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5 Questions with Law Prof. Carol Sanger on Abortion Law

Carol Sanger started writing About Abortion: Terminating Pregnancy in Twenty-First-Century America (Harvard University Press) shortly after Barack Obama (CC’83) won the 2008 presidential election.

Law - Politics - 5 Questions
Christopher Sabatini

5 Questions with Christopher Sabatini on U.S.-Cuba Relations

Christopher Sabatini has worked on and in Cuba since 1997 and consulted with White House advisors on policy change toward Cuba.
Global - Politics - International and Public Affairs
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5 Questions: Ethics Expert Jennifer Rodgers on Former FBI Director James Comey’s Senate Testimony

All eyes were on Washington as former FBI Director James Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on June 8.
Politics - Law

5 Questions with Prof. Andrew Nathan on Chinese President's Visit

It won’t be the usual state visit when Xi Jinping, president of the People’s Republic of China, arrives for a visit with President Donald Trump on April 6.

Global - Politics - China
Richard Betts

5 Questions: Political Scientist Richard Betts on Foreign Policy Under Trump

Richard K. Betts, the Arnold A. Saltzman Professor of War and Peace Studies in the political science department, is widely known as an expert on U.S. foreign relations and national security.

5 Questions - Politics - Global

5 Questions: Law Prof. David Pozen on Executive Orders, Potential for Constitutional Crisis

Columbia News followed up with David Pozen, a noted scholar of constitutional law at Columbia Law School, on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' consideration whether to extend a temporary stay of the travel ban.
5 Questions - Politics - Law

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew to be Visiting Professor at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs

Columbia University announced that outgoing Secretary of the Treasury Jacob “Jack” Lew would be joining its School of International and Public Affairs faculty as a visiting professor in February.
Politics
Jeff Lax

Prof. Jeff Lax Forecasts Election’s Impact on The Supreme Court

The election of Donald Trump and a Republican majority in the Senate likely means a conservative majority will dominate the U.S. Supreme Court for decades.
Politics - Law - Election 2016
Andrew Gelman

5 Questions: Polling Is Not an Exact Science Says Statistician Andrew Gelman

With the presidential election just two weeks away, the latest polls suggest that Hillary Clinton will win, some saying her chances are better than 90 percent. But individual poll results vary widely and some still give Trump a chance of turning things around.

Election 2016 - Politics - 5 Questions
Election 2016

Columbia Faculty Weigh In on the Issues Driving this Year's Campaign

The 2016 presidential campaign is being fought amid one of the most contentious periods in recent American political history. It’s a time of deepening party polarization, rising concerns about systemic racism, an ongoing backlash against globalization and partisan efforts to impose voter ID laws.
Politics - Election 2016

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