Feed Editor (Unlicensed) 6 May 2008 9:07:44 GMT Events at SIPA, Faculty News, and Faculty in the News http://sipa.columbia.edu/ SIPA, Columbia University Education en-us sipa-webmaster@columbia.edu Patricia M. Cloherty, MIA ’68, Chairman and CEO of Delta Private Equity Partners, has been awarded the Order of Friendship by a decree from Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation. She received this honor for her major contribution to the development of Russian business and for strengthening friendship and cooperation between the Russian Federation and the United States of America. Ms. Cloherty is a Trustee of Columbia University and a member of the SIPA Board of Advisors. She is former Co-Chairman, President and General Partner of Apax Partners, Inc. (formerly Patricof & Co. Ventures, inc.), an international private venture capital company that she joined in 1970 and that has $10 billion under management. 6 May 2008 9:07:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html Andrea Bubula, a long standing popular member of the faculty at SIPA, was selected as a recipient of the Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching. Established in 1996, the presidential awards honor the best of Columbia's teachers for the influence they have on the development of their students and their part in maintaining the University's longstanding reputation for educational excellence. The awards are designed to recognize the diverse forms that teaching may take in the different parts of the University. 2 May 2008 2:09:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html After a 13-month international search, John H. Coatsworth has been appointed as dean of the School of International and Public Affairs. Coatsworth joined the Columbia faculty from Harvard in 2006. He is the author or editor of seven books on the history of economic development and international relations of Latin America. From 1994 to 2006, he served as the founding Director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard—now the largest center of its kind in the world. He also chaired the Harvard faculty Committee on Human Rights, as well as the Committee on Education Abroad, which overhauled Harvard's undergraduate international study program. From 1969 to 1992, John taught at the University of Chicago, where he chaired the History Department and founded the university's Center for Latin American Studies. For more information see Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger's Announcement and Dean John H. Coatsworth's Statement. 29 Apr 2008 2:45:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School announced the Top 50 Programs of the 2008 Innovations in American Government Awards competition. Selected from a pool of nearly 1,000 applicants, these programs represent the best in government innovation from local, county, city, tribal, state, and federal levels. SIPA’s Picker Center for Executive Education designed this program in collaboration with the Columbia Business School to prepare senior fire and EMS chiefs for the complex challenges of the post-9/11 world. 28 Apr 2008 4:04:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html Byline: Steve Cohen, Executive Director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute. “In his ceaseless effort to maintain his record as the worst President on the environment since the creation of the EPA in 1970, President George W. Bush has somehow managed to outdo himself with his latest Rose Garden pronouncement on climate change.” 25 Apr 2008 4:14:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Steve Fainaru (MIA 1994), 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner and reporter for the Washington Post, will be the speaker at SIPA’s graduation this year. Steve had been awarded a Pulitzer Prize in the category of International Reporting for his writing on the role of private armies in the Iraq War. According to the Washington Post, Fainaru ''took personal risks to expose a hidden side of the Iraq war'' in his reporting. His articles, which exposed how private armies fired indiscriminately at insurgents and civilians and functioned without regulation or oversight, contributed to the development of legislation and Congressional oversight. For more information on the award, please see the Pulitzer Prize Website. 17 Apr 2008 11:40:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html The American University in Cairo (AUC) today announced the appointment of Columbia University Professor Lisa Anderson, a specialist on politics in the Middle East and North Africa, as its next provost. Dr. Anderson succeeds Dr. Earl (Tim) Sullivan who has been AUC provost since 1998 and professor of political science at AUC since 1973. 16 Apr 2008 11:34:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html Hisham Aidi, lecturer at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs, has been named a Carnegie Scholar for his work on Muslim youth in America and Western Europe. Aidi’s work will examine the cultural and political responses of Muslim youth in America and Western Europe in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 and the different initiatives Western states have adopted to integrate Muslim communities within their borders. Aidi's research will explain how Muslim youth, in their bid for social inclusion, are becoming racially and politically conscious, and are producing new diaspora identities and movements. The 2008 Carnegie awardees are the fourth consecutive annual class to focus on Islam. For more information on the program, please see the Carnegie site. 9 Apr 2008 11:34:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html Steve Fainaru (MIA 1994) of the Washington Post has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize in the category of International Reporting for his writing on the role of private armies in the Iraq War. According to the Washington Post, Fainaru ''took personal risks to expose a hidden side of the Iraq war'' in his reporting. His articles, which exposed how private armies fired indiscriminately at insurgents and civilians and functioned without regulation or oversight, contributed to the development of legislation and Congressional oversight. For more information on the award, please see the Pulitzer Prize Website. 8 Apr 2008 11:53:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html A recent paper on Son-biased sex ratios by Douglas Almond (Columbia-SIPA/Economics) and Lena Edlund (Columbia-Economics) has been picked up by a number of media outlets, including the Associate Press and National Public Radio. In the paper, they document male-biased sex ratios among U.S.-born children of Chinese, Korean, and Asian Indian parents in the 2000 U.S. Census. This male bias is particularly evident for third children: If there was no previous son, sons outnumbered daughters by 50%. The paper is available online. 3 Apr 2008 2:01:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/ sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/ The March issue of the Manhattan Institutes Civic Bulletin published an important new study by SIPA's William Eimicke and his co-author Stephen Goldsmith on the re-entry of ex-offenders into mainstream society. The report surveys a wide variety of programs that have been analyzed and presents a set of recommendations, including closer coordination among branches of the justice system, emphasis on early intervention, a focus on employment, and the involvement of family and community. 18 Mar 2008 2:09:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Robert Barnett, a Tibet specialist at Columbia University said, “They were demanding specific changes on religious restrictions in the monastery.” He said monks wanted the authorities to ease rules on “patriotic education” in which monks are required to study government propaganda and write denunciations of the Dalai Lama. 18 Mar 2008 2:05:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html “You’re not going to find anybody in the Republican Party who doesn’t think he’s a mensch, a man of his word, a guy you can trust in a negotiation,” says Ester Fuchs, a Columbia University political scientist. “When he became minority leader, it was the first time he could get Democrats to the table. Before that they were completely ignored,” Fuchs says. 13 Mar 2008 4:08:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html “The problem is we don’t know when this behavior started for this person,” said Cohen, a professor of public administration at Columbia University. “Politicians are like the rest of us. The fact that they’re flawed and do stupid things shouldn’t surprise us.” 11 Mar 2008 4:44:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html The Organization of American States approved a resolution declaring the Colombian military raid into Ecuador a violation of sovereignty. “These past days showed that a radicalization of the positions by the parties involved in the conflict are not in the interest of peace,” said Aldo Civico, director of the Center for International Conflict Resolution at Columbia University. 7 Mar 2008 2:58:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html In 1999, Senator Daniel Moynihan unveiled plans to transform the classical elements and monumental scale of the James A. Farley Post Office on 8th Avenue into a gleaming new train station. In the nine years since, what has become known as the Moynihan Station project has evolved into a grander, costlier and more complicated proposal involving not just government funds but private development. “Public-private partnerships are now one-sided arrangements in which the public actors no longer plan public spaces in the public interest,” says Elliott Sclar a professor of urban planning at Columbia University. 7 Mar 2008 2:58:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz, a Columbia University economics professor and former advisor to President Bill Clinton, told a congressional panel that the war has contributed to substantially higher oil prices and required more foreign borrowing by the United States since Bush and Congress have not raised taxes or cut spending to pay for the combat. 5 Mar 2008 4:00:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Rodolfo de la Garza, a Columbia University professor who specializes in Latin American studies, said “as long as Castro is alive he will still be a major influence on Cuba.” “Castro’s not dead, so if something happens and he decides to protest it, which could happen, that would be very serious,” said de la Garza. “So it’s symbolic and substantial, but it’s not definitive.” 5 Mar 2008 4:00:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Edward Glaeser, the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University and a well-known commentator on urban policy, will lecture on why New York is America’s largest city on March 11th at 6pm. Glaeser is the Director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government at Harvard and Director of the Rappaport Institute of Greater Boston. He has published dozens of papers on cities, economic growth, and law and economics. His work has focused on the factors that create city growth and the role of cities as centers of idea transmission. 29 Feb 2008 2:51:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/ sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/ José Antonio Ocampo has been awarded the distinguished Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought, along with Robert Wade of the London School of Economics, for their work on trade and development. Neva Goodwin, who directs award selection process at Tufts’ Global Development And Environment Institute, said, “José Antonio Ocampo and Robert Wade are among the most creative economic thinkers, combining rigorous analysis with empirically grounded research. Each of them is laying critical pieces of the groundwork that’s needed for solving global problems in ways that will genuinely improve the lives of the world’s poor majority.” 28 Feb 2008 9:55:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html Tanya Heikkila, Assistant Professor at SIPA, is part of an interdisciplinary team that received a $6 million grant from the PepsiCo Foundation for a project on the challenges of water scarcity in India, Brazil, China and several countries in Africa. The project will be based at the newly founded Columbia Water Center and will be directed by Professor Upmanu Lall at the School of Engineering. The project seeks to demonstrate that an integrated, interdisciplinary approach combining site-appropriate technological, policy and economic innovations is the best method to produce sustainable water supply development. 25 Feb 2008 3:15:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html On January 23, 2008 Borders announced the winners of the 2007 Original Voices Awards. The 12th annual Original Voices Awards recognizes “fresh, compelling and ambitious works” from new and emerging talents of 2007 in several literary categories. Peter Godwin, Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, is the winner of the non-fiction category for his book, When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa. According to the Borders’ selection committee the story took readers somewhere unfamiliar and taught them something new. Peter Godwin’s novel was also placed on The Notable Books Council of the Reference and User Services Association’s (RUSA) 2008 list of outstanding books for the general reader. 12 Feb 2008 4:04:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html “It seems like every mayor, because they’re in this media center, people say they should run for president. Of course, no New York City mayor has ever gone on to higher office. It’s something Mayor Giuliani is discovering right now,” says Steven Cohen, Columbia University professor. 5 Feb 2008 11:44:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Byline: Rodolfo de la Garza, Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. “…Clinton has a decade and a half of experience and ties to prominent Latinos in the regions where most Latinos live. Obama has just two years in national public office and a political base in the Midwest. For the majority of Latinos it is the political calculus of long-established relationships combined with early outreach and the support of community influentials that are most likely to carry the day.” 1 Feb 2008 1:05:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Byline: William Eimicke, Founding Director of the Picker Center for Executive Education. “There is considerable evidence, reported in a recent National Academy of Sciences study and elsewhere, that ex-offenders who are able to get and keep a job are less likely to return to prison. They have a good deal of trouble doing it on their own, but much less with the assistance of a variety of community-based programs.” 1 Feb 2008 1:05:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Steven Cohen, a professor of public administration at Columbia University, praised the mayor’s plan saying, “taxes should not be raised in an economic downturn.” “The tax-cut plan should also help the mayor politically,” Cohen said. 23 Jan 2008 5:20:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Byline: James Rubin, Professor of International and Public Affairs. “Even as the ‘surge’ of US troops has calmed fighting in Iraq, the war itself is heating up the American election in unexpected ways. It is not only the wisdom of war or its tragic execution that is at issue, but also whether and how America should extricate itself from that war-torn country.” 23 Jan 2008 5:20:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Rashid Khalidi, director of the Middle East Institute at Columbia University said, “President George W. Bush’s eight day Middle East tour accomplished very little. He tried to rally the ‘troops’ to his policy and I think it had very little affect.” 23 Jan 2008 5:20:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html “This is among the best books and certainly the most comprehensive study of the Indian economy since Independence. It is a valuable addition to the libraries of people interested in understanding the past, present and future of the Indian economy.” 16 Jan 2008 4:40:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Byline: Jacqueline Klopp, Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. Hundreds have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced in the three weeks since Kenya’s hotly disputed presidential elections. The international community must realize that Kenya’s violence today is fueled by strongmen on both sides of the political divide. They are exploiting ethnic identity, pitting one community against another, as a means to gain power. 15 Jan 2008 2:44:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html The Pentagon video showed it clearly: Iranian speedboats buzzing dangerously close to three U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway at the base of the Persian Gulf, on January 6th. “The fact that it comes a couple of days before the President sets off on his trip raises questions,” says Professor Gary Sick, an Iran expert at Columbia University. 15 Jan 2008 2:44:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will host Libya’s foreign minister, the first visit by the top Tripoli diplomat since 1972. Lisa Anderson, a Middle East politics expert at Columbia University, said “the Libyans are feeling a little impatient” at the slow pace of full diplomatic normalization, and Tripoli probably wants a U.S. invitation for leader Muammar Gaddafi-an unlikely prospect. 15 Jan 2008 2:44:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html If Mr. Bloomberg launches an official campaign, he is expected to explain his about-face by saying he changed his mind after the selection of the Democratic and Republican nominees for president. A professor of public administration at Columbia University, Steven Cohen, said that if Mr. Bloomberg decided to run, he'd likely say that neither party nominated a centrist candidate who could lead the country. "Depending on the nominees, that's where he'd get his rationale for his own run," he said. 4 Jan 2008 10:44:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Byline: Jeffrey Sachs, professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. “Many of today’s war zones—including Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, and Sudan—share some basic problems that lie at the root of their conflicts. They are all poor, buffeted by natural disasters and have rapidly growing populations that are pressing on the capacity of the land to feed them.” 28 Dec 2007 12:37:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html The dollar’s recent fall might signal that the ‘fiat’ money system, which has been in place since America departed from the gold standard in 1971, was something of a mistake. Richard Clarida, a professor of economics at Columbia University, disagreed. “I think the adjustment of the dollar to date is understandable, I think it’s appropriate, I think on balance it’s stabilizing for the global economy,” he said. 26 Dec 2007 4:05:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Gerhard Schröder, former Chancellor of Germany, gave SIPA's annual Silver Memorial lecture entitled, “Russia and the Future of European Energy Security,” co-sponsored by The Center for Energy, Marine, Transportation and Public Policy (CEMTPP). 18 Dec 2007 2:15:44 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/multimedia/index.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/multimedia/index.html Byline: Stephen Sestanovich, professor of international diplomacy at Columbia University. After meeting with leaders of the European Union recently, Vladimir Putin boasted the surging Russian economy has overtaken that of Italy, and will overtake France in 2009. Such astonishing claims have become commonplace in statements by Russian officials, who insist Russia will become the world’s fifth largest economy by 2020. 18 Dec 2007 10:55:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html On the surface, the accomplishment of the two-week UN climate conference that concluded in Bali seems meager. Thousands of delegates representing nearly 200 nations agreed to talk more, laying out a road map for negotiations that will in theory produce a climate treaty by 2009. “My starting point is a sigh of relief that we’re on the right track, the fact that there is a Bali action plan is an important development,” said Jeffrey Sachs, director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute. 18 Dec 2007 10:55:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Mayor Bloomberg is asking all presidential candidates to complete a 16-question survey on gun trace data, gun trafficking, and punishment levels for breaking gun laws. Steven Cohen, a professor of public administration at Columbia University said, “gun control is an emotional issue in America that has divided urban and rural voters.” 14 Dec 2007 9:35:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Part of the Shah’s defensive strategy was to develop a nuclear “surge capacity” – the know-how and infrastructure to build a bomb at short notice if and when the need for the ultimate deterrent arose. “Iran’s rulers are following a strategy very much like that of the Shah,” said Gary Sick, a senior research scholar at Columbia University. He blames the Bush administration for not adopting a negotiating strategy with Iran over its nuclear ambitions that would take into account Iran’s strategic concerns. 14 Dec 2007 9:35:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html “Giuliani’s welfare people matched the city data with the State Department of Labor data and basically found that people were working already,” said Ester Fuchs, a Columbia University professor of public affairs. “So they found fraud, sent out letters, people left the rolls and they were instantly employed. Weeding out fraud is an inarguable achievement, but Giuliani makes it sound as if he also created a robust job program.” 14 Dec 2007 9:35:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Malawi hovered for years at the brink of famine. Almost five million of its thirteen million people needed emergency food aid. “The donors took away the role of the government and the disasters mounted,” said Jeffrey Sachs, a Columbia University economist who lobbied Britain and the World Bank on behalf of Malawi’s fertilizer program and who has championed the idea that wealthy countries should invest in fertilizer and seed for Africa’s farmers. 14 Dec 2007 9:35:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html The revelation that security costs for Giuliani’s trysts with Judith Nathan were spread to obscure New York accounts exposes the former mayor to harsh questions his campaign wanted badly to avoid about character, truthfulness and a penchant for secrecy. “The biggest problem for him, if you look at the New York papers today, it’s all pictures of Rudy and Judi in the Hamptons,” said Steven Cohen, a public administration professor at Columbia University. “I’m sure that’s not what he wants to see in the press right now while he’s pushing his campaign.” 14 Dec 2007 9:35:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Steven Cohen, a professor of public administration at Columbia University, cautioned against reading too much into the reported meetings between Mr. Bloomberg and Ms. Soderberg, a foreign policy adviser in the Clinton administration and a critic of the war in Iraq. “I would never assume that because he is consulting with someone he is necessarily going to follow that person,” he said. 14 Dec 2007 9:35:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Juanes’ Mi Sangre Foundation has partnered with the Center for International Conflict Resolution (CICR) to create a campaign for nonviolence in the singer’s home country of Colombia. The goal of this campaign is to formulate innovative solutions that will bring peace to the people of Colombia, who desire an end to the violence from guerillas and paramilitaries. CICR director, Aldo Civico, says the program could involve a partnership between other universities and non-governmental organizations. Civico will introduce Juanes to experienced peace moderators who have worked on CICR projects in the past, such as former U.S. Senator George Mitchell. Both Civico and Juanes hope that new creative solutions will start a path to peace. More information is available in an article in the Los Angeles Times. 12 Dec 2007 3:36:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html After nearly 20 years of exemplary service as the Founding Director of SIPA's International Media and Communications concentration, Professor Pete Johnston has announced that he is retiring at the end of this academic year. To ensure a smooth transition, Anya Schiffrin will be appointed as the Acting Director of IMC for the 2008-2009 academic year. A reception in honor of Professor Johnston will be held in the spring semester. 10 Dec 2007 4:00:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html Habitat for Humanity - New York City has announced the appointment of a SIPA alumnus, Josh Lockwood (MIA 97) as Executive Director. Habitat-NYC, a leading affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, builds affordable homes for ownership in New York City's five boroughs. Lockwood earned his Master of International Affairs degree from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs in 1997. "I am honored and inspired to be leading Habitat-NYC at this historic time, when we are providing more affordable homes to hardworking New York City families than ever before," said Lockwood. He joined the organization in 2006 as Chief Operating Officer and was appointed Acting Executive Director in the spring of 2007. 27 Nov 2007 2:15:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html Giuliani’s recent commercial plays to one of his strengths, New York’s resurgence while he was mayor. During his term, crime in New York decreased by sixty percent and welfare rolls shrank by more than half. Yet critics say he doesn’t deserve all the credit for the city’s comeback. “It wasn’t done in Rudy’s first term, it was done over the course of twenty-five years of people working to rebuild what had fallen apart,” said Steven Cohen, a public affairs professor at Columbia University. 27 Nov 2007 9:20:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Byline: Sanjay Reddy. “The problems with poverty estimates go well beyond the inappropriate nature of the conversion factors used to make such adjustments across currencies, and ultimately reside in the failure to specify an international poverty line that are meaningful in the sense that they correspond to the real cost of achieving basic human requirements." 27 Nov 2007 9:20:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html “The global reserve system is fraying; it’s falling apart,” said Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel-laureate economist at Columbia University. “The change in mindset about the use of the dollar in reserves and the movement of the dollar out of the reserves will continue to exert downward pressure.” 15 Nov 2007 5:22:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html On October 9, 2007, Bill de Blasio (MIA 1987) announced his candidacy for Brooklyn Borough President. Mr. de Blasio says that he is running for Borough President because he believes, “I have the experience and vision to strengthen and protect Brooklyn neighborhoods in a time of unprecedented growth and change.” His priorities as Borough President would include keeping Brooklyn affordable by building and preserving affordable housing and stopping out-of-control and out-of-character development, and improving quality of life in every Brooklyn neighborhood. Bill de Blasio has dedicated his career to public service. He is the current Councilmember representing Brooklyn's 39th District and current Chair of the City Council's General Welfare Committee. His past accomplishments include serving as campaign manager for Hillary Clinton's successful 2000 U.S. Senate bid and as a former member of Brooklyn's Community School Board. For more information on his campaign please visit: www.billdeblasio.com. 15 Nov 2007 4:05:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html Images from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina exposed some of the realities of poverty in this country–the living conditions of poor Americans, the racial divides, government funding biases, and dangerously weak social safety nets. For Kristen Lewis (MIA ’93) national reactions to Katrina made her realize that many Americans did not understand poverty in their own country. At around the same time, Sarah Burd-Sharps (MIA ’87), who was Deputy Director of UNDP’s Human Development Report Office, thought it might be valuable to explore well-being and poverty issues through this lens in a domestic context, as well. She had seen the power of this approach to question the status quo and bring change on every continent. As a result, the two former UNIFEM colleagues began the exciting yet laborious process of pioneering the first ever American Human Development Report (AHDR). 14 Nov 2007 10:00:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html The Parliament in the republic of Georgia on Friday approved a decree by President Mikheil Saakashvili to keep the nation under a state of emergency for as long as fifteen days, resisting calls from inside and outside the country to restore personal and political rights. Lincoln Mitchell, a Columbia University professor who closely follows Georgian politics said, “to ensure a chance at a fair election Imedi-TV would have to be allowed to broadcast as an independent station.” 13 Nov 2007 1:10:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html In the last couple of years there has been a sharp backlash against the philosophy of “social marketing” that has pushed its practitioners’ off-balance and led economists to take sides. High-profile development scholars, including Columbia University economist Jeffrey Sachs, have joined a chorus of criticism and several economic studies have chipped away at the rationale behind social marketing. “You can’t expect people with no money to buy bed nets,” said Sachs. 13 Nov 2007 1:10:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html The Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies (SIWPS), the East-West Institute, and the Center for International Business Education and Research presented a panel discussion on bioterrorism and WMD proliferation with panelists Dr. Mark Chandler, Chairman and CEO, Biophysical; Brandon D. Declet, Counsel to the US House of Representatives, Committee on Homeland Security; Stuart Gottlieb, Lecturer in the Discipline of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Dr. Greg Austin, Vice President at the East-West Institute and Director of EWI's Global Security Program and Policy Innovation. 8 Nov 2007 4:52:44 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/multimedia/index.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/multimedia/index.html Gary Sick, a professor of Middle East politics at Columbia University said, “Washington has long run a risk by betting everything on Musharraf, making him the center of U.S. security strategy in the region. That strategy could backfire if the situation in Pakistan spins out of control.” 8 Nov 2007 3:40:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html On October 23, 2007, the UN Studies Program at SIPA sponsored a major conference on child soldiers at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs. Speakers included renowned author Ismael Beah, former child soldier in Sierra Leone and author of "Long Way Gone" (Memoirs of a Boy Soldier); Ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert, Permanent Representative of France to the UN and Chairman, Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict; Nicolas Michel, Under-Secretary General, Department of Legal Affairs at the United Nations; Hilde Johnson, Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF; Jo Becker, Advocacy Director of Human Rights Watch; and Professor Elisabeth Lindenmayer, Acting Director, UN Studies Program, SIPA. The event was co-sponsored by the Institute of African Studies, the Humanitarian Affairs Program, the International Conflict Resolution Program and the Human Rights Concentration. Video of the event is available online at sipa.columbia.edu/multimedia. 2 Nov 2007 2:45:44 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/multimedia/index.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/multimedia/index.html “You’re going to hear a lot about taxes over the next two years. Some of the things you hear will be true. Others will be less true… 'A dirty little secret is that the corporate income tax used to raise a fair amount of revenue,' says Richard Clarida, a Columbia University economist and former Treasury Department official under Mr. Bush.” 1 Nov 2007 12:28:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html The presidency of Argentina was handed from husband to wife, as first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner crushed thirteen opposition candidates. The main difference between the outgoing and incoming presidents is one of style. “He has appeared very domestically oriented, whereas she appears much more prone to talk to the outside world and to engage other people in conversation,” said Maria Victoria Murillo, a Latin American political scientist at Columbia University. 30 Oct 2007 5:30:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Robert Jervis, a Columbia University professor who chairs an advisory panel for the CIA on the declassification of historical documents said, “Releasing intelligence estimates increases the likelihood their contents will be used for political rather than foreign policy purposes, and influences how they are worded.” 30 Oct 2007 5:30:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Byline: Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. James Hansen is the director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, where his team researches the physics and forecasting of climate change. In June 1988, he became the first leading scientist to explain global warming to the U.S. Congress and the American people. Over the past two decades, Hansen’s concerns for the world’s future have only mounted. He has therefore recommended a decisive shift to a new sustainable economy with much lower emissions of carbon dioxide. 29 Oct 2007 2:40:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html The criminal investigation of New York’s former police commissioner is on track to crash headlong into the GOP presidential race and Rudy Giuliani’s final push for the nomination. “It will matter significantly if his opponents bring it up,” said Robert Y. Shapiro, Columbia University political science professor. “And, they very well might, especially if he’s the front-runner.” 29 Oct 2007 2:40:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html “A slowdown in the U.S. economy may be prolonged as a house-price drop cuts off a source of funding for consumers,” said Joseph Stiglitz a professor at Columbia University. “The average price of housing in the U.S. is already falling,” he said. “That will be a big problem for the U.S. and if it is a problem for the U.S., it’s going to be a big problem for the global economy.” 25 Oct 2007 3:00:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Mayor Bloomberg’s administration is laying the groundwork to codify many of PlaNYC’s goals into city law without the help of Albany lawmakers. Ester Fuchs, a professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University, argues “that the city and upstate economies are so different that the city should be allowed to set its own standards to make the energy planning workable.” 25 Oct 2007 3:00:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html “I think it is a big question for China that there seems to be a continuing inability to gauge how Tibetans think, and how to win them over,” says Robert Barnett, professor of Tibetan studies at Columbia University. “They need to get over the idea that you can buy people’s loyalty by improving the economy and improving cities and so on. It just isn’t working out for them,” he says. 17 Oct 2007 5:08:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Richard Clarida, professor of economics and international affairs at Columbia University, talks about the outlook for Federal Reserve monetary policy and the U.S. dollar, the state of the credit markets and inflation concerns in the U.S. 17 Oct 2007 5:08:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Dorian Warren, a Columbia University professor who focuses on racial politics, said “the seeming spike in noose hangings have come at a crucial time when Americans are grappling with anxiety about immigrants of color and a growing economic disparity.” 16 Oct 2007 12:15:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html “I believe there are many places that are in, or on the edge of, conflict because of climate change already, and this prize is a warning that on our current trajectory of climate change the risk will get worse-these will be the conflicts of the 21st century,” said Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. 16 Oct 2007 12:15:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s plan to create a regional lending bank will be beneficial for South America. “It is a good thing to have competition in most markets, including the market for development lending,” the Columbia University professor said. He said the World Bank and International Monetary Fund tend to lay down many conditions that “hinder the development effectiveness.” 12 Oct 2007 1:00:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, UN Ambassador from Nigeria and Columbia alum (MA ‘70), recently returned from a four day visit to Rangoon as the UN’s Special Envoy to Myanmar, where he held meetings with the government officials and detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. As a representative of the Good Offices Mandate of the Secretary General, his mission was designed to assess the situation on the ground in the wake of recent demonstrations, and try to promote dialogue between the government and the opposition as to the best path to ending the present crisis and achieving a humane reconciliation. 11 Oct 2007 10:15:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/announcements/gambari_2007.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/announcements/gambari_2007.html Dr. Abdulkarim Soroush is considered one of the world’s leading Iranian scholars, and SIPA’s Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration and Religion (CDTR), the Committee on Global Thought, the Department of Religion and the entire Columbia community at large warmly welcome him as a Distinguished Guest for the Fall Semester. Dr. Soroush will be based at the CDTR for the Fall Semester, and will mostly be working with Professor Bilgrami graduate philosophy students on the role of modern Islam in a world that is increasingly governed by the ideals of democracy and secularism. Much of his recent research investigates the cultural and religious east-west divide. Dr. Soroush believes that religion has a role in governing a nation, and in fact can add a powerful and important focus on duty and responsibility for each citizen. However, he also speaks of the expansion and contraction of religious knowledge that redefines itself as societies change and grows. 9 Oct 2007 5:37:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html Elisabeth Lindenmayer has been appointed the Acting Director of the UN Studies Program at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and will serve as Acting Director while Professor Edward Luck is on public service leave with the International Peace Academy and the United Nations. She also serves as a Senior Advisor to the Center for International Conflict Resolution at Columbia and teaches in the Honor's Program at New York University. 9 Oct 2007 5:37:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs is pleased to announce that José Antonio Ocampo has joined the faculty as a Professor of Professional Practice. He will teach courses in the Ph.D. program in Sustainable Development and will also play an active role in the Columbia’s Committee on Global Thought. 9 Oct 2007 5:37:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke and participated in a question and answer session with university faculty and students at Columbia University’s World Leaders Forum. 9 Oct 2007 5:37:44 GMT http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/multimedia/index.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/multimedia/index.html World Bank President Robert Zoellick is an improvement over his predecessor Paul Wolfowitz, said Columbia University economist Jeffrey Sachs, a prominent advocate for aid to developing countries. Sachs urged Zoellick to redirect the World Bank’s focus on corruption in aid-receiving nations to providing practical solutions on hunger and poverty. 5 Sept 2007 3:00:44 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Standard & Poor’s named Deven Sharma to replace Kathleen Corbet as president after lawmakers and investors criticized the credit rating company for failing to judge the risks of securities backed by subprime mortgages. S&P earns fees for rating so-called structured notes, helping borrowers put together debt securities in a way that will get the highest possible credit rankings while allowing managers of the securities the most profit, according to Charles Calomiris, the Henry Kaufman professor of financial institutions at New York’s Columbia University. 5 Sept 2007 3:00:44 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Markets and lenders are unsure of the value of the complex, opaque securities hold and need to sell or use as collateral… “This system has never been stress-tested until now,” says Richard Clarida of Columbia University and Pacific Investment Management Co., the West Coast money manger. 24 Aug 2007 12:45:44 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html A greater percentage of social scientists today feel that their academic freedom has been threatened than was the case during the McCarthy era. Lisa Anderson just finished 10 years as dean of Columbia’s School of International and Public affairs, and the last few years of her tenure found her among the Middle Eastern studies scholars who were regularly criticized by some pro-Israel groups for alleged anti-Israel or anti-American bias. “The attacks have deeply damaged the research community,” Anderson said. 16 Aug 2007 10:25:44 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Indonesia’s economy grew the fastest in more than two years in the second quarter as exports rose and lower interests rates fueled spending and investment. That should encourage the government to aim for a rate of economic expansion similar to China and India, according to Joseph Stiglitz. “Growth is very strong, though not as strong as the 10% of China and India,” Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate and Columbia University economics professor said. “If one can get broad-based sustained growth of 5 to 6% there is no reason why you can’t go up the next tier.” 16 Aug 2007 10:25:44 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Byline: Stuart Gottlieb, Professor of counterterrorism at the Graduate School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. Wesley K. Clark and Kal Raustiala argue that “terrorism should be fought first with information exchanges and law enforcement,” and that terrorists “ought to be pursued, tried and convicted in the courts.” Bringing terrorists to justice will always be a priority. But in the age of catastrophic terrorism it is equally important to ensure that attacks do not occur, and that will require tools of prevention, not just prosecution. 14 Aug 2007 10:31:44 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html The war is the reason why some Republicans are straying from the party and other Republicans are sticking by Bush’s side. A few percentage points of Republican voters have discarded the Republican label over their opposition to the war. “It is unclear whether these Republicans have abandoned the Republican Party for good, or whether they do not want to be labeled ‘Republican’ when they talk to pollsters,” said Robert Shapiro, a Columbia University political science professor who specializes in public opinion and politics. 10 Aug 2007 04:12:44 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Twenty-something women have surged past young men on the salary scale in New York and other large cities, according to recent news reports. But these fast starters may find themselves blindsided as they progress into their 30s and 40s since 90% of the top earners at Fortune 500 companies are men. Sylvia Hewlett has made it her mission to change that. Dr. Hewlett directs the gender and public policy program at Columbia University. She has authored several books about women in the workforce and has persuaded 34 companies employing 2.5 million people to participate in a ‘Hidden Brain Drain’ task force. 7 Aug 2007 05:28:44 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html “The turbulence in the U.S. subprime mortgage market could spread to other sectors in the economy, especially as growth momentum is already weak,” said Joseph Stiglitz former chief economist of the World Bank. “The risks could spread to sectors wider than the subprime, but how wide is difficult to tell. It’s a broad problem,” Stiglitz, a Nobel laureate economist and Columbia University professor said. 2 Aug 2007 05:01:44 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html “Paramilitarism in Columbia has been more then just an umbrella of blood-thirsty right-wing armed groups. The phenomenon is a much deeper one; it is the expression of corrupt regional political and economic elites who have been infiltrating regional and national democratic institutions. According to recent studies, between 1999 and 2003 the paramilitaries have transformed the political map of 12 departments of Columbia,” said Aldo Civico, director of the Columbia University Center for International Conflict Resolution. 2 Aug 2007 05:01:44 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html “I applaud Collier’s excellent new book, Bottom Billion and thank him for including kind references to my own work therein. The very idea of the poverty trap as being critical in Africa, a concept at the core of The Bottom Billion, has likewise been a core theme of my own writings on Africa. For my part, I have worked hard to introduce in the academic literature and policy discussions the idea that poverty is involved in vicious circles related to violence, natural resources, landlockedness and other geographic factors, and poor governance,” says Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. 23 Jul 2007 05:00:44 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html “He did some things in the first couple of years in particular that he should get some credit for, particularly the continuing reduction in crime, but I don’t think he was an unusually good mayor,” said Steven Cohen, a public affairs professor at Columbia University. “He was actually a capable guy and did a good job,” Cohen said. “But I think he had the tendency to see himself as the only person who was smart in the room.” 23 Jul 2007 05:00:44 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html “Iranians refer to their new political radicals as ‘neoconservatives,’ with multiple layers of deliberate irony,” notes Gary Sick, an Iran specialist at Columbia University, adding: “The hotheads around President Ahmadinejad’s office and the U.S. foreign policy radicals who cluster around Vice President Cheney’s office, listen to each other, cite each other’s statements and god each other to new excesses on either side.” 23 Jul 2007 05:00:44 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Ester Fuchs, professor of international and public affairs and political science at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and former advisor to Mayor Bloomberg, weighs in on the Mayor’s 11th hour push for his congestion pricing plan. “The proposal on the table is to set-up a commission which allows some details to be banged out after Monday. The opportunity to work out the issues of boundaries, zones, fees, and money to spend on mass transit should allow Sheldon Silver and his constituents to agree to congestion pricing.” 17 Jul 2007 01:12:44 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Sergio Fajardo has the simple idea that the most beautiful buildings should be in Medellín’s poorest areas. Mr. Fajardo hired renowned architects to design and assemblage of luxurious libraries and other public buildings in the city’s most desperate slums. “Fajarado is making a long-term wager by carving out a foothold for the state in areas that were neglected for years,” said Aldo Civico, who as director for the Center for International Conflict Resolution at Columbia University has done extensive fieldwork on Medellín’s violence. “You need to start a process of transformation somewhere.” 17 Jul 2007 01:12:44 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html “You can mention in a kind of push-poll way that he’s done this, this and this,” said Steven Cohen, professor of public administration at Columbia University. “But it’s another thing for him to have a few hundred million dollars of advertising saying that in emotional terms and really registering with people.” 16 Jul 2007 05:30:44 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Xiabo Lu, a political science professor at Columbia University, says that once institutions are in place, the Chinese will gradually form certain ‘ethical rules of the game.’ “Right now, it is everything goes-precisely because, yes, everything goes- no good credit checking system, no well-placed fear of violating good norms, one can get away with cheating,” Mr. Lu explains. 16 Jul 2007 05:30:44 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Libya’s improving diplomatic relationship with the West has disguised the trouble Col. Moammar Gadhafi faces at home. A protest over Danish cartoons depicting Muhammad reportedly gave way to an anti-Gadhafi rally, with police stations attacked. “Gadhafi has lost his position at the forefront of Arab political activism to Islamic fundamentalists,” says Lisa Anderson, a Middle East expert and dean of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. 12 Jul 2007 02:15:44 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html A barrage of attacks and a civil rights lawsuit against the City Council speaker could actually bolster Christine Quinn’s anticipated mayoral aspirations and help her emerge as a strong leader known for standing up for her convictions, political observers say. A professor of public administration at Columbia University, Steven Cohen, said “if the city were as racially divided as it was under Mayor Giuliani, Mr. Barron’s combative stance against Ms. Quinn might be more potent. But Ms. Quinn has a good reputation throughout the city and among African Americans.” 12 Jul 2007 02:14:52 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html The British succeeded in playing one against the other, using ‘divide and rule’ tactics, as Rashid Khalidi points out in his book, The Iron Cage: The story of the Palestinians Struggle for Statehood. The Palestinian revolt fell apart in what Mr. Khalidi, a professor at Columbia University, calls a failure of leadership. “We are left with a picture,” he writes “of a Palestinian elite that was hopelessly divided internally, and many of whose prominent members had a variety of more or less entangling connections to the British overlords of the country, while some had links to the Zionists as well.” 12 Jul 2007 02:11:41 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Byline: Jagdish Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya The WTO talks between the G-4 nations have collapsed again. This time, the only surprising twist was that U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab put the blame primarily on India and secondarily on Brazil. 12 Jul 2007 02:10:57 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Jeffrey Sachs, professor of economics at Columbia University, said the southern African country of Malawi had successfully improved its agricultural sector by subsidizing fertilizer and high-yield seed for the poorest farmers. He said that after two good harvests, Malawi is due to have another bumper crop this year, proving that a ‘green revolution’ of the kind seen in India and China decades ago is possible in Africa too. 12 Jul 2007 02:10:06 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html The Putin administration is trying to build up a sense of foreign threats to improve the popularity and ensure the continuation of his regime after the 2008 elections,” Kimberly Marten of Columbia University’s Harriman Institute said. 12 Jul 2007 02:09:08 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Most likely he just wants to remain in play. He’s a lame-duck mayor, and the renewed publicity over his shift to being an independent keeps him in the news, increases his political currency, and gives publicity to the city,” says Columbia University professor of public administration Steven Cohen. “It’s all a gain for him, pure gain,” says Cohen. 12 Jul 2007 02:07:41 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html A decade ago, geologists found signs that one of Africa’s least-known countries, the tiny island nation of Sao Tome and Principe, might hold a king’s ransom in oil. In recent years, a steady stream of activists like the Columbia University economist Jeffrey Sachs have gone there to make sure that any energy boom would benefit its 150,000 people, rather than politicians and companies. “Oil can be a blessing or a bane for a country,” Mr. Sachs said. “The theory was to help Sao Tome avoid the resource curse.” 12 Jul 2007 02:05:07 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Marshall D. Shulman, founding director of the Harriman Institute and an early supporter of regional studies at Columbia University, passed away on June 21, 2007 at the age of 91. Dr. Shulman, Adlai Stevenson Professor Emeritus of International Relations, was director of the Russian Institute at Columbia, which was renamed the W. Averell Harriman Institute for the Advanced Study of the Soviet Union in 1982 when Dr. Shulman convinced Mr. Harriman and his wife, Pamela to endow the institute with $11.5 million. 8 Jul 2007 03:38:31 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs is pleased to announce that José Antonio Ocampo has joined the faculty as a Professor of Professional Practice. He will teach courses in the Ph.D. program in Sustainable Development and will also play an active role in the Columbia’s Committee on Global Thought. 8 Jul 2007 03:37:02 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html Columbia University Professor Ester Fuchs, who served as a special advisor to the mayor in his first term, suggested Bloomberg has a different agenda: to thrust urban concerns into the forefront of the national debate. “Mayor Bloomberg has done more for city issues to resonate as national issues than any other mayor since La Guardia,” she said. 4 Jul 2007 19:19:13 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/faculty_in_media.html Professor John Coatsworth has agreed to serve as interim dean of the School of International and Public Affairs, effective July 1. 4 Jul 2007 19:13:10 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html The Quality of Life Program (QL), A Working In Support of Education (W!SE) initiative, held its 12th Annual Quality of Life Forum at Columbia University School of International & Public Affairs on Wednesday, June 6, 2007. 4 Jul 2007 19:11:40 GMT sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html SIPA and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKY SPP) Announce a New Dual Degree Program 4 Jul 2007 18:58:08 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html   4 Jul 2007 19:00:49 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/special_events/graduation/graduation-video07.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/special_events/graduation/graduation-video07.html SIPA News issue focuses on Energy policy 4 Jul 2007 19:02:44 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/about_sipa/sipa_publications/sipa_news/sipanewssp07.pdf sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/about_sipa/sipa_publications/sipa_news/sipanewssp07.pdf William B. Eimicke, the Director of the Picker Center for Executive Education at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, will take public service leave in the coming academic year to serve as Deputy Commissioner for Strategic Planning and Policy in the New York City Fire Department. During the year 4 Jul 2007 19:15:46 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html sipaevents@columbia.edu http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html Professor Guillermo Calvo, the Director of SIPA's Program in Economic Policy and Management, gave a presentation at the IMF along with fellow panelists Jeffrey Frankel and Kenneth Rogoff. A transcript of the presentation, which assesses the importance of external shocks in emerging markets, is available online. 4 Jul 2007 19:17:30 GMT http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html http://sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/archive.html