Congressional Research Service Partners with SIPA on Workshops
A workshop in the International Finance and Policy concentration at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) recently partnered with the Congressional Research Service...
View ArticleSanjay Reddy on Changes in Global Economy
There are winners and losers for every major change in the global economy, and it stands to reason that some poor farmers will find a way to profit from inflation. Columbia University economist Sanjay...
View ArticleRobbie Barnett on Tension in Tibet
Tibet exists “under a cloud of uncertainty, it’s in a shadow world where we don’t know what’s going on,” says Robbie Barnett, an expert on Tibet at Columbia University. Normal life “on the surface is...
View ArticleLincoln Mitchell on Clash in Georgia
“To think of this as a conflict between South Ossetia breaking away from Georgia, I think, leaves Russia out of it in a way that's not entirely accurate. Russia is a party to this and is a player in...
View ArticleLincoln Mitchell on South Ossetia Crisis
Georgia’s offensive to retake South Ossetia has spurred a strong Russian military response. Lincoln Mitchell, assistant professor in the Practice of International Politics at Columbia University, says...
View ArticleStephen Sestanovich on Russia and Georgia at War
“The real issue is whether we begin to think about Russia in a fundamentally different way. The issue is whether we begin to think of Russia as a challenger, a disturber to European order,” says...
View ArticleNew Book on Race in American Political Development Edited by SIPA’s Dorian...
SIPA Assistant Professor Dorian Warren has edited a new volume titled Race and American Political Development, along with co-editors Joe Lowndes and Julie Novkov. This volume, the first to collect...
View ArticleLincoln Mitchell on Russian Strikes in Georgia
“Tensions between Russia and Georgia have been going on for awhile. Small skirmishes between the two lead up to Saakashvili sending troops into South Ossetia last Thursday,” says Lincoln Mitchell...
View ArticleLincoln Mitchell on Unity, Nationalism and Bravado in Georgia
Lincoln Mitchell, a professor of international politics specializing in Georgia at Columbia University in New York, says “Georgia's newfound unity—and the government's embrace of Western-style civic...
View ArticleArvind Panagariya on the Doha Round
“During the latest negotiations, approximately 75 developing countries tabled a proposal under which larger developing countries will have the authority to raise tariffs on 7 percent of agricultural...
View ArticleLincoln Mitchell on Russian Invasion
“We’ve heard some strong talk and I think strong words are necessary but far from sufficient in this conflict,” says Lincoln Mitchell, the Arnold A. Saltzman assistant professor of international...
View ArticleLincoln Mitchell on Search for a Free Georgia and South Ossetia
Byline: Lincoln Mitchell, the Arnold A. Saltzman assistant professor of international politics at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. “If the hostilities continue and the...
View ArticleLincoln Mitchell on Georgia, Russia and Energy
“Russia is trying to send a strong message here. That message is, ‘we Russia are going to continue what we want in this sphere of influence, witness what we are doing in Georgia,’” says Columbia...
View ArticleJames Rubin on the Politics of War
Byline: James Rubin, adjunct Professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. “If Russia had continued its military assault all the way to Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, and...
View ArticleLincoln Mitchell on the Georgia-Russia Conflict
Lincoln Mitchell, Arnold A. Saltzman Assistant Professor in the Practice of International Politics with Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs was not surprised by Russia's...
View ArticleClaudia Dreifus Interviews Nina V. Fedoroff
Byline: Claudia Dreifus, Adjunct Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. Dr. Fedoroff, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, did fundamental research on...
View ArticleSIPA Grad Student Wins Prestigious OPC Foundation Award
Aaron Clark, a graduate student at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, was recently awarded a $2,000 Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholarship at the Foundation’s annual...
View ArticleDorian Warren on Obama and Biden
Assistant Professor Dorian Warren comments on Obama's selection of Joe Biden as his running mate.
View ArticleDavid Nissen named Senior Fellow at U.S. Association for Energy Economics
David Nissen, Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), has been nominated as a Senior Fellow of the U.S. Association for Energy...
View ArticleSanjay Reddy on Global Poverty
As Sanjay Reddy of Columbia University notes, “a human being could not live in the US on $1.25 a day in 2005 (or $1.40 in 2008), nor therefore on an equivalent amount elsewhere.”
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