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Administration Michael W. Doyle Director, Columbia Global Policy Initiative; University Professor, affiliated with the School of International and Public Affairs, the Department of Political Science, and the Law School, Columbia University md2221@columbia.edu Maggie Powers Associate Director, Columbia Global Policy Initiative m.powers@columbia.edu Cory Winter Project Coordinator, Columbia Global Policy Initiative c.winter@columbia.edu
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Contents President’s Message
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Letter from the Director
Our Vision
Project Directors
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Assessing Future Chinese Air Pollution Impacts 10
Columbia Global Freedom of Expression 12
Columbia Global Reports
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Does Antitrust Policy Promote Market Performance & Competitiveness?
Future of Scholarly Knowledge
GHI-CGPI Seminar Series on Comm. and Non-Comm. Diseases
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International Policy Rules and National Inequalities 26
Negotiating a NationalSecurity Dominated Cyberspace
The Politics of Memory in Global Context 30
Responding to Changing Health Needs in Complex Emergencies
Atrocity Prevention & Responsibility to Protect 34
UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Visiting Research Fellows
Global Policy Faculty Grants
Undergraduate Global Policy Fellowship
Graduate Global Policy Fellowship
Meetings & Events
Fundraising
Advisory Council
Archives Without Borders
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Costs of Inequality
International Migration
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The Year Ahead
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President’s Message “Research universities in general, and Columbia in particular, are-or should be-major contributors in the effort to address the global challenges we must meet now and in the future to preserve and better our world. The Global Policy Initiative blends the best of academic research with serious engagement on specific issues and problems facing the world.”
Lee C. Bollinger
President, Columbia University in the City of New York
Left: President Lee C. Bollinger delivers welcoming remarks at the Columbia World Leaders Forum: Confronting the Crisis of Global Governance in Low Memorial Library, Columbia University, 28 Sep. 2015
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Letter from the Director In its third year, the Columbia Global Policy Initiative expanded university-wide engagement on global policy issues, continued our strong support for faculty and student research efforts, and strengthened Columbia’s presence in global policy-making. We welcomed two new Columbia faculty-led projects into the Initiative. The first project explores the links between climate change and the health burden of air pollution in China and the US. Mapping future air pollution emissions in China, the project aims to improve air quality policy development and better understand the regional and global impacts of current policies. The second project focuses on how to adapt to a national-security dominated cyberspace. Bringing together three Columbia schools—Law, SEAS, and SIPA—the project will add to the understanding of the intersection between national-security and internet freedom and help identify measures that can curb the militarization of cyberspace. In total, the Columbia Global Policy Initiative now supports or is affiliated with 15 projects led by 28 Columbia faculty members or affiliated experts. Each project is conducting vital research and advocacy to assist citizens and policy-makers in answering today’s pressing global challenges. We expanded our financial assistance to Columbia University students, awarding a second year of Undergraduate Global Policy Fellowships to rising seniors conducting global, policy-oriented research for their senior theses in a variety of different disciplines. We selected seven fellows from the Class of 2017 who are researching policy problems ranging from the risks of air pollution to urban bicycle riders to addressing the needs of Syrian refugee youth to expanding the impact of the palm oil industry in the Peruvian Amazon. We sponsored events on key global challenges, including organizing a Private Sector Forum on Migrants and Refugees in partnership with Concordia, UNHCR, and IOM in order to encourage private sector-led solutions to the crises all too often faced by migrants and refugees. We have also been fortunate to secure a number of grants to support our current projects and fund student research fellowships. The Columbia Global Policy Initiative is committed to continuing our support of faculty and student global policy research in the coming year, expanding our engagement with policy-making, and delivering concrete policy outcomes. Sincerely,
Michael W. Doyle
Director, Columbia Global Policy Initiative University Professor, Columbia University
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Our Vision
Columbia University World Leaders Forum: Confronting the Crisis of Global Governance youtu.be/MJFK5OvwqMo
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In our increasingly globalized world, serious problems of global signicance—whether disease, destabilizing economies, mass atrocities, a deteriorating environment, public security or the quality of governance—need to be addressed comprehensively. They require the highest standards of disciplinary and interdisciplinary expertise and a commitment to finding practical solutions that both work and support local accountability. Only a great university can serve as the foundation for this quality of applied research. The Columbia Global Policy Initiative, as conceived by President Lee C. Bollinger and led by founding director Professor Michael W. Doyle, brings together eminent Columbia faculty members from the widest range of relevant disciplines. These experts not only address global problems comprehensively, building on the relevant range of scholarly expertise, but also nd effective ways of in uencing global policy by engaging stakeholders and public policymakers. We see this as a unique venture, combining the best of independent, objective academic research with the best policy analysis and all tied closely to the implementation of policy recommendations. The Columbia Global Policy Initiative is: • Project-focused, searching for applied solutions; • Research-based, drawing on in-depth, rigorous analyses; • Multidisciplinary, combining arts and science with the expertise of the professional schools; • Multi-university, welcoming co-sponsored projects, nationally and globally; • And responsive to the needs and voices of stakeholders.
Columbia World Leaders Forum: Confronting the Crisis of Global Governance on Sep. 28, 2015 in Low Memorial Library, Columbia University. Left to right: President Lee C. Bollinger, Provost John H. Coatsworth, Dr. Madeleine K. Albright, Dr. Ibrahim A. Gambari, Dr. Jose Antonio Ocampo, Professor Michael Doyle, and Dr. Matthes Buhbe
The foundation of the Columbia Global Policy Initiative’s work is strong, faculty-led research. Today, the Initiative is af liated with or supports 15 projects. These projects are led by Columbia University faculty members and experts, many in partnership with other universities or institutions. The leadership of each project serves as Columbia Global Policy Initiative Project Directors. Together, the Project Directors help guide the work and growth of the Initiative. The Columbia Global Policy Initiative also has an Advisory Council comprised of eminent and respected world leaders.
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Our Project Directors Our Project Directors are leading faculty members and experts from Columbia University and around the world. Through world-class research and expert knowledge, they are tackling today’s most urgent global policy issues.
Archives Without Borders Matthew Connelly, Michael Moss, and Renato Rocha Souza Assessing Future Chinese Air Pollution Impacts on Mortality in China & the US Alrene M. Fiore and Patrick L. Kinney Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Lee C. Bollinger (Founder) and Agnès Callamard Columbia Global Reports Nicholas Lemann Costs of Inequality Joseph E. Stiglitz Does Antitrust Policy Promote Market Performance & Competitiveness? Anu Bradford and Sharyn O’Halloran Future of Scholarly Knowledge Kenneth Prewitt GHI-CGPI Seminar Series on the Intersection between Communicable & Non-Communicable Diseases Wafaa El-Sadr and Arthur Rubenstein Harmonizing Standards in Armed Conflict Sir Daniel Bethlehem and Sarah Cleveland International Migration Michael W. Doyle and Gregory A. Maniatis International Policy Rules and National Inequalities: Implications for Global Economic Governance José Antonio Ocampo and Eric Helleiner Negotiating a National-Security Dominated Cyberspace Steven M. Bellovin, Jason J. Healey, and Matthew C. Waxman The Politics of Memory in Global Context Carol Gluck Responding to Changing Health Needs in Complex Emergencies Neil G. Boothby and Miriam Rabkin Atrocity Prevention & Responsibility to Protect Ivan Šimonović United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network Jeffrey Sachs
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Matthew Connelly
Michael Moss
Renato Rocha Souza
Arlene M. Fiore
Patrick L. Kinney
Lee C. Bollinger
Agnès Callamard
Nicholas Lemann
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Anu Bradford
Sharyn O’Halloran
Kenneth Prewitt
Wafaa El-Sadr
Arthur Rubenstein
Sir Daniel Bethlehem
Sarah Cleveland
Michael W. Doyle
Gregory A. Maniatis
José Antonio Ocampo
Eric Helleiner
Steven M. Bellovin
Jason J. Healey
Matthew C. Waxman
Carol Gluck
Neil G. Boothby
Miriam Rabkin
Ivan Šimonović
Jeffrey Sachs
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Archives Without Borders Matthew Connelly, Michael Moss, and Renato Rocha Souza Support from the Columbia Global Policy Initiative, The Lenfest Group Global Policy Initiative Fund, and the National Science Foundation Resource Implementations for Data Intensive Research Grant
Led by Professors Matthew Connelly, Renato Rocha Souza, and Michael Moss, Archives Without Borders aims to improve the efficiency of government data declassification and to ensure public access to declassified data. With the support of a Faculty Grant in 2015 and a supplemental Lenfest Grant in 2016 from the Columbia Global Policy Initiative, the project has developed the world’s largest publically available database of declassified documents. The massive growth in government electronic records is overwhelming officials charged with reviewing them for declassification. Without new technologies to identify and protect sensitive information, and accelerate the release of everything else, it will erode core principles of democratic accountability. Archives Without
Borders brings together a multidisciplinary team from Brazil, the UK, and the US uniquely suited to address this challenge and advance practical solutions. In June 2016, Matthew Connelly joined with Ann Thornton, Columbia University Librarian and Vice Provost, in launching the Freedom of Information Archive. The Columbia Global Policy Initiative grant and a weeklong workshop in Brazil allowed Connelly and Thornton to refactor their database of declassified documents and overhaul their web interface and API. In Oct. 2016, the project was awarded a $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. This, together with a Lenfest grant, made it possible to add a further 600,000 documents to their database, develop new metadata, and train undergraduate and graduate research assistants.
In the year ahead, the project will be working with both the CGPI and NSF Principal Investigators (Robert Jervis, Owen Rambow, and Arthur Spirling) to ingest and process new collections of data and documents, including the CIA CREST Collection and the ACLU Torture Database. They will also add their first collections from Brazil (the Azeredo da Silveira papers) and Great Britain (the Cabinet Office Papers). The project will expand its work extracting names of people, locations, and organizations, and begin network analysis of all these corpora. It will continue research already started by Connelly, Souza, and Flavio Codeco Coelho on “classifiers” that can leverage such data to automatically rank order records that are most or least likely to have sensitive information.
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Matthew Connelly, Project CoDirector; Professor of History, Columbia University and the London School of Economics Michael Moss, Project CoDirector; Professor of Archival Science, Northumbria University Renato Rocha Souza, Project CoDirector; Professor of Information Science, Applied Mathematics Institute, Fundação Getulio Vargas Rohan Shah, Project Manager Samir Dhanani, Research Assistant, Ingestion and Back-end Boyu Wang, Research Assistant, Front-end and API Sheryl Crespo, Research Assistant, Data Visualizations
Policy Goals
Create tools to assist governments with sensitivity review. Create an international web-based archive of declassified documents and data-analytic tools. Advocate for the essential role of archives in preserving democratic accountability.
Meetings & Events
First Annual Workshop, Rio de Janeiro, May 2016 (Jointly sponsored by FGV). Second Annual Workshop, London, June 2017 (Jointly sponsored by the British National Archives) focusing on how digital records and the metadata derived from them can be processed, preserved, and made accessible for new kinds of research using computational methods.
Publications
Matthew Connelly, et al, “Detecting and Characterizing Events,” Proceedings of the 2016 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing. Matthew Connelly and Rohan Shah, “Here’s What Data Science Tells Us About Hillary Clinton’s Emails,” Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2016. Matthew Connelly, Flavio Codeço Coelho, Renato Rocha Souza, Rohan Shah, “Using Artificial Intelligence to Identify State Secrets,” ArXiV. Michael Moss, “Memory Institutions, the Archive and Digital Disruption,” in Andrew Hoskins (ed.) Digital Memory Studies: Media Pasts in Transition.
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Assessing Future Chinese Air Pollution Impacts on Mortality in China & the US Arlene M. Fiore and Patrick L. Kinney Support from the NASA Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team, National Key Research and Development Program of China, National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Columbia Global Policy Initiative
Led by Professors Arlene Fiore and Patrick Kinney, Assessing Future Chinese Air Pollution Impacts on Mortality in China and the US joined the Columbia Global Policy Initiative in 2016 as the recipient of a Faculty Grant. China’s enormous air pollutionrelated health burden and worldleading greenhouse gas emissions places it squarely at the center of global efforts to solve these twin problems. Climate change and air pollution are closely linked, and China’s efforts to address them will have important implications for public health, both domestically and internationally. This project is developing and applying a modeling framework that maps future air pollution emission control pathways for China to air pollution-related health impacts, in both China and the US. The project starts with models for future climate and
air pollution at the global scale driven by alternative GHG and air pollution emission scenarios, and then conducts sensitivity simulations using locally-developed emission pathways over China. The project’s scientific collaborators in China will downscale the resulting PM2.5 and ozone concentrations regionally over China using a fine-scale regional air quality model (Community Multiscale Air Quality; CMAQ) driven by meteorological fields that have also been downscaled from the global climate model meteorology. They also will examine air pollution in the US resulting from emission changes in China. The project team includes researchers in public health and atmospheric sciences at Columbia, as well as relevant partners at Tsinghua University, the Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning, and the China Centers for Disease Control.
The first year of the project has been devoted to setting up and running the global model simulations to estimate changes in global climate and air quality, building and testing the dynamic linkages between the global and regional scale models, and carrying out initial health impact calculations using existing data sources in China. In work being led by Dr. Shuxiao Wang at Tsinghua University, the next phase will finalize two Chinaspecific future air pollution emission scenarios in the 2030time frame—one representing “business as usual” and the other “aggressive air pollution controls.” The regional scale CMAQ model will be applied to determine the impacts of these emissions on future PM2.5 and ozone concentrations over China and the US, and their associated health impacts.
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Arlene M. Fiore, Project CoDirector; Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health Patrick L. Kinney, Project CoDirector; Beverly Brown Professor of Urban Health, School of Public Health, Boston University
Policy Goals
To provide tools that account for future climate change and air pollution scenarios at global and regional scales for use in air quality policy development in China. To strengthen an ongoing partnership between Columbia University and key Chinese air quality planners in both academia and the government.
Meetings & Events
In Summer 2016, project PhD student Mike He spent two months in Beijing working with health and air quality data at the China CDC. This resulted in a recently submitted conference abstract for the annual meeting of the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology. In Aug. 2016, Kinney gave talks and held discussions at both China CDC and the Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning on the Global Policy Initiative project. In Nov. 2016, a delegation of four senior staff from China CDC visited Columbia for discussions to strengthen collaborations.
Publications
Patrick Kinney, et al, “Spatial and temporal variations in the mortality burden of air pollution in China: 2004-2012,” Environment International, 13 Oct. 2016. Patrick Kinney, et al, “A countylevel estimate of PM2.5 related chronic mortality risk in China based on multi-model exposure data,” Environment International. Arlene Fiore, et al, “Quantifying PM2.5-meteorology sensitivities in a global climate model,” Atmospheric Environment, 15 July 2016. Patrick Kinney, et al, “Acute effect of ozone exposure on daily mortality in seven cities of Jiangsu Province, China: No clear evidence for threshold,” Environmental Research.
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Columbia Global Freedom of Expression Agnès Callamard and Lee C. Bollinger (Founder) Support from ARTICLE 19, Ford Foundation, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Open Society Foundations
Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to advance understanding of the international and national norms and institutions that best protect the free flow of information in an interconnected global community with major common challenges to address. Affiliated with the Columbia Global Policy Initiative in 2013, Columbia Global Freedom of Expression was launched by Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger as part of his vision to make Columbia a global university for the 21st century. It is directed by Dr. Agnès Callamard, a distinguished human rights and freedom of expression expert. To achieve its objective, Columbia Global Freedom of Expression engages with a range of stakeholders, including academic experts, legal practitioners, judges, activists and students. It undertakes and
commissions research and policy projects, organizes events and conferences, and participates and contributes to global debates on the protection of freedom of expression and information in the 21st century. Its flagship project is the Global Freedom of Expression Case Law Database, an online platform that provides summaries and analyses of hundreds of judicial decisions relating to freedom of expression. The Global Freedom of Expression Case Law Database, launched in June 2015, contains over 800 cases from 113 countries, offering blogs, publications, and reviews of legal developments on freedom of expression and information around the world. It is designed to be a key resource for a broad audience of stakeholders working on freedom of expression, including lawyers, judges, activists,
academics, and students. The case briefs are written, reviewed, and selected by a team of legal researchers, experts, and practitioners in international freedom of expression and human rights law. In an effort to establish a baseline of standards, Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to include seminal cases and then add precedent-setting, influential, as well as controversial cases in order to plot trends and identify potential emerging norms.
People
Lee C. Bollinger, Founder; President and Seth Low Professor, Columbia University Agnès Callamard, Director; Special Advisor to the President, Columbia University Hawley Johnson, Project Manager Bach Avezdjanov, Program Officer
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Policy Goals
Produce up-to-date comparative law information and analysis on a range of core freedom of expression issues and disseminate them broadly. Provide an analysis of positive legal precedents to facilitate their use in the promotion of freedom of expression. Contribute to the development of an integrated and progressive jurisprudence and understanding of freedom of expression and information around the world. Promote the acceptance of progressive legal rules regarding freedom of expression by a range of courts. Above: Nani Jansen, Legal Director, Media Legal Defense Initiative; Peter Noorlander, Chief Executive Officer, Media Legal Defence Initiative; Lee C. Bollinger, President, Columbia University; Dr. Agnès Callamard, Director, Columbia Global Freedom of Expression and Information / Eileen Barroso, Columbia University
Meetings & Events
Regional meetings on the Role of Religious Leaders in Preventing Incitement that Could Lead to Atrocity Crimes, Washington, DC; Amman; Treviso; Fez; 2015-2016. Justice for Free Expression Third Annual Conference, Columbia University, 4-5 Apr. 2016. Press Freedom in Africa: How can States achieve compliance with African Court and AU standards, online and offline?, Columbia Law School, 4 Nov. 2016. Conference on Privacy, Personality and Flows of Information, New York University, 19-20 July 2016.
Justice for Free Expression in 2015 Conference youtu.be/dAUI7OxS_GY
Publications
Agnès Callamard, Are Courts Reinventing Internet Regulation?, a paper written for the 24th World Congress of Political Science, Pozna, Poland, 23-28 July 2016. Agnès Callamard and Bach Avezdjanov, Globalization of Norms, 25 May 2016. Agnès Callamard, Analysis of Global Trends in 2015, presented at “Justice for Free Expression” conference, Columbia University, New York, 4-5 Apr. 2016. Agnès Callamard and Bach Avezdjanov, Bahrain: An Analysis of the Legitimacy of Charges Against Sheikh Maytham Al Salman, 11 Feb. 2016. Hawley Johnson, Rights Groups in Pakistan File Petition for Public Hearing on the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015, Columbia Global Freedom of Expression, 25 Aug. 2015.
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Columbia Global Reports Nicholas Lemann
Professor and Dean Emeritus of Columbia Journalism School Nicholas Lemann associated his project, Columbia Global Reports, with the Columbia Global Policy Initiative in 2013. Columbia Global Reports publishes in-depth investigations of pressing global policy issues and trends. Every year Columbia Global Reports publishes four to six reports each devoted to a single topic. Each report is meant to function as a major statement on an important issue, something that has the potential to change the conversation, through new information, new analysis, memorable expression, or, in the best cases, all three. Some reports will be by journalists and will be more reportorial and on-theground, some will be by scholars, and some will be by partnerships of journalists and scholars.
Columbia Global Reports published five books in 2016 on the topics of medical tourism, pluralism in the middle east, investor-state dispute settlement, worldwide populist movements, and the Boko Haram kidnappings in Nigeria. They are available as paperbacks (at $12.99) and e-books ($8.99) in bookstores around the country as well as on Amazon and other online booksellers. Events at Columbia and other venues in New York and Washington, DC are planned around the publication of each book.
People
Nicholas Lemann, Project Director; Joseph Pulitzer II and Edith Pulitzer Moore Professor of Journalism; Dean Emeritus, Columbia Journalism School Camille McDuffie, Publisher Jimmy So, Editor Miranda Sita, Digital Manager
Policy Goals
Publish in-depth investigations that function as major statements on important global policy issues with the potential to change the conversation through new information, new analysis, memorable expression, or all three.
Meetings & Events
Shadow Courts: The Hidden Danger in Trade Agreements, Columbia University, 6 Oct. 2016 (partnered with the Committee on Global Thought) with Jeffrey D. Sachs, Haley Sweetland Edwards, Luis A. Parada, and Nicholas Lemann. A Debate Debrief with John B. Judis and Michael Lind, Civic Hall NYC, 27 Sep. 2016 (hosted by New America).
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Publications
The Chibok Girls: The Boko Haram Kidnappings and Islamist Militancy in Nigeria By Helon Habila On April 14, 2014, 276 girls from the Chibok Secondary School in northern Nigeria were kidnapped by the deadly terrorist group Boko Haram. 57 of them escaped over the next few months, but most were never heard from again. The Populist Explosion: How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics By John B. Judis What’s happening in global politics, and is there a thread that ties it all together? There is, and it is called populism. Left: Nicholas Lemann speaks at the launch of Columbia Global Reports and panelists of “The Big Problem from the Financial Crisis that Still Isn’t Fixed,” 15 Sep. 2015
Shadow Courts: The Tribunals that Rule Global Trade By Haley Sweetland Edwards “Shadow courts,” the supranational arbitration tribunals are now being exploited by multinational corporations at the expense of sovereign nations and their citizens. The result is a shift in the global balance of power. Holy Lands: Reviving Pluralism in the Middle East By Nicolas Pelham How did the world’s most tolerant region become the least harmonious place on the planet? Outpatients: The Astonishing New World of Medical Tourism By Sasha Issenberg Need surgery? You better travel. Planes,Trains, and Root Canals: The New World of Medical Tourism youtu.be/6HYZQuVCXKE
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Costs of Inequality Joseph E. Stiglitz Support from the Columbia Global Policy Initiative
Alejandro Ramírez, Chief Executive Officer, Cinepolis, Mexico and Joseph E. Stiglitz, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University, USA at the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Riviera Maya, Mexico 2015. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell
University Professor of Economics, Business and International Affairs Joseph E. Stiglitz pursues research on the determinants and costs of inequality, and policies that would reduce it. He associated his project, Costs of Inequality, with the Columbia Global Policy Initiative in 2013. Stiglitz has analyzed how inequality leads to economic instability and economic inefficiency by, for example, preventing many youths from fulfilling their potential. With his research colleagues, Stiglitz has been developing a broad “equalitygrowth-efficiency” agenda that reduces the scope for rent-seeking and other market distortions that contribute to inequality and increases equality of opportunity. He has authored or co-authored several books, including Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy (2015), The Great Divide (2015), and The Price of Inequality (2012).
Stiglitz collaborated with the Roosevelt Institute, a think-tank based in New York for which he serves as the Chief Economist, to write Rewriting the Rules. The European version of this book will be released in 2017, collaborating with Foundation for European Progressive Studies. Globalization and Its Discontents (published in 2002) will be released in 2017 with new content addressing current economic challenges. In 2015, Stiglitz published a major set of papers, “New Theoretical Perspectives on the Distribution of Income and Wealth Among Individuals: Parts I-IV,” as working papers of the National Bureau of Economic Research, of which he is a Research Associate. These provide a new framework for the analysis of the determinants of the distribution of income and wealth. Efforts to influence the UN to establish a goal of reducing
inequality among the Sustainable Development Goals were largely successful. Several conferences on inequality were conducted through the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, in conjunction with the Roosevelt Institute, foundations, the International Labour Organization, and various European institutions. The OECD High Level Expert Group on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress, the successor of the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission of the same name, co-chaired by Stiglitz, has centered much of its recent efforts on the measurement of inequality and inequality of opportunity. Stiglitz served as a Commissioner of the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation, which issued its report in Trento in June 2015 and at the UN Finance for Development Conference at Addis Ababa in July 2015.
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Columbia Business School, SIPA, and the Provost’s Office of Columbia University supported a conference on The Just Society, in celebration of 50 years of Stiglitz’s teaching, with a focus on inequality. This conference included participants from academia and senior officials, past and present, from the US government and international organizations.
Policy Goals
People
Meetings & Events
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Project Director; University Professor, affiliated with the Columbia Business School, the Department of Economics, and SIPA, Columbia University; Co-Founder and Co-President of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue; Co-Chair of the High-Level Expert Group on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress, OECD; Chief Economist of The Roosevelt Institute
Further develop the broad “equality-growth-efficiency” agenda. Extend this agenda to Europe. Ensure that this agenda is incorporated in the political platforms of those presidential candidates that are concerned about inequality. Rewriting the Rules for European Economy, Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS), Frankfurt, 11 Nov. 2016. Overcoming the Shadow Economy, European Parliament, 16 Nov. 2016. Rewriting the Rules of Globalization: The Dangers of Trumpism and the Needed Response, The Roosevelt Institute, 3 Mar. 2017.
Publications
Joseph E. Stiglitz, “An Agenda for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth for Emerging Markets,” Journal of Policy Modeling, 3 Jan. 2016. Joseph E. Stiglitz and Kaushik Basu, “New Theoretical Perspectives on the Distribution of Income and Wealth among Individuals,” Inequality and Growth: Patterns and Policy, 2016. Joseph E. Stiglitz and Mark Pieth, “Overcoming the Shadow Economy,” Friedrich Ebert Stiftung International Policy Analysis Paper, 2016. Joseph E. Stiglitz (eds.), et al, “Preface: Inequality and Growth: A Preamble,” Inequality and Growth: Patterns and Policy, IEA Conference, 2016. The Costs of Inequallity: Joseph E. Stiglitz at TEDxColumbiaSIPA youtu.be/GYHT4zJsCdo
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Does Antitrust Policy Promote Market Performance & Competitiveness? Anu Bradford and Sharyn O’Halloran Support from the National Sciences Foundation and the Columbia Global Policy Initiative
Led by Professors Anu Bradford and Sharyn O’Halloran, Does Antitrust Policy Promote Market Performance & Competitiveness?, joined the Columbia Global Policy Initiative in 2016 as the recipient of a Faculty Grant. Over the past three decades, antitrust laws have proliferated across the globe. International institutions and governments have promoted antitrust policy as an important regulatory tool to enhance competitiveness and market performance. However, there is scant empirical evidence that these policies actually work and that their adoption promotes an efficient use of scarce public resources. This project seeks to provide a solid theoretical and empirical foundation for this policy question. The project will develop a novel dataset on antitrust laws and enforcement across time and jurisdictions.
The study offers a major contribution to policy-makers who need to understand the benefits of these laws, and the elements of the laws or enforcement actions that have the greatest impact on competitiveness. The project will also test how optimal design of antitrust policy depends on variables, such as a country’s level of development and existing governance infrastructure.
People
Anu Bradford, Project CoDirector; Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organization, Columbia Law School Sharyn O’Halloran, Project CoDirector; George Blumenthal Professor of Political Economy and Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
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Help emerging antitrust regimes set priorities and provide new insights for more established jurisdictions on the effects of their laws and enforcement efforts. Allow international institutions and networks to reflect and, if needed, retool their long standing policy advice to governments. Help private market actors—the targets of antitrust laws—to better understand how these laws shape market outcomes, directly affecting the economic environments in which they operate. Make private actors better able to assess the effects of different regulatory regimes on their ability to enter and penetrate foreign markets and to adjust their investments and business strategies accordingly.
Policy Goals
Meetings & Events
Antitrust Scholars Association Annual Meeting, University of Leiden, The Netherlands (ASCOLA), July 2016. Conference for Empirical Legal Studies in Europe, University of Amsterdam, July 2016. Federal Trade Commission, Washington DC, Nov. 2016 Japan Free Trade Commission, Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 2016. Upcoming - Law, Markets & Competition: Do Antitrust Laws Enhance Competition and Lead to More Efficient Markets, Columbia Global Centers Paris, 1-2 June 2017.
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Future of Scholarly Knowledge Kenneth Prewitt Support from Sage Publications and the Rockefeller Foundation
Carnegie Professor Kenneth Prewitt associated the Future of Scholarly Knowledge project (FSK) with the Columbia Global Policy Initiative in 2013. FSK, funded by Sage Publications, is a four-year effort concerned with how research universities (about three percent of the 14,000 universities and colleges worldwide) are adjusting, in large and small matters, to four forces: globalization, digitization, commercialization, and major changes in science policy (especially in the US and Western Europe). The task involves identifying key principles—such as free inquiry and publication, intellectual integrity, policing fraud, and commitment to the public good—that are put at risk as these forces challenge traditional university practices, and then recommending strategies that will help protect those values in a changing academic world.
“Changing science policy” is a recent emphasis; it draws attention to the growing pressure by funders, governments and foundations in particular, for measurable social benefits, or what some have labeled a performance metric regime.
People
Kenneth Prewitt, Project Director; Carnegie Professor of Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs; Special Advisor to the President, Columbia University
Policy Goals
Frame a science policy suitable to the changing landscape of knowledge generation and dissemination.
SSRC: “Social Science Knowledge and its Future” with Kenneth Prewitt youtu.be/U4fTPFrukc4
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Meetings & Events
Threats to Academic Freedom, Scholars at Risk Conference, Montreal, 8 June 2016. Science Policy for 21st Century, Social Science Research Council & Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Science Forum, New York, 9 May 2016. Knowledge Used/Knowledge Waiting to be Used, IRiSS, Stanford University. USBAR Science: Unintended Social Benefits Retroactively Appreciated, Fundacao Franciso, Braga Portugal. Foundations and Science Policy, University of Indiana.
Publications
Kenneth Prewitt, “Can Social Science Matter,” ITEMS, Social Science Research Council, 3 May 2016.
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GHI-CGPI Seminar Series: Intersection between Communicable & Non-Communicable Diseases Wafaa El-Sadr and Arthur Rubenstein
Led by Wafaa El-Sadr (University Professor and Director of ICAP and the Global Health Initiative (GHI) at the Mailman School of Public Health (MSPH)) and Arthur Rubenstein (Professor and former Dean of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania), the GHI-CGPI Seminar Series on the Intersection between Communicable (CDs) and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) seeks to examine widely discussed views of CD and NCD topics, reflect on them through the contexts of global public health and public policy, and identify common experiences and shared lessons that might inform approaches to improve health outcomes globally. This project affiliated with the Columbia Global Policy Initiative in 2013.
Wafaa El-Sadr: Global Health, HIV, and Health Systems youtu.be/_t2nwKLCOlc
In 2015-2016, four seminars were organized that engaged a number of relevant speakers and co-sponsors from across Columbia University. There were 13 presenters and/or panelists, from various Columbia schools, departments and centers, as well as other organizations such as the Fogarty International Center of National Institutes of Health, American University of Beirut, The UN Refugee Agency, among many more. The seminars drew in an estimated 200 attendees and more online viewers of the recorded video.
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Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA, Project Co-Director; University Professor; Mathilde Krim-amfAR Professor of Global Health; Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine, Mailman School of Public Health, College of Physicians and Surgeons; Director, ICAP Columbia; Director, Global Health Initiative, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Arthur Rubenstein, MD, MBBCh, Project Co-Director; Professor of Medicine and Former Dean, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Recipient (2012), George M. Kober Medal, Association of American Physicians Melissa Reyes, MPA, Senior Program Officer, Global Health Initiative, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
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Alberto Mejia, Office Manager, Global Health Initiative, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Policy Goals
Promote new dialogue and debate among the global community regarding the ongoing and looming threats from noncommunicable diseases. Identify common experiences/ shared lessons from communicable diseases and other areas of public health that may help inform the current noncommunicable disease agenda.
Meetings & Events
Road Safety in NYC and Beyond: Global Advances and Challenges, moderated by Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, Mailman School of Public Health, 25 Apr. 2016. Responding to NCD’s with Lessons from HIV, Mailman School of Public Health, 5 May 2016. Cardiovascular Effects of Household Air Pollution-Pilot Evidence from Ghana, Mailman School of Public Health, 9 May 2016. Refugee Health in the 21st Century: The Case of Syria, Mailman School of Public Health, 23 June 2016.
Publications
“ICAP: Lessons from HIV Offer Blueprints for Combating NonCommunicable Diseases,” 20 May 2016.
Above: “Micropia,” a small collection of cultured microorganisms, visually interesting on a macroscopic scale, 12 Jul. 2015 / Ciotu Cosmin
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International Migration Michael W. Doyle and Gregory A. Maniatis Support from the Endeavor Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Open Society Foundations - International Migration Initiative, and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Trek of Tears: An African Journey / 1998 Pulitzer Prize, Spot News Photography, Martha Rial, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Directed by Professor Michael W. Doyle, Mr. Gregory Maniatis and (formerly) Professor T. Alexander Aleinikoff, the Columbia Global Policy launched its project on International Migration in 2013.The project aims to identify effective policies that will advance international cooperation on migration in order to amplify the positive aspects of migration and curtail its negative consequences. To achieve this goal, the project: • Supported the mandate of Mr. Peter Sutherland, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Migration, in his efforts to improve management of migration through international cooperation and strengthen the engagement of the UN on migration. In Feb. 2017, Mr. Sutherland produced a report to the UN detailing 16 recommendations for concrete improvements in migration management. • Launched an International Commission of academics to draft
a Model International Mobility Convention, providing a roadmap to improve and strengthen the international legal regime on all forms of migration. • Encouraged private sector engagement on refugee and migration issues, organizing a Private Sector Forum on Migration and Refugees in partnership with Concordia, the UN Refugee Agency and the UN Migration Agency in Sep. 2016. • Engaged in advocacy to ensure migration is substantively addressed in the UN system, including in the Sustainable Development Goals and the UN Summit on Refugees and Migrants in Sep. 2016.
When to Intervene Forcibly in Interstate Relations, A Conversation with Michael Doyle youtu.be/uOQQgwuvPBk
In the coming year, the project will continue and expand on these efforts. We will: • Launch Mr. Sutherland’s report at Columbia with Secretary-General António Guterres. • Publish the Model International Mobility Treaty in the Columbia Journal for Transnational Law and organize launch events with academics around the world. • Organize a Global Mayors Summit on 18-19 Sep. 2017 to enable a more vigorous role for cities and local governments in developing international migration and refugee policy, in partnership with New York City and Concordia. • Engage in the negation process for the UN Global Compact on Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration and UN Global Compact on Refugees. • Advance the implementation of the UN’s 2018 migration goals and provide strategic guidance to the UN.
People Michael W. Doyle, Project Co-Director; Director, Columbia Global Policy Initiative; University Professor, affiliated with the School of International and Public Affairs, the Department of Political Science, and the Law School, Columbia University Gregory Maniatis, Project Co-Director; Senior Adviser, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Migration; Senior Adviser, Open Society Foundations-International Migration Initiative T.Alexander Aleinikoff, Former Project Co-Director (Jan.-Dec. 2016); Former Huo Global Policy Initiative Research Fellow, Columbia Global Policy Initiative; Visiting Professor, Columbia Law School; Director, Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility; University Professor, Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy,The New School Maggie Powers, Associate Director, Columbia Global Policy Initiative Kiran Banerjee, Postdoctoral Fellow Emma Borngäs, Research Assistant Consultants: Katy Long, Edward Mortimer, Kathleen Newland, Nicole Pope, Jill Savitt, Colleen Thouez, Kato von Broeckhoven Policy Goals Formulate new rules for migration that can benefit migrants as well as states of origin, transit, and destination. Demonstrate that liabilities and inefficiencies of migration can be curbed while its quality and outcomes can be significantly improved through improved policies. Contribute to a new normative and legal agenda on international mobility that further entrenches the rights of mobile people and addresses the gaps in current international legal regimes.
Meetings & Events International Dialogue on Migration 2016: Follow-up and Review of Migration in the SDGs, UN, 29 Feb. 2016. The EU Refugee Crisis and the Future of Europe: Moral Challenge and Political Conundrum, Columbia University, 1 Apr. 2016. Towards a Global Framework on Responsibility-Sharing and Response for Large-scale Refugee Flows Workshop, OSF, 7 Apr. 2016. Model International Mobility Treaty Workshops, OSF, 18 Apr. 2016, 24 Oct. 2016, 21 Feb. 2017. United Nations Summit for Refugees and Migrants, UN, 19 Sep. 2016. The Private Sector Forum on Migration and Refugees—Concordia Summit 2016, Grand Hyatt NY, 20 Sep. 2016. Managing Migration to Europe: A talk with Frank Mattern, Columbia Law School, 19 Oct. 2016 Global Compact on Refugees Workshop, OSF, 16 Dec. 2016. SIPA Forum: Migration and Refugee Crisis—Building a Better Future, Columbia University, 1 Apr. 2017. Publications Peter Sutherland, “Saving Our Drowning Humanity,” Project Syndicate, 13 June 2016. Peter Sutherland, “Defusing Migration,” Project Syndicate, 8 July 2016. Peter Sutherland, “Migration Fact vs. Migration Fiction,” Project Syndicate, 6 Aug. 2016. Peter Sutherland, “Cities for Migrants,” Project Syndicate, 26 Aug. 2016. Peter Sutherland, “Migration’s PrivateSector Problem-Solvers,” Project Syndicate, 12 Sep. 2016. Report of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Migration (A/71/728), 3 Feb. 2017. Michael Doyle and T. Alexander Aleinikoff, “Global Refugee Crisis,” Forced Migration Forum, 13 Feb. 2017.
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Syrian and Iraq refugees arrive at Skala Sykamias Lesvos Greece / Ggia
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International Policy Rules & National Inequalities: Implications for Global Economic Governance José Antonio Ocampo and Eric Helleiner Support from the Ford Foundation and the Columbia Global Policy Initiative
International Policy Rules and National Inequalities: Implications for Global Economic Governance, led by Professors José Antonio Ocampo and Eric Helleiner, joined the Columbia Global Policy Initiative in 2015 as the recipient of a Faculty Grant. Rising national income and wealth inequalities are two of the dominant adverse trends that the world has experienced over the past three to four decades. Since this coincides with consolidation of the “second globalization,” an obvious question to ask is to what extent the rules that formally or informally govern the global economy—or the lack of them—are basic determinants of these trends. This implies putting together two brands of ongoing research and debates—those that relate to global rules and growing national inequalities—to analyze the interactions between
the two and draw lessons of how global governance arrangements must be reformed to counteract these trends. The project aims to enhance the understanding of this issue and the associated global debate by creating a Task Force in the tradition of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University. The Task Force will have three specific outputs: a major conference involving the relevant multilateral institutions, a volume collecting the papers prepared for the project, and a stand-alone policy report that summarizes the major conclusions of the project and that will be widely disseminated among policymakers.
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José Antonio Ocampo, Project Co-Director; Professor of Professional Practice and Director of the Economic and Political Development Concentration, School of International and Public Affairs; Co-President, Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University Eric Helleiner, Project CoDirector; Professor and Faculty of Arts Chair in International Political Economy, Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo
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Right: Conference on ‘International Policy Rules and National inequalities: Implications for Global Economic Governence’ with Eric Helleiner, José Antonio Ocampo, Gabriel Palma, Jonathan Ostry, Kevin P. Gallagher, Manuel Montes, Carlos Correa, Osvaldo Rosales, Robert Wade, Lisa Sachs, Lise Johnson, Valpy Fitzgerald, and Guillermo Lagarda Cuevas, 19 Jan. 2016
Policy Goals
To enhance the capacity of countries to manage international capital flows in order to moderate boom-bust financial cycles. To regulate tax competition and improve tax cooperation, permitting countries to adopt more progressive tax systems and increase tax revenues essential to finance redistributive social policies. To design international investment agreements that can support the capacity of governments to introduce needed social and environmental regulations. To assist countries in their efforts to appropriate a larger share of natural resource rents and diversify their production base through better international trade and investment rules. To constrain excessive claims to intellectual property rights
in order to reduce the costs of lifesaving medicines, environmental protection and agricultural technologies (e.g. access to improved seeds).
Meetings & Events
Conference on Capital Flow, Lessons from the Emerging Countries and the Lesson for China, Beijing, 24-25 Aug. 2015. Conference on Exploring New Paths for Development: Experiences from Latin America and China, Beijing, 28-29 Aug. 2015. Conference on International Policy Rules and National Inequalities: Implications for Global Economic Governance, Columbia University, 19 Jan. 2016.
Publications
José Antonio Ocampo, “A Defeat for International Tax Cooperation,” Project Syndicate, 4 Aug. 2015. José Antonio Ocampo, “International Taxation and Global Development,” Project Syndicate, 7 July 2015. Declaration of the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation, June 2015.
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Negotiating a National-Security Dominated Cyberspace Steven M. Bellovin, Jason J. Healey, and Matthew C. Waxman Support from the Carnegia Corporation of New York, the Hewlett Foundation, and the Columbia Global Policy Initiative
Led by Professors Steven Bellovin, Jason Healey, and Matthew Waxman, Negotiating a NationalSecurity Dominated Cyberspace joined the Columbia Global Policy Initiative in 2016 as the recipient of a Faculty Grant. The project brings together faculty from three of Columbia’s schools— SIPA, SEAS, and Columbia Law School—to research and publish, convene workshops and hold conference panels to determine how best to adapt to cyberspace as a national-security space. The project directors are pursuing three general strategic goals: tying together the Columbia cyber community, influencing with agility, and deepening research and influence. They have already achieved success by bringing together academics, practitioners, and government officials to discuss using policy to balance national security, privacy, digital commerce, and critical infrastructure defense
priorities. These efforts look to find and adapt to the new normal of cyberspace, to identify tradeoffs and frameworks to help global decision-makers. Ultimately, the project looks to propose recommendations for those working in the fields of national security, Internet freedom, trade, and commerce. In its first year, the project: • Held regular workshops of cyber-related faculty from across the Columbia Community: SIPA, Political Science, Computer Science, Law, Business, Journalism, History. • Organized a conference on the “State of the Field of Cyber Conflict,” June 2016. • Presented, and won best presentation, at Black Hat security conference, Aug. 2016. • Presented at DEF CON hacker convention on US government and zero-day vulnerabilities, Aug.
2016. • Facilitated a student-led research report on US government and zero-day vulnerabilities, Nov. 2016. • Opened a Cyber 9/12 competition for student policy proposals, Nov. 2016. • Held a workshop on “Bridging the Gap on Cyber Conflict,” Nov. 2016. • Published New York Cyber Task Force Report, May 2017. In year two, the project will: • Continue workshops to bring together the Columbia community. • Foster Student-led research on new public policy ideas for getting to “zero computer botnets.” • Teach a joint class for students from the three schools. Jason Healey: DEF CON 24 - Feds and 0Days: From Before Heartbleed to After FBI Apple youtu.be/bK6D8VF0KjQ
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Jason J. Healey, Project CoDirector; Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Policy Affairs Steven M. Bellovin, Project CoDirector; Percy K. and Vida L.W. Hudson Professor of Computer Science, SEAS Matthew C. Waxman, Project Co-Director; Liviu Librescu Professor of Law; Faculty Chair, Roger Hertog Program on Law and National Security, Columbia Law School
Policy Goals
This project seeks to answer how to impede increasing militarization of cyberspace, even during a time of rising national security threats, to better balance non-physical priorities.
Meetings & Events
State of the Field of Cyber Conflict Workshop, June 2016. Black Hat and DEF CON Presentation, Aug. 2016. NATO, Russia, and Cyber Discussion, Sept. 2016. Cyber Risk Metrics Discussion, Sep. 2016. IANA Transition Discussion, Oct. 2016. NSA Discussion, Oct. 2016. Bridging the Gap Workshop, Nov. 2016. Future of the Internet Discussion, Nov. 2016. Cybersecurity and Financial Resilience Discussion, Jan. 2017. Brazil and the Internet Workshop, Mar. 2017. Cyber Risk Discussion, Mar. 2017.
Publications
Jason Healey and Klara T. Jordan, “Setting Priorities on Cybersecurity,” Democracy Journal, Spring 2016. Jason Healey, “Winning and Losing in Cyberspace,” 2016 International Conference on Cyber Conflict, Cyber Power, 31 May 2016. Jason Healey, “Feds and 0days: From Before Heartbleed to After FBI-Apple,” DEF CON 24, 4 Aug. 2016. Matthew C. Waxman and Jack Goldsmith, “The Other Forever War Anniversary,” Time Magazine, 10 Sep. 2016. Jason Healey, “The U.S. Government And Zero-Day Vulnerabilities: From PreHeartbleed To Shadow Brokers,” Journal of International Affairs, Nov. 2016.
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The Politics of Memory in Global Context Carol Gluck Support from MATRICE-University of Paris 1-Panthéon-Sorbonne, Institut Européen Emmanuel Levinas Paris, Alliance (ColumbiaSciences Po), Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University
George Sansom Professor of History Carol Gluck linked the policy portions of her transnational research project, The Politics of Memory in Global Context, to the Columbia Global Policy Initiative in 2013. Conducted at Columbia under the Committee on Global Thought, this Franco-American collaboration addresses both the scholarly and political aspects of the formation and management of public memory in societies around the world. It brings together scholars in social science, neuroscience, and curators of historical museums from the US, Europe, East and South Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America to identify the commonalities and connections in contemporary memory politics and to develop appropriate and politically practical ways of dealing with national and social pasts, however dark or difficult.
Pressing issues in the geopolitics of memory treated by the project include the current tensions among China, Korea, and Japan relating to the public memory of World War II; between the old and new members of the EU concerning conflicting memories of war and communism; within post-conflict societies in the aftermath of civil war; and others. The goal is twofold: to produce a more sophisticated analysis of the processes of memory politics, and to generate specific proposals for better political management of the divisive memories within and between countries, which too often let ill-considered views of the past block the path toward a better envisioned and constructive future.
Over the past few decades much of the heated politics of memory has taken place in civil society with governments and international organizations playing a largely reactive role. On the premise that memory politics within and between nations should be subject to the kind of policy deliberations accorded other political issues, the project is developing politically practical proposals for the management of public memory in specific national and international contexts. Building on five years of interdisciplinary, transnational research that takes into account the impact of global norms, domestic political conditions, and trends in public memory, the project focused in 2015-16 on 1) intervening in the events surrounding Japan’s “history problem” in East Asia during the 70th anniversary commemorations of the end of World War II; 2) holding eight
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workshops in Paris on public memory in audio-visual form; and 3) planning a new twelve-year study of memory of the terrorist attacks of 13 Nov. 2015 in Paris, in comparison with earlier studies of 9/11, ongoing studies of events in Brussels, and other places. The project has now received funding from the French government.
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Carol Gluck, Project Director; George Sansom Professor of History and Professor of East Asian Language and Cultures, Columbia University; Chair, Committee on Global Thought
Carol Gluck: Pearl Harbor’s 75th Anniversary and the Politics of Memory youtu.be/MbZaNhk2ym4
Policy Goals
Identify the commonalities and connections in contemporary memory politics. Develop appropriate and politically practical ways of dealing with national and social pasts. Produce a more sophisticated analysis of the processes of memory politics. Generate specific proposals for better political management of the divisive memories within and between countries.
Meetings & Events
Global Think-in: ‘Facing History Squarely: The Politics of War Memory in East Asia and Elsewhere,’ Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, China, 15 Oct. 2015. ‘Nations and their Pasts,’ Columbia Global Centers | Beijing, China, 16 Oct. 2015.
Publications
Carol Gluck, “What the World Owes the Comfort Women,” “Continuing to Remember the War,” and others, 2015-16. Carol Gluck, Articles and interviews in the US and Japanese press on the memory of the atomic bomb in Japan and America, on the occasion of President Obama’s visit to Hiroshima, May 2016. Carol Gluck, et al, “The Seventieth Anniversary of World War II’s End in Asia: Three Perspectives,” Journal of Asian Studies, Aug. 2015.
Left: Global Think-in: ‘Facing History Squarely - The Politics of War Memory in East Asia and Elsewhere’ with Carol Gluck, Bu Ping, Zonguan Li, Jie-hyun Lim, Narita Ryuichi and Valerie Rosoux, 15 Oct. 2015 Right: ‘Nations and their Pasts’ with Carol Gluck, Jie-hyun Lim, Iwasaki Minoru, Umemori Naoyuki, Valerie Rosoux, Hou Chunyan, Armelle Viard, and Daniel Dayan, 16 Oct. 2015
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Responding to Changing Health Needs in Complex Emergencies Neil G. Boothby and Miram Rabkin Support from the Columbia Global Policy Initiative
Responding to Changing Health Needs in Complex Emergencies, led by Professors Miriam Rabkin and Neil G. Boothby, joined Columbia Global Policy Initiative in 2015 as the recipient of a Faculty Grant. By end-2015, more than 65 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide, the most in recorded history. The Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean regions are displacement epicenters, with nearly 4.5 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey. The crisis has critical health implications for Syria and surrounding host countries, and highlights broader issues about changing health needs in complex emergencies worldwide. While relief agencies and health organizations traditionally focus on provision of shelter, access to food and water, prevention of infectious diseases, and treatment of acute illnesses, today’s displaced
persons (DPs) also need access to a broader range of health services, including management and treatment of non-communicable diseases. Another key difference from many past crises is that, across the region, fewer than ten percent of DPs are in refugee camps, requiring innovative approaches to service delivery in urban settings. This project focuses on the specific issue of Syrian refugees in Turkey, Jordan, and Lebanon, but the work will have broad generalizability. The project aims to influence policy by providing a compelling, evidence-based argument that current frameworks for refugee health are not optimally configured for twentyfirst century needs, and that there is an opportunity to enhance health services for displaced persons worldwide.
The project is undertaking a situational analysis to identify key policy gaps and opportunities. A “desk review” of existing data on the burden of disease amongst Syrian DPs, their access to care and treatment services, and systems of care in camp and non-camp settings has been completed. Additional activities include key informant interviews and case studies of innovative chronic care and urban health programs. Key informant interviews are underway in Lebanon; additional interviews are planned for Jordan and Turkey in the coming year.
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Above: Fence surrounding the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan.
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Miriam Rabkin, MD, MPH, Project Co-Director; Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Director for Health Systems Strategies, ICAP, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Neil G. Boothby, Ed, Project Co-Director; Allan Rosenfield Professor of Forced Migration and Health, Department of Population and Family Health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Fouad M. Fouad, MD, CoInvestigator; Assistant Research Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut Hala Ghattas, PhD, CoInvestigator; Assistant Research Professor, Center for Research on Population and Health, Faculty
of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut Melissa Reyes, MPA, Senior Program Officer, Global Health Initiative Alberto Mejia, Office Manager, Global Health Initiative
Policy Goals
Describe gaps between currently available refugee health services and the burden of disease amongst refugees, with a focus on Syrian refugees in Turkey, Jordan, and Lebanon. Explore the intersections of refugee health and urban health in the Middle East and Turkey. Identify opportunities to better align refugee health services and health needs. Generate specific proposals for integration of chronic disease services into refugee health programs, drawing upon
experiences and lessons from other public health programs.
Publications
Miram Rabkin, et al, “Addressing chronic diseases in protracted emergencies: lessons from HIV for a new health imperative,� Global Public Health, 4 May 2016.
Neil Boothby: The Syrian Refugee Crisis youtu.be/tyggQNx84rk
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Atrocity Prevention & Responsibility to Protect Ivan Šimonović Support from the Swiss Government, the Italian Government, the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation, and the Columbia Global Policy Initiative
Atrocity Prevention & Responsibility to Protect, led by Ivan Šimonović, joined Columbia Global Policy Initiative in 2016. In the 2005 UN World Summit Outcome Document, world leaders affirmed their responsibility to protect populations from atrocity crimes: genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. However, this commitment has not been carried through in practice; current global trends are negative and atrocity crimes are on the rise. To improve atrocity prevention, early warning should be followed by early action. There has been some success in the development of an early warning mechanism, based on the Framework of Analysis for Atrocity Prevention, which identifies risk factors and indicators. However, knowledge of actions that need to be taken is lagging behind.
Atrocity Prevention & Responsibility to Protect aims to close this gap and provide empirical evidence on which measures, taken when and by whom and in which combination, have the best chance to reduce the risk of atrocity crimes. It is supported by various UN departments (the UN Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Department of Political Affairs and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations), who signed an Interoffice Arrangement on cooperation in this research project. Such an unusually large buy-in by the UN system will facilitate practical implementation of the research results. Results of the research will be reflected in a lessons learned study (to be issued in 2017) which contain a hypothesis which will, after being tested in
practice during second phase of the research, be used to produce the UN atrocity prevention policy guidance for practitioners, including UN and regional organizations, Member States and civil society (to be issued 2018). It will also contribute to enhancing cost effectiveness of resources invested in atrocity prevention.
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Ivan Šimonović, Project Director; Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on the Responsibility to Protect
Policy Goals
Identify atrocity risks and their intensity (on the scale from 1 lowest to 5 - highest) and their contribution to the atrocity crime risks. Provide a comprehensive account of preventive actions undertaken by national, regional, and international actors.
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Assess the impact of these actions on the dynamic of atrocity crime risks and the protection of vulnerable populations. Understand the conditions under which particular tools or mechanisms are effective, in the immediate, medium and longer term and consider how preventive actions might be best utilized in combination or in sequence.
Publications
Ivan Šimonović, “The Responsibility to Protect,” UN Chronicle, Dec. 2016. Ivan Šimonović, “Amid increased suffering, responsibility to protect all the more necessary – UN Special Adviser,” UN News Centre, 24 Mar. 2017.
Ivan Šimonović on the Universality and Diversity of Human Rights youtu.be/mQrXDVdz9bk
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UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Jeffrey Sachs Support from Ted Turner, Dubai Expo 2020, Gross Family, Jessie Palmer, EDF, Lenfest Endowment, Sida, Postkod Lottery, Deutsche Gesellschaft fĂźr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Federal Office for the Environment FOEN in Switzerland, Jeffrey Cheah Foundation, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Hewlett Foundation
University Professor of Sustainable Development Jeffrey Sachs launched the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), which has been operating under the auspices of the United Nations Secretary-General since its inception at the initiative of UN Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon in 2012. The project was affiliated with the Columbia Global Policy Initiative in 2013. The SDSN is building a global knowledge network on sustainable development to mobilize scientific and technical expertise from academia, civil society, and the private sector in support of problem solving at local, national, and global scales. Since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by Heads of State and Government at the United Nations, the SDSN has focused on
supporting countries to achieve the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and implement the Paris Climate Agreement.
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Jeffrey Sachs, Project Director; Director, Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University Guido Schmidt-Traub, Executive Director; UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Jessica Espey, Associate Director, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Policy Goals
Support the implementation of Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development, including the SDGs, Financing for Development, and the Paris Climate Agreement. Promote Thematic Networks and Solutions Initiatives for sustainable development. Develop SDSN Networks at national and regional levels to promote practical problem solving for sustainable development. Develop high-quality, free, online education for Sustainable Development Practitioners through the SDG Academy.
Sustainable Development Goals: Jeffrey Sachs on the SDG Index youtu.be/Uk91VdcYFK0
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Meetings & Events
Launch of the SDG Index in Madrid, Spain, 23 Dec. 2016. Low-Emissions Solutions Conference (LESC), 22nd United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) session of the Conference of the Parties (COP22) in Morocco, 1416 Nov. 2016. Vatican Youth Symposium, Rome, Italy, 30-31 Oct. 2016. SDSN Leadership Council Meeting, New York, Sep. 2016. An Integrated Approach to SDG Attainment in Cities, SDSN and The Lancet, New York, 27 Sep. 2016. SDSN Youth: Reimaging 2030, Columbia University, 20 Sep. 2016.
Fourth Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development, SDSN and Columbia University, New York, 21-22 Sep. 2016. Implementing the SDGs: Taking Stock Of The Challenge And Starting To Measure Progress, New York, 20 July 2016. Financing Urban Sustainable Development, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, 27 May 2016. SDSN Leadership Council Meeting and joint event hosted with the European Council, Brussels, Belgium, May 2016. Launch of the Italian National Network, Rome, Italy, Mar. 2016
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Achieving a Sustainable Urban America: The US Cities SDG Index (Draft), Dec. 2016.
SDG Index and Dashboards – Global Report, a project of the SDSN and Bertelsmann Stiftung, 20 July 2016. Getting Started with the SDGs in Cities, 15 July 2016. Mapping Mining to the Sustainable Development Goals: An Atlas, 18 July 2016. Bridging The Humanitarian Development Divide, 20 May 2016. World Happiness Report 2016, Apr. 2016. Funding Capital-Intensive Urban Projects: Enabling Cities to Employ Municipal Finance Tools, 9 Mar. 2016. Indicators and a Monitoring Framework for FfD: Proposals for Follow-up and Review of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, 22 Feb. 2016.
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Visiting Research Fellows
T. Alexander Aleinikoff and Kiran Banerjee The Columbia Global Policy Initiative supported or appointed two visiting fellows in 2016.
T. Alexander Aleinikoff T. Alexander Aleinikoff, a leading scholar in immigration and refugee law, served as the Huo Global Policy Initiative Research Fellow from Jan. 2016 to Dec. 2016, funded from the generous support of the Huo Family Foundation (UK) Limited—Huo Global Policy Initiative Research Fellowship Fund.
From 2010 to 2015, he served as the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva. Prior to his service with the UN, he was a professor at Georgetown University Law Center (1997-2010), where he also served as dean (2004-2010). Aleinikoff was a professor of law at the University of Michigan Law School from 1981 to 1997. Aleinikoff was co-chair of the Immigration Task Force for President Barack Obama’s transition team. From 1994 to 1997, he served as the general counsel, and then executive associate commissioner for programs, at the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). Aleinikoff has published numerous books and articles in the areas of immigration law, refugee law, citizenship, race, statutory interpretation, and constitutional law. He is currently the Director of the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at The New School.
T. Alexander Aleinikoff: Private Sector Forum on Migration and Refugees - Creating Global Connectivity for Regugees youtu.be/kjQLXcMpXgI
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Left: T. Alexander Aleinikoff speaks during the 2016 Concordia Summit Awards Dinner at Grand Hyatt New York, 20 Sep. 2016 / Ben Hider Right: Kiran Banerjee speaks at the Model International Mobility Treaty Symposium at Columbia Law School, 26 May 2017
Kiran Banerjee
Kiran Banerjee is the Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the Columbia Global Policy Initiative and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University. Banerjee’s research addresses global migration governance and the role of international institutions and domestic political actors in responding to forced displacement. He is also currently working on a monograph based on his doctoral research. This project analyzes and reconstructs the normative dimensions of claims to membership as a subject of global justice, with a particular focus on statelessness and forced migration. Dr. Banerjee’s broader research interests include international relations, migration studies, and human rights, as well as political philosophy and legal theory.
Banerjee holds a Ph.D from the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, where he concentrated in the fields of political theory and international relations. He received his MA degree in Social Sciences and BA degree in Philosophy from the University of Chicago in 2006.
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Global Policy Faculty Grants In 2016, the Columbia Global Policy Initiative awarded its second Global Policy Faculty Grants. Grants were awarded to four projects that are working to bridge the gap between scholarship and policy-making to address today’s global challenges. Each project was awarded a maximum of $100,000, renewable for up to two years.
The Initiative sought faculty-led projects that are: • Applied, searching for effective solutions that can be implemented; • Research-based, drawing on in-depth, rigorous analyses; • Multidisciplinary, bridging departments and schools, thereby forging interdisciplinary and inter-school faculty collaborations; • Global in nature, having cross-border origins, consequences, or implications; • Responsive to the needs and voices of stakeholders. Congratulations and welcome to the three new Columbia Global Policy Initiative projects and to “Archives Without Borders” for being awarded a grant from The Lenfest Group—Global Policy Initiative Fund which will support two researchers in residence at Columbia University in 2017.
Archives Without Borders Archives Without Borders, led by Professors Connelly, Moss, and Souza, aims to improve the efficiency of government data declassification and to ensure public access to declassified data. Matthew Connelly, Project Co-Director; Professor of History, Columbia University and the London School of Economics Michael Moss, Project Co-Director; Professor of Archival Science, Northumbria University Renato Rocha Souza, Project Co-Director; Professor of Information Science, Applied Mathematics Institute, Fundação Getulio Vargas
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Assessing Future Chinese Air Pollution Impacts on Mortality in China & the US
Negotiating a National-Security Dominated Cyberspace
Professors Fiore and Kinney are developing and demonstrating a policy assessment tool that maps regulatory scenarios in China to air pollution concentration projections and health impacts, taking climate change into account. Arlene M. Fiore, Project Co-Director; Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health Patrick L. Kinney, Project Co-Director; Beverly Brown Professor of Urban Health, School of Public Health, Boston University
Professors Bellovin, Healey, and Waxman seek to answer how to impede the increasing militarization of cyberspace to better balance other priorities besides security. Jason J. Healey, Project Co-Director; Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Policy Affairs Steven M. Bellovin, Project Co-Director; Percy K. and Vida L.W. Hudson Professor of Computer Science, SEAS Matthew C. Waxman, Project Co-Director; Liviu Librescu Professor of Law; Faculty Chair, Roger Hertog Program on Law and National Security, Columbia Law School
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Undergraduate Global Policy Fellowship The Columbia Global Policy Initiative continued its support of the annual Undergraduate Global Policy Fellowship program. Recognizing the important role of policy-oriented thinking, the Columbia Global Policy Initiative seeks to foster a greater awareness of policymaking within the research of the Columbia student body. The Fellowship and $3,000-$4,000 award, funded with support from The Endeavor Foundation and The Lenfest Group, are available to rising seniors conducting global, policy-oriented research for their senior theses. Applications are invited from Columbia College, the School of General Studies, and the Fu Foundation School for Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Class of 2017 Fellows April Yon Soo Cho Economics; East Asian Languages and Cultures “Korea in the 21st Century: The Role of Transnational Labor in an Era of Globalization” Daniela Dos Santos Quaresma Political Science “Western Secular Discourse & Islamic Radicalization” Nadine Fattaleh Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies; Economics “Global Interventions in Addressing the Needs of Syrian Refugee Youth” Emmalina Glinskis Environmental Science “Understanding Oil Palm Expansion in the Peruvian Amazon”
Aiden William Slavin Middle Eastern, South Asian & African Studies; English and Comparative Literature “A Study of Statelessness: Identifying Solutions through the Case of the Syrian Migrant Crisis in Jordan” Elana Sulakshana Sustainable Development; History “Relocation Policy of Alaskan Native Communities at the Federal, State, and Local Levels” Jonathan Young Sustainable Development; Comparative Literature “Assessing Risks of Air Pollution for Urban Bicycle Riders”
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Above: Class of 2017 Undergraduate Global Policy Fellow Daniela Dos Santos Quares presents on “Western Secular Discourse & Islamic Radicalization” at the 2017 Undergraduate Global Policy Fellowship Research Colloquium at Columbia Universtiy, 25 Apr. 2017
Class of 2018 Fellows Max Binder Comparative Literature “Shopping Centers and the Fetishism of the City” Josue David Chavez Comparative Literature in Spanish and Chinese “The Emotional Life of Migrant Poetry and Capitalism: A comparative study of Shenzhen, China and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico” Timothy Diovanni Music “The Popularity of Franz Schubert’s Music in Parisian Salons During the 1830s and 1840s: An active ground for the shaping of french identity” Anish Gawande Comparative Literature “377: An ethnography”
Minji Hong Human Rights “The Canadian Success Story: Private sponsorship under scrutiny” Matthew Malone Linguistics; Mathematics “Adamawa Language Documentation in Nigeria, Cameroon, and Central African Republic” Benjamin Preneta History “The Trajectory of Local Conflict and International Conflict Resolution in the DRC” Jesse Thorson Sustainable Development “Light for the World: Investigating electricity access in Nicaragua”
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Graduate Global Policy Fellowship The Columbia Global Policy Initiative continued its support of student research with the Graduate Global Policy Fellowship program.
This Fellowship was awarded to graduate and doctoral students conducting research on the international protection of human rights, sustainable development, climate change, energy and the environment, humanitarian affairs, and international conflict resolution. Since 2014, the Columbia Global Policy Initiative provided research fellowships funded by The Endeavor Foundation to students in graduate and doctoral programs at the School of International and Public Affairs, the School of Social Work, the School of Journalism, the Law School, and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
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Meetings & Events
Antonio Guterres: Present Trends of Forced Displacement youtu.be/_sEsvJ3n9Ik
The Question of Intervention: John Stuart Mill and the Responsibility to Protect
Present Trends of Forced Displacement with Antonio Guterres
Michael W. Doyle held a book talk, on 18 Feb. 2016, for his book, The Question of Intervention: John Stuart Mill and the Responsibility to Protect, in which he discusses John Stuart Mill’s 1859 essay, “A Few Words on Non-Intervention,” and what lessons can be learned from it today. Speakers included: Michael W. Doyle, Director, Columbia Global Policy Initiative; University Professor, affiliated with the School of International and Public Affairs, the Department of Political Science, and the Law School, Columbia University Christopher A. Preble, Vice President, Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute Anne-Marie Slaughter, President and CEO, New America Bradford Stapleton, Visiting Research Fellow, Cato Institute
Columbia Global Policy Initiative and the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) hosted António Guterres, former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and currently the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations on 21 Apr. 2016. Participants were: António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Merit E. Janow, Dean, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University Michael W. Doyle, Director, Columbia Global Policy Initiative; University Professor, affiliated with the School of International and Public Affairs, the Department of Political Science, and the Law School, Columbia University T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Director, Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility; University Professor, Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy, The New School; Former Huo Global Policy Initiative Research Fellow, Columbia Global Policy Initiative, Columbia University
Michael W. Doyle: “The Question of Intervention: John Stuart Mill and the Responsibility to Protect” youtu.be/pX3BioFx7eU
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SIPA 70th Anniversary Celebration Migration and Refugee Crisis: Building a Better Future Organized by the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University on 1 Apr. 2017, this global policy forum brought together a remarkable group of world-renowned experts, academics, and global policy-makers to discuss some of the most pressing challenges that we face today: a global economic slowdown, national security threats, climate change, refugee crisis, economic development and poverty alleviation, and social and economic transformation. Speakers included: David Donoghue, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations Michael W. Doyle, Director, Columbia Global Policy Initiative; University Professor, affiliated with the School of International and Public Affairs, the Department of Political Science, and the Law School, Columbia University Per Heggenes, CEO, IKEA Foundation William Lacy Swing, Director-General, International Organization for Migration
Left: Michael W. Doyle, David Donoghue, Per Heggenes, and William Lacy Swing speak at the SIPA 70th Anniversary Forum Panel on Migration and Refugee Crisis: Building a Better Future, 1 Apr. 2017 / Columbia SIPA
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Above: 2016 Concordia Summit Private Sector Forum on Migration and Refugees - Panel on The State of Human Mobility with Meb Keflezighi, David Miliband, Giorgos Kaminis, Karen AbuZayd,William Lacy Swing, Filippo Grandi, and Michael W. Doyle / 20 Sep. 2016.
The Private Sector Forum on Migration and Refugees—Concordia Summit 2016 Concordia, the Columbia Global Policy Initiative, the International Organization for Migration, and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, with the support of the Open Society Foundations and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, hosted a series of high-level interactive discussions on the private sector’s role and responsibility in addressing global migration challenges and the current refugee crisis. A curated gathering of 200 cross-sector leaders joined this invitation-only forum, which culminated in a plenary session on 20 Sep. 2016. This plenary session issued a Call to Action to all 1,000+ Concordia Summit attendees on the need to combine efforts and partner across sectors to provide tangible solutions for forced migration. Speakers included: Karen AbuZayd, United Nations Special Adviser on the Summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Director, Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility; University Professor, Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and
Urban Policy, The New School; Former Huo Global Policy Initiative Research Fellow, Columbia Global Policy Initiative, Columbia University Michael W. Doyle, Director, Columbia Global Policy Initiative; University Professor, affiliated with the School of International and Public Affairs, the Department of Political Science, and the Law School, Columbia University Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Nicholas Logothetis, Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board of Concordia Gregory A. Maniatis, representing Peter Sutherland, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary- General (SRSG) for International Migration; Senior Adviser, Open Society FoundationsInternational Migration Initiative John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship of Canada George Soros, Founder and Chair of Soros Fund Management and the Open Society Foundations William Lacy Swing, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
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Fundraising Advisory Council Huo Family Foundation (UK) Limited - Huo Global Policy Initiative Research Fellowship Fund The Columbia Global Policy Initiative has been fortunate to receive its inaugural endowment from the Huo Family Foundation (UK) Limited. This donation endowed the Huo Global Policy Initiative Research Fellowship Fund. The Fund will support the Columbia Global Policy Initiative by providing annual funding for junior or senior research fellows dedicated to a single project through to its completion. The first Huo Global Policy Initiative Research Fellowship was awarded to Mr. T. Alexander Aleinikoff to support his innovative work on durable solutions for protracted refugee crises. We would like to thank the Huo Family Foundation (UK) Limited for their generous donation, and we look forward to our continued partnership.
H. F. Gerry Lenfest
Lee C. Bollinger
Ali DoÄ&#x;ramaci
Ibrahim Gambari
Irene Khan
Admiral Michael G. Mullen
Peter Sutherland
Danilo TĂźrk
The Endeavor Foundation The Columbia Global Policy Initiative would like to thank The Endeavor Foundation, which has supported the Initiative in its work with a generous grant. This grant has helped the Initiative fund its student research fellowships in the past year.
The Lenfest Group - Global Policy Initiative Fund The Columbia Global Policy Initiative is grateful for the generous donation from The Lenfest Group to establish the Global Policy Initiative Fund. This is a current use fund to be used for general support for the Columbia Global Policy Initiative, its staff, programs, and administration.
H. F. (Gerry) Lenfest Founding Director; Chairman, Philadelphia Media Network, LLC; Chief Executive Officer, StarNet LP; Board Member, The Lenfest Foundation; Trustee Emeritus, Columbia University Lee C. Bollinger President and Seth Low Professor, Columbia University; Director, Graham Holdings Company; Member, Pulitzer Prize Board; Trustee, Kresge Foundation Ali Doğramaci Chairman of the Board of Trustees and President, Bilkent University; Former Professor, Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science Ibrahim Gambari Founder, Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development; Former Nigerian Foreign Minister; Former UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs; Co-Chair, Commission on Global Security, Justice, and Governance Irene Khan Director-General, International Development Law Organization; Former Secretary General, Amnesty International; Member, World Bank Advisory Council on Gender and Development Admiral Michael G. Mullen, USN (ret.) Member, Board of Directors, General Motors; Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Former Chief of Naval Operations Peter Sutherland UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration; President, The International Catholic Migration Commission; Former Chairman, Goldman Sachs International; Former Director General of the World Trade Organization Danilo Türk Founder and President of the Programme Council, Let Them Dream– Danilo Türk Foundation; Former President, Republic of Slovenia; Former UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs
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The Year Ahead Class of 2019 Undergraduate Global Policy Fellowship
The Columbia Global Policy Initiative will administer the fourth year of its Undergraduate Global Policy Fellowship program, with support from The Endeavor Foundation and The Lenfest Group. This program is available to rising seniors from all disciplines who seek to conduct global, policy-oriented research for their senior theses. Applications for the Class of 2019 Fellowship will be available in Jan. 2018. As part of this program, the Columbia Global Policy Initiative will convene a meeting in Spring 2018 for both the Class of 2018 and 2019 fellows. This meeting, the Undergraduate Global Policy Colloquium, will provide an opportunity for previous fellows to present the results of their research and for incoming fellows to receive feedback on their research proposals.
Graduate Global Policy Fellowship The Columbia Global Policy Initiative will administer the fifth year of its Graduate Global Policy Fellowship program, with the support of The Endeavor Foundation. This Fellowship was awarded to graduate and doctoral students conducting research on the international protection of human rights, sustainable development, climate change, energy and the environment, humanitarian affairs, and international conflict resolution.
Global Mayors Summit In partnership with the City of New York and Concordia, the Columbia Global Policy Initiative will host a Global Mayors Summit on 18-19 Sep. 2017 in New York City during the 2017 Concordia Annual Summit. The Global Mayors Summit will focus on how cities can and are promoting best practices on migration, integration, and refugee protection. It will include an open exchange between mayors from around the world, together with other economic, social and thought leaders who are vested in promoting good governance amidst greater diversity. Specific ideas and initiatives will be presented on how to overcome challenges facing cities, particularly through public-private partnerships. In addition to a cities’ exchange on common values and most innovative programs, the Global Mayors Summit will provide an opportunity for us to share local efforts with national counterparts. The event will feature a high-profile signing ceremony of a joint statement, to be presented at the United Nations (UN), where over 100 Heads of State will also be present in New York City at this time, for the convening of the UN General Assembly.