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Former Treasury Secretary and Columbia SIPA professor Jack Lew joins ‘Squawk on the Street’ to discuss midterms’ affect on markets, affordability concerns and more.

“During the fog of crisis, the choices are never obvious, and only one person ultimately carries the weight of decision,” writes SIPA Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo. “The tools we build should never let a president forget it.”

Despite a revolt from incoming Democratic senators, Columbia SIPA’s Robert Shapiro says Chuck Schumer “has a strong case to become majority leader” after helping recruit key candidates who powered the party’s Senate wins.

Even as the US and China race for AI dominance, “neither would prefer to inadvertently or accidentally stumble into an AI-triggered war,” writes Columbia SIPA’s Erica Lonergan, who argues that Cold War-style confidence-building measures offer a realistic path to reducing the risk of conflict.

The 2026 midterms mark a pivotal moment for US democracy, politics, and policy. Columbia Institute of Global Politics Columbia SIPA faculty give their perspectives on the midterm results.

“The IPCC always says it is policy-relevant but policy-neutral,” says Columbia SIPA’s Ben Orlove, as a deadlock over the timing and funding of the panel’s next major climate reports raises questions about how science will inform global talks heading into COP31.

“China’s dominance in global supply chains relies on Western companies’ exploration,” write CGEP’s Tom Moerenhout and Kevin Brunelli, arguing that the US and its allies must start financing new mines now or risk running out of minerals to feed their refineries a decade from now.

On the latest Vis à Vis, SIPA's Ester Fuchs joins Emmanuel Kattan to unpack voter turnout, shifting party loyalties, campaign financing, and what the results could mean for the future of American democracy.

The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and Uppsala University announced Her Excellency Annalena Baerbock, president of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, as the 2026 Dag Hammarskjöld Lecturer and Medalist.