Politics

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

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In Brief

In Venezuela, Waiting for Guaidó

Columbia's Christopher Sabatini examines the Venezuela crisis and President Donald Trump's support for Juan Guaidó. 

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Pulitzer Administrator Applauds Release of Two Award Winners

Dana Canedy calls the reporters “international symbols of the importance of press freedom.”

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Announcement

Columbia World Projects Partners With Microsoft to Improve Security of and Public Confidence in Elections

Columbia World Projects and Microsoft will pilot the ElectionGuard technology, a free open-source software development kit, aimed at improving the security of elections while also improving confidence in the voting process across the United States and the world.

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In Brief

Journalism Is Not Social Media and Let's Avoid Click-Bait

Ari L. Goldman explains what The New York Times anti-Semitic cartoon debacle says about the state of the news media. 

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In Brief

Law Professor Bernard E. Harcourt Comments on the Mueller Report

"The Mueller Report is as damning as it could possibly get about President Trump's obstruction of justice," states Bernard E. Harcourt, a professor in law and political science.

5 Questions on Indian Elections and Tensions in Kashmir

Prof. S. Akbar Zaidi discusses the complicated relationship between India and Pakistan as national elections in India begin April 11. 

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Announcement

Two-Time Columbia Graduate William Barr Confirmed as U.S. Attorney General

William P. Barr (CC’71, GSAS’73) was confirmed as U.S. attorney general Thursday. He fills the vacancy created when Jeff Sessions resigned last November.

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5 Questions on the Midterms with Cyber Security Expert Steve Bellovin

Steve Bellovin, a computer scientist whose expertise is cyber security, is far more worried about bugs in the computer code of electronic voting machines than he is about cyberattacks.

 

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5 Questions on the Midterms with Trade Expert Sharyn O'Halloran

The SIPA professor explains the status of the trade war between the U.S. and China.

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5 Questions on the Midterms with Civil Rights Expert Olatunde Johnson

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5 Questions on the Midterms with Immigration Law Expert Elora Mukherjee

Elora Mukherjee is hoping the midterm elections can change what she says is the worst immigration policy she has seen in more than a decade of representing refugees, asylum seekers and immigrant families.

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5 Questions on the Midterms with Environmental Law Prof. Michael Gerrard

Columbia Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law has been tracking the Trump administration’s efforts to scale back or eliminate federal measures to mitigate climate change and to restrict or prohibit scientific research.