The School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University (SIPA) is the

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and

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school of

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

, a private

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university located in

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. It is consistently ranked one of the top

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for

international relations International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such as ...

in the world. SIPA offers Master of International Affairs (MIA) and Master of Public Administration (MPA) degrees in a range of fields, as well as the Executive MPA and Ph.D. program in Sustainable Development. SIPA's alumni include former heads of state, business leaders, journalists, diplomats, and elected representatives. Half of SIPA's nearly 1,400 students are international, coming from over 100 countries. SIPA has more than 70 full-time faculty, many of which include the world's leading scholars on

History

's School of International Affairs was founded in 1946 following the aftermath of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. Emphasizing practical training, the mission of SIPA was to foster the understanding of critical regions and to prepare

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, and other

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s to meet the complexities of the postwar world. It originated in dynamic regional institutes that drew on Columbia's renowned faculties in

history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

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, and other traditional fields. The School initially awarded a

Master of International Affairs The Master in International Affairs (MIA), or the Master in Global Affairs (MGA), also known as Master in International relations (MIR) is a master's degree awarded by schools of international affairs. Subject matter Details can vary between deg ...

(MIA) degree. By 1967, the School was home to eight regional institutes, covering nearly every part of the globe. It also contained the non-area-specific Institute of War and Peace Studies (now the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies), founded in 1951 by university president

Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, ...

. Originally housed in a row of

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s, the School moved into its own 15-story building in 1971. To meet a growing demand for public service professionals, the school added a second degree, the

Master of Public Administration The Master of Public Administration (M.P.Adm., M.P.A., or MPA) is a specialized higher professional post graduate degree in public administration, similar/ equivalent to the Master of Business Administration but with an emphasis on the issues of ...

, in 1977. In 1981, the program was renamed the Graduate Program in Public Policy and Administration and the school renamed the School of International and Public Affairs. In the early 1990s, SIPA began appointing its own faculty, supplementing the distinguished

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and

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s and

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with whom SIPA students studied around the university. Within 15 years, SIPA faculty were among the most prominent in their fields, including the one-time director of the U.S. census, a

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in Economics, a judge on the appellate body of the

World Trade Organization The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that regulates and facilitates international trade. With effective cooperation in the United Nations System, governments use the organization to establish, revise, and e ...

, economic advisors in both the

Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton ( né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and agai ...

and

George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker BushSince around 2000, he has been usually called George H. W. Bush, Bush Senior, Bush 41 or Bush the Elder to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president from 2001 to 2009; pr ...

administrations, a former assistant

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of the

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, and many distinguished research scholars. In 1992, with support from the

World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the Interna ...

, the Program in Economic Policy Management (PEPM) was established to provide mid-career finance professionals with the skills required for the effective design and implementation of economic policy, emphasizing the problems of developing and

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. Students who complete PEPM's requirements are awarded an MPA degree. To accommodate the needs of working professionals who could not pursue full-time study, SIPA established the Executive MPA program in 1999 as part of the Picker Center for Executive Education. In 2001 the School introduced an MPA in Environmental Science and Policy (ESP), which condenses the two years into twelve consecutive months, without a reduction in requirements, and provides core courses in management and policy analysis with a concentration in

environmental science Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physics, biology, and geography (including ecology, chemistry, plant science, zoology, mineralogy, oceanography, limnology, soil science, geology and physical geograp ...

and earth systems. The ESP MPA program is offered in cooperation with

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and the

Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory The Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) is the scientific research center of the Columbia Climate School, and a unit of The Earth Institute at Columbia University. It focuses on climate and earth sciences and is located on a 189-acre (64 h ...

. In fall 2004 SIPA inaugurated its first doctoral program, the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in

Sustainable Development Sustainable development is an organizing principle for meeting human development goals while also sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services on which the economy and society depend. The des ...

, which combines elements of a traditional graduate education in social science, particularly economics, with a significant training in the natural sciences. On March 23, 2022 current professor and director of the Saltzman Institute,

Keren Yarhi-Milo Keren Yarhi-Milo is a political scientist specializing in the study of interstate communication, crisis bargaining, reputation and credibility, and the psychology of leaders and decision makers. She is the dean of the School of International and Pu ...

was named Dean.

Academics

International dual-degree programs

SIPA offers a number of dual-degree programs with other schools of Columbia University and offers international dual degree programs with the

London School of Economics and Political Science , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

Sciences Po , motto_lang = fr , mottoeng = Roots of the Future , type = Public university, Public research university''Grande école'' , established = , founder = Émile Boutmy , a ...

, the

Hertie School of Governance The Hertie School (until 2019 Hertie School of Governance) is a German private, independent graduate school for governance (public policy, international affairs and data science) located in Berlin's Friedrichstraße. Hertie School is according t ...

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

, EAESP- FGV in

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

, the

University of Tokyo , abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project by ...

and the

Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKY School) is an autonomous postgraduate school of the National University of Singapore (NUS), named after the late former Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew. History The Lee Kuan Yew School of ...

at the

National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public research university in Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest autonomous university in the c ...

through the Global Public Policy Network (GPPN).

Concentrations and specializations

In addition to fulfilling all core requirements, MIA and MPA students must also satisfy the requirements of both a policy concentration and a specialization. Students choose one of the following six concentrations: Economic and Political Development; Energy and Environment; International Finance and Economic Policy (includes focus areas in international finance; international economic policy; and central banking); Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy; International Security Policy; or Urban and Social Policy. Students choose a specialization in one of the following: Data Analytics and Quantitative Analysis; Gender and Public Policy; International Conflict Resolution; International Organization and UN Studies; Technology, Media, and Communications; Management; or regional expertise (8 different regions/countries). Regional specializations are offered in the following areas: Africa, East Asia, East Central Europe, Europe, Latin America, The Middle East, Russia, South Asia, and the United States. The Advanced Policy and Economic Analysis (APEA) specialization was discontinued during the 2018–2019 academic year.

Rankings and reputation

Foreign Policy A State (polity), state's foreign policy or external policy (as opposed to internal or domestic policy) is its objectives and activities in relation to its interactions with other states, unions, and other political entities, whether bilaterall ...

'' ranked SIPA fifth in its 2018 ranking of "Top Master's Programs for Policy Career in International Relations". In addition, SIPA was ranked first by '' U.S. News & World Report Best Graduates Schools'' in the 2018, 2020, 2021, and 2022 world rankings for International Global Policy and Administration and fifth for Environmental Policy and Management.

Centers

SIPA is home to five centers: * Center for Development Economics and Policy (CDEP): Supports microeconomic research to investigate the sources of poverty and to inform practical interventions to address them. * Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP): Provides independent, balanced, data-driven analysis to help policymakers navigate the complex world of energy. * Center on Global Economic Governance (CGEG): Produces policy-oriented research on global economic governance. * Center for International Conflict Resolution (CICR): Contributes to the resolution of international deadly conflict through research, education and practice. It was founded in 1997 by professor Andrea Bartoli as the International Conflict Resolution Program. The center was renamed in 2002, and it is a

research Research is "creativity, creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular att ...

center located within the

Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies The Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies (SIWPS) is a research center that is part of Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs in New York. It was founded in 1951 by President of Columbia Dwight D. Eisenho ...

. *

(SIWPS): Founded in 1951 under the sponsorship of Dwight D. Eisenhower, during his tenure as president of Columbia University, SIWPS was created to promote understanding of the "disastrous consequences of war upon man's spiritual, intellectual, and material progress". The institute has become one of the leading research centers on international relations in the United States.

Publications

Journal of International Affairs The ''Journal of International Affairs'' is a biannual academic journal covering foreign affairs. It is edited by graduate students at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. It was established in 1947 as a nonprofit ...

'' was established in 1947 and is the oldest university-affiliated publication in the field of international relations; it is edited by SIPA students.
''The Morningside Post''
is SIPA's student-founded, student-run multimedia news publication. Its content: student-written investigative news about SIPA and the SIPA community, plus world affairs analysis, opinion, and satire. ''Conflict Resolution Journal'' is a dynamic and evolving web-based project founded by SIPA students. ''SIPA News'' is a biannual publication featuring articles by faculty, students, and alumni as well as news about the school.

Notable alumni

* Alice P. Albright, CEO of the

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Madeleine Albright Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Korbelová; May 15, 1937 – March 23, 2022) was an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the 64th United States secretary of state from 1997 to 2001. A member of the Democratic ...

, former

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Joseph Kofi Adda Joseph Kofi Kowe Adda (22 April 1956 – 14 October 2021) was a Ghanaian politician, who served as a Member of Parliament and also the Minister for Aviation in the New Patriotic Party government under President Akufo-Addo until January 2021. ...

, Member of Ghanaian Parliament for Navrongo Central and Ghanaian Minister for Energy * Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, Minister of External Affairs of Nigeria and UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs * Karen Attiah, Global Opinions editor for

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* Jose Ramos Horta (graduate student),

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(2007–); former

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;

David Kay David A. Kay (June 8, 1940 – August 13, 2022) was an American weapons expert, political commentator, and senior fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. He was best known for his time as United Nations Chief Weapons Inspector follow ...

, Chief UN weapons inspector and head of

Iraq Survey Group The Iraq Survey Group (ISG) was a fact-finding mission sent by the multinational force in Iraq to find the weapons of mass destruction alleged to be possessed by Iraq that had been the main ostensible reason for the invasion in 2003. Its final re ...

George Tenet George John Tenet (born January 5, 1953) is an American intelligence official and academic who served as the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) for the United States Central Intelligence Agency, as well as a Distinguished Professor in the P ...

, Former Director of the

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* Robert L. Belknap, scholar of

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, former director of the Harriman Institute, acting dean of Columbia College *

Howard Warren Buffett Howard Warren Buffett (born October 14, 1983) is an American adjunct professor in public policy and international affairs, a political advisor, philanthropist and a grandson of Warren Buffett. He serves as an adjunct faculty member at Columbia Un ...

, former policy advisor (for

Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the U ...

), executive director of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation *

Wang Boming Wang Boming, is the Chairman of Caijing’s parent company, the SEEC Media Group. He is also the editor-in-chief of Caijing magazine. Wang was among the first wave of students to study overseas in the early 1980s. He earned a MPA from School of Int ...

, editor-in-chief of China's ''

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'' magazine * William Clark Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to India * Hagar Chemali, Political Satirist, Writer, Producer, Television Personality, and Political Commentator *

Julie J. Chung Julie Jiyoon Chung (, birth 1973), birth name as Chung Ji-yoon (), is a Korean-American diplomat who has served as the United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka since 2022. She previously served as Acting Assistant Secretary and Principal Deputy As ...

, US Diplomat *

Bill de Blasio Bill de Blasio (; born Warren Wilhelm Jr., May 8, 1961; later Warren de Blasio-Wilhelm) is an American politician who served as the 109th mayor of New York City from 2014 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he held the office of New Yor ...

, former

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and former Public Advocate *

Monica Crowley Monica Elizabeth Crowley (born September 19, 1968) was the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs for the U.S. Department of the Treasury. She has been a political commentator and lobbyist. She was a Fox News contributor, where she worked (with ...

, Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs at

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Ina Drew Ina R. Drew is a former high-ranking executive on Wall Street. She was the chief investment officer for JPMorgan Chase before resigning after the company suffered a trading loss of $9 billion in April/May 2012. A report produced by the United ...

, former Chief Investment Officer for J.P. Morgan; forced to resign after JPM suffered a trading loss of $2 billion in April/May 2012 *

Pamela Druckerman Pamela Druckerman is an American-French writer and journalist living in Paris, France. In fall 2013, she became a contributing opinion writer for ''The New York Times International Edition''. Education and early life Pamela Druckerman grew up in ...

, writer and freelance journalist *

Daniel Fried Daniel Fried (born 1952) is an American diplomat, who served as assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs from 2005 to 2009 and United States ambassador to Poland from 1997 to 2000.Steven Fulop Steven Michael Fulop (born February 28, 1977) is an American politician serving as the 49th and current mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey. A Democrat, he was formerly the Councilman for Jersey City's Ward E. On May 14, 2013, Fulop defeated incumben ...

, Mayor of

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, Mayor of

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Nellie Gorbea Nellie M. Gorbea (born July 12, 1967) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served as the Secretary of State of Rhode Island since January 2015. Gorbea is the first Hispanic to win statewide office in New England. ...

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* Victor Gotbaum, Head of

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, the largest municipal union in

* Patricia M. Haslach, former U.S. Ambassador to Laos * Jingdong Hua, Treasurer and Vice President of the

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* Joe Hurd, Global Managing Director of

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and former

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political appointee in the

Obama Administration Barack Obama's tenure as the 44th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 2009, and ended on January 20, 2017. A Democrat from Illinois, Obama took office following a decisive victory over Republican ...

Sara Jacobs Sara Josephine Jacobs (born February 1, 1989) is an American politician serving as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for . Her district includes central and eastern portions of San Diego, California, San Diego, as we ...

, U.S. Congresswoman for

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Deborah Lee James Deborah Roche Lee James (born November 25, 1958) served as the 23rd Secretary of the Air Force. She is the second woman, after Sheila Widnall (1993–1997), to ever hold this position. James was confirmed as 23rd Secretary of the Air Force on De ...

, 23rd

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* Letitia James, New York

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former Public Advocate *

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, White House Press Secretary * Roula Khalaf, editor-in-chief, ''

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'' *

Glenn Kessler (journalist) Glenn Kessler (born July 6, 1959) is an American former diplomatic correspondent who has helmed the "Fact Checker" feature for ''The Washington Post'' since 2011. Career Kessler is a 1981 graduate of Brown University and received a Masters of I ...

, ''

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'' reporter and author *

Leo KoGuan Leo Koguan is an Indonesian-born Chinese American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He is the chairman and co-founder of SHI International Corp and was the third-largest individual shareholder in Tesla, Inc. Biography Leo was born in ...

, Chinese American billionaire, founder of

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, third largest shareholder in

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Shinjirō Koizumi is a Japanese politician who served as the Minister of the Environment from September 2019 to October 2021. He also serves as a member the Member of the House of Representatives for the Liberal Democratic Party. He is the second son of form ...

, son of former

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Junichiro Koizumi Junichiro Koizumi (; , ''Koizumi Jun'ichirō'' ; born 8 January 1942) is a former Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2001 to 2006. He retired from politics in 2009. He is ...

; secretary of the Japanese

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* Stephen Krasner, Director for Policy Planning at the U.S. Department of State and Professor of International Relations at

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Edward Luck Edward C. Luck (17 October 1948 - 16 February 2021) was an American professor, author, and expert in international relations. He served as the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect between 2008 and 20 ...

, United Nations expert and SIPA professor *

Gunnar Lund Nils Gunnar Wiggo Lund (born 26 July 1947) is a Swedish diplomat and politician. Gunnar Lund did his military service as an interpreter in Uppsala and was educated in Russian. He graduated from Stockholm University and Uppsala University with a b ...

, Ambassador of Sweden to France (2008–present); formerly to the United States * Lorie K. Logan, 14th President and CEO of the

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Nancy McEldowney Nancy Eileen McEldowney (born October 6, 1958) is an American academic and diplomat who served as the national security advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris from January 20, 2021 to March 21, 2022. She was previously a career Foreign Service ...

, National Security Advisor to Vice President elect

Kamala Harris Kamala Devi Harris ( ; born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th vice president of the United States. She is the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, as well ...

& former Director of the

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, 39th

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* Jim Nicholson, former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs *

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, Israeli ambassador to the United States *

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* Robert D. Reischauer, Director of the

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, international civil servant and professor *

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, Secretary General of the

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* William E. Schaufele Jr., former U.S. representative, UN Security Council; former Ambassador to Poland *

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(2009–2013) *

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correspondent * Sichan Siv, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, former U.S. Ambassador to the

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(ECOSOC) * Richard Mills Smith, CEO of ''

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'' *

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, journalist and former CIA analyst *

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, President of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and Undersecretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs * Katie Stanton, head of international strategy,

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and

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nominee *

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, Founder and CEO of Umoe AS *

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and former

* Ross Wilson, U.S. Ambassador to

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, Governor of the Bank of Jamaica *

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, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and former ambassador to Ethiopia *

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, human rights activist and Director of th
Eurasia Democracy Initiative

Notable current faculty

* Rohit Aggarwala, commissioner of the

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, Emirati educator and columnist *

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, expert on peacebuilding and peacekeeping * Scott Barrett, professor of natural resource economics *

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, media entrepreneur, co-founding editor of ''Wired'' *

Chris Blattman Christopher Blattman is a Canadian-American economist and political scientist working on conflict, crime, and international development. He is the Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at the University of Chicago's Harris School ...

, development economist, blogger *

Jagdish Bhagwati Jagdish Natwarlal Bhagwati (born July 26, 1934) is an Indian-born naturalized American economist and one of the most influential trade theorists of his generation. He is a University Professor of economics and law at Columbia University and a Sen ...

, trade economist *Richard K. Betts, prominent political scientist and former director of the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies *J. Bowyer Bell, historian, artist, and art critic *Stephen Biddle, author, historian, policy analyst *Akeel Bilgrami, philosopher of language and of mind *Sandra Black (economist), Sandra Black, economist, former member of the Council of Economic Advisers *Jason Bordoff, founding dean of Columbia Climate School *Ian Bremmer, founder of Eurasia Group *

, research scholar, grandson of Warren Buffett *Charles Calomiris, financial policy expert *Guillermo Calvo, economist for macroeconomics and monetary economics, famous for Calvo (staggered) contracts *Mauricio Cárdenas Santamaría, 69th Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, Minister of Finance and Public Credit and former Minister of Mines and Energy of Colombia *Thomas J. Christensen, China expert *Richard Clarida, former Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve *John Henry Coatsworth, former provost of Columbia University, Latin American expert *Steven A. Cohen (academic), Steven A. Cohen, former director of

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*David Dinkins, first African American mayor of

*Mamadou Diouf (historian), Mamadou Diouf, historian *Michael W. Doyle, the theorist of the liberal “democratic peace” *Albert Fishlow, noted expert on Brazil and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs *Howard Friedman, Howard Steven Friedman, Health Economist and Statistician at the United Nations *Ester Fuchs, urban and social policy expert *Geoffrey M. Heal, British-American economist known for contributions to environmental economics *Christopher R. Hill, former United States Ambassador to Iraq and dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies *Merit Janow, the only North American member of the World Trade Organization, WTO appellate body; former Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Japan and China (1990–1993) *Robert Jervis, one of the most influential

scholars, expert on foreign policy analysis and political psychology *Rashid Khalidi, historian and former director of SIPA'
Middle East Institute
*Kenneth Lipper, former deputy mayor of

, financier, novelist, and screenwriter *John Liu, former New York City Comptroller and current member of the New York State Senate *Mark M. Lowenthal, former Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis and Production and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence Research *

, expert on the

*William H. Luers, retired career diplomat and museum executive *Mahmood Mamdani, leading Africa scholar *Jack F. Matlock Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union *

, political scientist and director of the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies *Michael Nutter, 98th Mayor of Philadelphia *Michael E. O'Hanlon, defense researcher at The Brookings Institution *José Antonio Ocampo, former UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs *Mary Robinson, the first female President of the Republic of Ireland; United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights *Arvind Panagariya, professor of economics *Kenneth Prewitt, political scientist and former director of the United States Census Bureau *David Rothkopf, chairman and CEO of The Rothkopf Group, and Garten Rothkopf, and former Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade *Jeffrey Sachs, chief economic advisor to many governments, former Director of the UN Millennium Project, Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals *Giovanni Sartori, Albert Schweitzer Professor Emeritus in the Humanities at Columbia University *Stephen Sestanovich, former Ambassador-at-large and Special Advisor to the Secretary of State on the New Independent States (NIS) *Gary Sick, Iran expert and three-time member of the National Security Council * David Siegel (executive), David Siegel - Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurial, Organizational and Strategic Management ; CEO of Investopedia *David C. Stark, professor of sociology *Alfred Stepan, professor of government *Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize in Economics, Nobel Prize-winning former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the

and former chair of the President's Council of Economic Advisors *Kenneth Waltz, one of the most influential

scholars. He is one of the founders of neorealism (international relations), neorealism, or structural realism, in international relations theory.

Notable former faculty

*Ernst Jaeckh (1875–1959), German-born orientalist and founder of the Middle East Institute *Lisa Anderson (scholar), Lisa Anderson, former dean of SIPA and a leading expert on the Middle East; former president of the American University in Cairo *Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Advisor (United States), National Security Advisor under U.S. President Jimmy Carter *Robert C. Lieberman, former interim dean of SIPA and provost of the Johns Hopkins University *John Ruggie, former dean of SIPA; former Assistant Secretary-General and chief advisor for strategic planning to

Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He continues to serve as the UN Secretary General's Special Representative for Business and Human Rights *Zalmay Khalilzad, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations *Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy-Secretary-General of the United Nations and former Ministry of Environment of Nigeria

Notable former international fellows

*Michael Armacost, diplomat, Deputy Secretary of State, president of Brookings Institution *Bonnie Erbe, host of the Public Broadcasting Service, PBS television sho
''To the Contrary''
*Harold Varmus, Nobel Prize winner, head of National Institute of Health *Jim Hightower, progressive activist *Richard M. Smith, chairman and editor-in-chief of ''Newsweek'' *Frederick Kempe, president, Atlantic Council of the United States

References

External links

Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs

* [http://www.jiacolumbia.org Journal of International Affairs]
Conflict Resolution Journal

The Harriman Institute

The Morningside Post

Global Public Policy Network

International Fellows Program
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