Jose Roberto Baldiva Jr., MPA ’26, reflects on his path from education reform in Brazil to climate policy at SIPA, highlighting his work to broaden understandings of Brazil, support first-generation students, and pursue inclusive models of sustainable finance.

IGP affiliated faculty member Irwin Redlener spoke with MS Now, stating that “we cannot forget what’s happening to Ukraine’s children. At the end of the day, this is a massive humanitarian crisis.”

Thomas J. Christensen, director of the China and the World Program at the School of International and Public Affairs, discusses the detention of Zhang Youxia—the capstone arrest amid the greatest series of purges in the history of China’s People's Liberation Army.

Columbia SIPA Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo and Secretary Hillary Clinton co-edited a book that brings readers into the room where leaders make decisions in times of crisis.

Jean-Marie Guéhenno, former UN under-secretary general and Arnold A. Saltzman Professor of Practice in International and Public Affairs, speaks about the challenges to the foundations of the international order established after World War II.

Congress, public opinion, and administration insiders aren’t reliable constraints on Trump’s foreign policy decisions, writes Elizabeth N. Saunders, director of the Saltzman Institute for War and Peace Studies

High U.S. import tariffs appear to be here to stay and their full impact is likely to take "many years" to be felt, says Bank of England policymaker Alan Taylor, professor of international and public affairs at SIPA.

Robert Y. Shapiro, Columbia University professor, on the 2028 presidential candidates poll: "As the primary election season nears, these polls become useful for candidates to show their potential viability, which will help them get campaign contributions."

For China, a grandiose reception for Mr. Trump will convey a message to the world, especially to its Asian neighbors, said Julian Gewirtz, a senior research scholar at the Institute of Global Politics.

Disasters and Development by John Mutter, professor of earth and environmental sciences and of international and public affairs, and Sonali Deraniyagala, adjunct associate professor of international and public affairs, provides readers with a fundamental understanding of disasters and their consequences for economic development.