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Complete Obama Presidency Oral History Archive Is Now Available

Columbia University’s Incite Institute offers more than 450 perspectives from the Obama White House and beyond. This groundbreaking digital archive offers everyone—students, researchers, journalists, and simply the curious—a trove of material for revisiting and understanding the historical significance of Obama’s presidency, an essential period for American democracy and international politics. 

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Columbia SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics and Hillel convened a gathering of leaders, diplomats, scholars, and students to reflect on Rabin’s legacy and the challenges of the pursuit of peace in the Middle East.

To understand the world, faculty and students must work within it. COP30 is a good place to start.

This new higher education initiative celebrates 250 years of French-American friendship and fosters the next generation of transatlantic leaders.

With the Reynolds Foundation, the School of International and Public Affairs, the Journalism School, and Columbia Global will advance programs to develop the next generation of global leaders. 

Columbia Business School research shows that lower interest rates may reduce rents, cooling one of the biggest drivers of U.S. inflation.

A new study from Columbia Business School shows that the uneven global spread of AI isn’t just about infrastructure or talent—it’s about who entrepreneurs choose to build for.

Columbia Global and the Obama Foundation Scholars Program at Columbia University proudly present the exceptional rising leaders selected for a nine-month residency on campus with Columbia World Projects.

This new effort is designed to generate actionable ideas to strengthen American democracy at a moment of unprecedented challenges to democratic norms and institutions.

Professor Eunji Kim’s book, The American Mirage, shows how entertainment media so easily fools its viewers.

Many leaders rely on across-the-board budget cuts to save money. This approach may seem fair, but it often weakens profitable divisions, slows growth, and fuels hidden inefficiencies.

Paul Thomas Chamberlin’s book, Scorched Earth, recasts the conflict as a brutal struggle for survival among declining and ascendant imperial powers.

Columbia Law School faculty and legal experts break down the high court’s decisions from the recent term.

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