the morningside pod

The Morningside Pod is The Morningside Post, SIPA's student-run newspaper, podcast edition. In this podcast, we bring to you stories and perspectives from the heart of Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). Brought to you by students, for students, and beyond - we dive into the issues shaping policy, politics, and the world at large.

In this episode, Felix Wang, the 2024 President of the SIPA Student Association (SIPASA), reflects on his leadership during a challenging academic year marked by campus protests and their impact on the SIPA community.

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Dr. Michael O'Hanlon is the Philip H. Knight Chair in Defense and Strategy and a senior fellow in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution, where he specializes in U.S. defense strategy, the use of military force, and American national security policy.

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A 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Maria Ressa is an investigative journalist, press freedom advocate, and the co-founder and CEO of Rappler. At SIPA, she serves as a professor and IGP Distinguished Fellow, co-teaching “Policy Solutions for Online Mis- and Disinformation” alongside Dr. Anya Schiffrin.

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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.

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