"Donald Trump has wielded power with fewer restraints in the last 11 months than any president since Franklin Roosevelt," said presidential historian and IGP Faculty Advisory Board member Timothy Naftali.

The IGP Student Scholars Program helps prepare Columbia students to understand and find solutions to today's global challenges. Maxim shares his experience in the program and how he's been able to build community and connections beyond the classroom.

A new study, cowritten by IGP Faculty Advisory Board Member Joseph E. Stiglitz and IGP Affiliated Faculty Member Eric Verhoogen, suggests the law has already had a significant impact on hiring in that sector, contributing to 15,000 to 20,000 new jobs.

IGP Affiliated Faculty Member Robert Y. Shapiro told Newsweek: “[Trump] should say that while inflation today showed the lowest increase in a while, it will take a bit more time, and now the Federal Reserve should have grounds for cutting interest rates further, which can improve other aspects of the economy further. He needs to do it in a more subdued way than his bullying style.”

The next East Asian miracle may not dazzle, but by reframing the narrative from trade-offs to synergies between welfare and growth and addressing the growing social vulnerabilities quietly undermining the region’s economic potential, it can endure as a source of inspiration and resilience, write Arvid Lukauskas and IGP Affiliated Faculty Member Yumiko Shimabukuro.

The systematic Russification of schools in occupied territories aims to wipe out the Ukrainian national identity, writes IGP Affiliated Faculty Member Irwin Redlener.

"If they are going to have a 'fake news wing,' it would be awfully hard for nonpartisan library professionals at the National Archives to swallow," said IGP Faculty Advisory Board Member Timothy Naftali.

Controlled studies capture only a fraction of the effects of artificial intelligence. Economists should work with social scientists to find innovative ways to fully grasp this fast-moving field, writes IGP Affiliated Faculty Member Daniel Björkegren.

Stephen Miran, member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers addressed the implications for inflation, interest rates, and monetary policy following the Federal Reserve’s final policy meeting of the year.

“There was a large bout of inflation that resulted in an increase in prices after the pandemic,” Miran said during an IGP event. “While American families are still rightly distraught with that experience and unhappy with affordability, prices are now once again stable, albeit at higher levels. Policy should reflect that.”