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News and Event Highlights

News and Event Highlights

Democratic Resilience

"The inconsistency [in content moderation] is really powerful for actors who wish to promote extremism on social media. That allows them to find people who may be attracted to the ideologies and recruit them on less moderated spaces," said IGP Affiliated Faculty member Tamar Mitts on CNN.

Sep 15 2025
CNN
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Geopolitical Stability

At a roundtable hosted by Columbia’s Institute of Global Politics on September 12, Ha’aretz editor-in-chief Aluf Benn analyzed the erosion of Israel’s political guardrails under Prime Minister Netanyahu, the country’s deepening ideological divides, and the uncertain future of Israeli democracy.

Sep 12 2025
Event Highlight
Student Spotlight

Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton and Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo welcome a new cohort of student scholars, encouraging them to build bridges across ideological divides and grapple with complex questions.

Sep 10 2025
Event Highlight
Technology and Innovation

Creating a dedicated U.S. Cyber Force as a new branch of the armed services could transform America’s ability to defend against growing cyber threats. In this new FDD Monograph, IGP Affiliated Faculty member Erica Lonergan and Mark Montgomery outline the current gaps, what a U.S. Cyber Force would look like, how it could strengthen U.S. national security. 

Sep 09 2025
Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)
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Climate, Energy, and Sustainable Development

“I find that there’s been confusion between urgency and haste,” Ben Orlove, Columbia professor of international and public affairs and IGP Affiliated Faculty member, told Gizmodo. “Though we recognize the urgency of action, that should never serve as an excuse for incompletely reviewed proposals moving forward.”

Sep 09 2025
Gizmodo
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Democratic Resilience

President Donald Trump signed an executive order rebranding the Pentagon as the “Department of War." IGP Faculty Advisory Board Member Tim Naftali discusses why the department was renamed and reacts to Trump and Hegseth's reasoning for the change.

Sep 08 2025
CNN
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Faculty Spotlight

IGP Affiliated Faculty member Glenn Denning will serve as Columbia’s main liaison to the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty.

Sep 05 2025
Announcement
IGP Technology & Democracy Initiative

IGP researcher and Columbia SIPA lecturer Jen Weedon, who researches best practices in red teaming AI systems, pointed out that where a red team sits in the organizational chart shapes its incentives.

Sep 04 2025
Fortune
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Inclusive Prosperity and Macroeconomic Performance

The WTO core still holds, but members must use this crisis to push reform, writes Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow.

Sep 04 2025
Financial Times
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Democratic Resilience

Asialink and the Asia Institute present the 2025 Southeast Asia Oration, with Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa, Inaugural IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow.

Sep 03 2025
Asialink
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