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News and Event Highlights

News and Event Highlights

Democratic Resilience

IGP Faculty Advisory Board member and presidential historian Tim Naftali analyzes the impact of domestic and international tensions on the American election race: "America has experienced authoritarian regimes before. But not a man like this in the White House since Andrew Jackson." And on the Middle East: "Trump has merit, but the political dividends will go to the Democrats."

Oct 13 2025
La Stampa
IGP in the News
Democratic Resilience

IGP Affiliated Faculty Member Robert Y. Shapiro, on Zohran Mamdani's statement about the Israeli hostage releases: "My reaction is that he thought he needed to say something, knowing that it would be interpreted in different ways by his supporters versus opponents."

Oct 13 2025
Newsweek
IGP in the News
Geopolitical Stability

What needs to happen next for Gaza to start rebuilding after the war? NPR's Michel Martin asks IGP Faculty Policy Director Jacob J. Lew, the former US ambassador to Israel under President Biden.

Oct 13 2025
NPR
IGP in the News
Geopolitical Stability

IGP Faculty Policy Director Jacob J. Lew, the US ambassador to Israel under President Biden, weighs in on President Trump's ceasefire in Gaza and what major questions still remain.

Oct 13 2025
CNN
IGP in the News
Geopolitical Stability

IGP Faculty Policy Director Jacob J. Lew, former US Ambassador to Israel, discusses the joys of Israeli hostages returning home and what it will take to reconstruct Gaza and its leadership.

Oct 13 2025
ABC News
IGP in the News
Democratic Resilience

IGP Affiliated Faculty Member Robert Y. Shapiro: "The New Jersey race has tightened and reflects the difficulties the Democrats have had holding on to their supporters."

Oct 10 2025
Newsweek
IGP in the News
Rapid Response

A panel of experts examined the pathway toward peace in Gaza and President Trump's role in the process.

Oct 10 2025
Event Highlight
IGP Women's Initiative

The Institute of Global Politics (IGP) Women’s Initiative convened a roundtable on October 9 to discuss the global implications of the erasure of Afghan women’s rights under Taliban rule.

Oct 09 2025
Event Highlight
Geopolitical Stability

IGP Research Scholar Nadav Eyal joins CBS News to discuss the agreement between Israel and Hamas to eventually end the war in Gaza.

Oct 09 2025
CBS
IGP in the News
Across the Aisle

Former Treasury secretaries Jack Lew, IGP Faculty Policy Director, and Steven Mnuchin participate in a discussion on ways to strengthen the U.S. economy, hosted by Georgetown University.

Oct 09 2025
C-SPAN
Event Highlight