Politics

This page features news and research related to topics about politics at Columbia University.

Andrew Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, is an expert on Chinese p

In his new book, "Maximalist: America in the World from Truman to Obama," Professor Stephen Sestanovich’s argues that since World War II, policy ma

Dipali Mukhopadhyay's new book focuses on two provincial governors, Atta Mohammad Noor and Gul Agha Sherzai, who, she writes, demonstrate that a st

Russia experts at Columbia’s Harriman Institute for Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies have sponsored three panel discussions related to t

In the 20 years since David Dinkins left office, the former New York City mayor has stayed busy as a professor of public affairs at Columbia, runni

Who’s on the Ballot, a new website that explains just that, was born out of a friendly conversation between SIPA Professor Ester Fuchs and her form

Jagdish Bhagwati has been thinking about how to reduce poverty for more than 50 years, since he returned to his native India with degrees in econom

The role of technology in the Arab Spring and the Boston bombings, repression in North Korea, and privacy in the Internet age were just some of the

Given her expertise in constitutional law and Congressional power, "The Record" asked Johnson to discuss recent clashes between the executive and l

In his new book, The Art of Controversy: Political Cartoons and Their Enduring Power, Journalism School Professor Victor Navasky examines

In his most recent book, "Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time" Ira Katznelson analyzes the period from several new perspectives a

Activist Leymah Gbowee helped mobilize a large number of women to pray and protest for peace after years of Liberian civil war.