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In this episode of The Morningside Pod, hosts Varun and Celia sit down with Professor Jean-Marie Guéhenno, former UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations and director of SIPA’s Kent Global Leadership Program.
Professor Stephen Biddle is the International Security and Diplomacy Concentration Director at SIPA. He is a member of the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies and Adjunct Senior Fellow for Defense Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations.
As federal immigration operations intensify in Minnesota, a series of shootings, mass arrests, and economic disruptions have reshaped daily life in the Twin Cities, sparking widespread protest and deepening concerns about the human and civic costs of sustained enforcement.
Following the reported killing of a major cartel leader, renewed violence across Mexico has reignited fears of cyclical retaliation, prompting calls for stronger state capacity, civilian protection, and coordinated cross-border policy to break a pattern that has shaped a generation’s lived experience.
Amid heightened immigration enforcement and visa uncertainty, this piece examines how procedural neutrality on campus can leave international students disproportionately vulnerable.
As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, this reflection examines growing distrust in democratic institutions at home and abroad.
The removal of thousands of federal datasets has sparked concern among researchers and policy experts, who warn that weakening the independence and accessibility of national statistics could undermine evidence-based policymaking and democratic accountability.
As artificial intelligence commands political attention, cybersecurity experts warn that quantum computing poses a quieter but potentially devastating threat.
Even when the future feels increasingly unpredictable, SIPA students are choosing engagement and public service. Read how one student brings in learnings from a childhood memory to her outlook on the future.
Columbia students rallied in response to ICE raids in Minneapolis, citing fears of potential escalation in New York and questioning the university’s stance on federal immigration enforcement.
A night of Japanese jazz in Tokyo becomes an unexpected lesson in silence, as cultural instinct collides with a space where what isn’t said matters most.
Episodes of extreme winter weather have fueled skepticism about climate change, but scientists emphasize that short-term cold snaps do not contradict long-term global warming trends driven by rising average temperatures and Arctic amplification.
Seven years after its passage, Local Law 97 remains central to New York City’s climate strategy, but uneven enforcement, financing gaps, and housing affordability pressures now threaten the law’s ability to meet its 2030 emissions targets.
From a 1946 Disney film to modern sitcoms and children’s media, portrayals of menstruation on screen reveal shifting cultural attitudes, highlighting both progress and stigma in how menstrual health is discussed, taught, and understood.
As federal immigration operations intensify in Minnesota, a series of shootings, mass arrests, and economic disruptions have reshaped daily life in the Twin Cities, sparking widespread protest and deepening concerns about the human and civic costs of sustained enforcement.