In his new book, Political Automation: An Introduction to AI in Government and Its Impact on Citizens, Eduardo Albrecht, a SIPA professor and political anthropologist, examines how states deploy AI to make consequential decisions about their citizens. 

Experts from diverse fields explored AI’s impact on trust in expertise, human relationships, privacy, and market dynamics.

A panel of Columbia SIPA professors discusses investigative journalism in an age of AI, how big tech platforms are destroying the business model for news-gathering around the globe, and the importance of international journalism partnerships.

After Riyadh’s “coming out” party hosting the Group of 20 summit in 2020, which showed “a more forceful Saudi diplomacy,” the kingdom now stands “nonaligned, developmental state with tremendous resources to transform domestically,” said Karen Young, a Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy. 

In the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, US LNG "played a super-important role" for Europe as the continent sought to lessen its dependence on Russian gas, said Jonathan Elkind, a fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy.

The Obama administration veteran’s Chokepoints looks at recent US sanctions policy regarding Iran, Russia and China, says CGEP Senior Research Scholar Edward Fishman. 

Peter Dutton, one of the country’s leading experts on international maritime law, spoke with SIPA’s Tom Christensen to discuss the South China Sea.

In the film Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, "You have the freedom, idealism and truth-telling of jazz," says Hisham Aidi, "juxtaposed against the cynicism and double talk of realpolitik."