The Institute is pleased to announce that Affiliate Dana Burde was awarded the 2017 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order for her book Schools for Conflict or for Peace in Afghanistan (Columbia University Press). Read more about Burde and the award here.
Institute member Severine Autesserre participated in a TV show on Voice of America. The topic was “governance in Africa.” Watch the show here.
Institute member Alexander Cooley published a piece in the Financial Times blog BeyondBrics about the implications of the death of Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan’s president. Read the full piece here.
Institute affiliate Ann Nelson has recently published a report titled Cuba’s Parallel Worlds: Digital Media Crosses the Divide on innovations in Cuban digital technology. It is the first publication to tell the inside story of Google’s Cuban initiatives and to detail the challenges ahead, as the U.S. and China compete for the Cuban market. The […]
Institute member Dipali Mukhopadhyay’s book Warlords, Strongman Governors, and the State in Afghanistan, has been shortlisted for the Central Eurasian Studies Society Book Award Committee’s 2016 book award. The winner will be announced at the CESS Annual Conference at Princeton University in November.
As part of the SIPA Technology & Policy Initiative, Saltzman Institute Senior Research Scholar Jason Healey, alongside Matthew C. Waxman (Columbia Law School) and Steven M. Bellovin (Columbia Computer Science) are leading an interdisciplinary, inter-school program. The initiative aims to provide a better understanding of critical and emerging issues within the realm of cyber, in […]
This project, part of Columbia University’s Tech & Policy Initiative and spearheaded by Senior Research Scholar Jason Healey, works to combat crucial cybersecurity issues and engage with work streams across the Columbia University community, in an effort to better understand the dynamics of digital power, establish Columbia as a top center in the world for […]
Research Scholar Severine Autesserre was profiled and interviewed by American Political Science for her project as a Carnegie Fellow. Read the interview here.
Symposium on Cyber Proxies 25 July 2016 Co-Hosted by Columbia School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace On 25 July 2016, Columbia School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) Senior Research Scholar Jason Healey hosted the first Symposium on Cyber Proxies. The twelve-person group, consisting of senior faculty, […]
Visiting Scholar Vivek Mishra published an article in The Huffington Post regarding India’s pursuit of membership in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). Read the full article here.
