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New SIPA grad Stig Arild Pettersen (MIA '11) was 1,200 feet away from the bombing in downtown Oslo, Norway on July 22. Pettersen, now a reporter for the Norwegian Business Daily, is covering the aftermath of the attacks.
"We felt a pressure wave hitting our building, I was sure that the windows would crack. Then, a loud blast, followed by a tower of smoke rising from the Youngstorvet Square, where I 18 hours earlier had been eating and drinking with colleagues."
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The late Professor Manning Marable discussed his best-seller, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, in a six-part series of videos. The book was his life's work, published days after his death on April 1, and has generated renewed calls to reopen the investigation into Malcolm X's assassination.
Recorded In the last months of his life to accompany the publication, the videos are a collaboration between Marable and Truth2Power Films.
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A group of SIPA students called upon film and literary allegories to address the United States’ energy and security interests in the Persian Gulf over the next 15 years.
Their 2011 Capstone workshop included an analysis of U.S. military ability and political willingness to engage in the Persian Gulf. The team designed scenarios around three variables that impact security: hegemonic political influence, commercial activity, and regional security.
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Sheridan Prasso on why Chinese telecom Huawei scares the U.S.,
Fortune
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Ester Fuchs recalled life in New York City during the 1975 fiscal crisis,
Financial Times
Jeffrey Sachs said violence in Malawi puts the country at risk.
New York Times
Arvind Panagariya said reforms in labor, land, and higher education are crucial for India,
Times of India
Joseph Stiglitz remarked “land does not disappear when it is taxed” in arguing for land-value taxation,
New York Times
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Laura Budzyna (MPA DP ’12): “‘Mambo!’ ‘Safi!’ Or, what I'm actually doing in Tanzania,”
Laura in Tabora
Dorian Warren, who is writing a book on Walmart, says a donation possibly overlaps with company expansion plans,
The Huffington Post
Chitrangada Choudhury (MIA ’12/Journalism) writes “Now lost in the forest,” on the legal battles between rural communities in India and mining operations,
Hindustan Times
Anne Nelson writes “Wikipedia Taps College ‘Ambassadors’ to Broaden Editor Base.” She says the site represents a restructuring of the architecture of knowledge.
PBS MediaShift
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Stuart Gottlieb jumps into the debt debate on Politico’s
The Arena: “Am I missing something, or is the debt ceiling/debt reduction deal supposedly being worked out between President Obama and Speaker Boehner… poised to hand the GOP a huge ideological (and political) victory?”
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In an
address last month, former Fed chairman Paul Volcker said the pace of financial-regulatory reform has slowed “to the point of ineffectiveness” because of the complexity and the resistance of lobbyists. SIPA honored Volcker in April for his leadership in U.S. and global economic policymaking. Here, NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd questions former Fed chairman Paul Volcker on the financial and housing crisis at SIPA's 2011
Global Leadership Awards.
This newsletter is distributed by the Office of Communications and External Relations at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. Contact Alex Burnett at 212-851-1818 or
alex.burnett@sipa.columbia.edu.
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