National & Global Affairs

The 2026 Midterms marked a pivotal moment for U.S. democracy and the future of democratic politics—read on for Columbia faculty insights.

In this excerpt from Our Hearts Burned for Home, Emily Feng introduces readers to a community without a country in a country at war.  

Woodford receives Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences, along with Robert E. Hall of Stanford University, for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilization.

As the United Nations General Assembly and Climate Week got underway last week in New York City, students discussed issues facing our world with visitors from around the globe.

The two-day event brought together journalists, scholars, lawyers, and activists to examine how the War on Terror transformed government power, the courts, the press, and democratic culture.

Four years after introducing the “urban doom loop,” researchers revisit the office market, and find many of their boldest predictions are coming true.

True vintage products are moderately aged, iconic, and scarce, according to new research from Columbia Business School that defines vintage style.

A new book co-written by Columbia SIPA professors answers that and other questions.

The June 23 primary will feature ranked-choice voting for local, city, and statewide offices.

At Columbia Business School’s Global Football Forum, leaders from across the soccer community examined how the World Cup can translate the sport’s commercial growth into lasting impact.

Columbia SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics and Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy announce new task force on the future of foreign assistance.

Columbia University’s Knight Institute brought together experts to examine whether middleware can reshape control over online speech and the digital public sphere.