Reflecting on their transformative two-year journey at Columbia SIPA, Nonya highlights how the rigorous academics, community diversity, and practical experiences like a capstone project with UNICEF India fostered deep personal and professional growth. 

“The choice for governments is not whether this process is ideal. It is whether they are prepared to help shape an imperfect framework from within or stand aside while more destructive actors shape what comes next," write Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Adrien Tardy MIA ’26 talks about his experience at SIPA as an international student and the advantages of studying at the most global graduate school for policy in the heart of NYC.

Jack Lew, former US Treasury Secretary, joins Scarlet Fu and Tom Keene on "Bloomberg Money." Projections in the latest annual Social Security Trustees says there could be severe shortfalls in funding by 2032. Lew says that's unacceptable and government can't wait to fix the problems.

Eight historians, including SIPA's Tim Naftali, evaluate Trump’s gold plaques for each president.

One of our most popular questions we receive: do I need a policy background to apply to SIPA? We always share how there is not one linear path to get to SIPA, but Olivia dives deeper into this question talking to two SIPA students.

Using Iran as a lens, Eddie Fishman explains how economic sanctions became one of America's favorite foreign policy tools, why they're often seen as an alternative to war, and what happens when those plans collide with the realities of the world they're meant to change.

As its first federal director, Tim Naftali, now a senior research scholar at Columbia University, was responsible for transforming Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, including its Watergate exhibit, which contained false claims and had been put together by Nixon allies, into a place that told a more truthful story. “We had to create a different culture, a nonpartisan culture,” he told me. He faced intense pressure from the Richard Nixon Foundation, which saw the place more like a shrine, he said.

Columbia political scientist Robert Shapiro noted that Trump-backed candidates' primary success may not translate to general election victories — a pattern Republicans have seen play out before.

The Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs today announced the journalists who have been selected for the 2026 Energy Journalism Fellows (EJF) program, which will be held on the Columbia University campus in New York City from June 9 to June 12.