitive aims: Ukraine to restore the Russian empire, Greenland for minerals and sea lanes, Panama for naval control of sea lanes and to exclude China from the region,” Michael Doyle told Al Jazeera.

Mar 16 2025
Al Jazeera
In the Media