Gerhard Schroeder and German-Russian Relations: Keep Russia Close, But Not Too Close

By Courtney Doggart
MIA 2009
At Monday night’s Gabriel Silver Memorial Lecture, Former Chancellor of Germany, Gerhard Schroeder, gave his brief thoughts on German-Russian relations.   In the short speech, Schroeder stressed the importance of a stable Russia to the world, and in particular, to Europe.  Using the framework of a multi-polar world, Schroeder discussed possible scenarios of [...]

The bipartisan politicization of the NIE

The Bush administration’s policy towards Iran was thrown into disarray last when a new national intelligence estimate (NIE) declared that Tehran had halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003. This stunning assertion was seized upon by both liberals and conservatives to justify their positions towards Iran. The doves had a much easier task, waving the [...]

SIPA alums popping up in print (and online)

The Debate on China’s Future: A WEAI Brown Bag Lecture by Wang Hui

By Matthew Fulco
MIA, 2009
Professor Wang Hui’s November 13th lecture focused on the ongoing debates in Chinese intellectual circles about the achievements and failures of China’s economic reforms. In particular, he spoke of the struggle of the Chinese state to maintain its legitimacy in the face of rapid market reforms and the feasibility of democratic [...]

Can Peace in Darfur be Sustainable?

By Jeca Taudte
MIA 2007
According to its sponsors, Center for the Study of Human Rights, the  Humanitarian Affairs Program and the Institute of African Studies, today’s SIPA conference about Darfur, “Towards Sustainable Peace in Darfur,” hopes to refocus efforts there on a development horizon that will have practical benefits to today’s humanitarian emergency as well as [...]

India in 30 Minutes

By Shubha Bala
See below for the Powerpoint Presentation used for the India in 30 Minutes presentation by Shruti Jayaram on November 1.

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Around the World This Week

US-Sino Relations: Plausable, and Inevitable Path

By Patrick Ddiba
MIA 2009
I must admit, this piece will discuss what I consider a plausible but nonetheless very unlikely course of events. The troubled antiquity of US-Sino relations is well documented. In fact, todays’ Financial Times confirms China’s belligerent orientation. China blocked another US warship and a military cargo aircraft from gaining access to Hong [...]

SIPA’s Caste System

This post is republished, by permission, from the November 27, 2007 edition of Communiqué. The author is Jacqueline Carpenter, MIA 2008.
There are realities to graduate life here at SIPA that everybody knows, but nobody acknowledges formally. One of these realities is that grades don’t matter much past your first semester, unless you are going to [...]

Towards Sustainable Peace in Darfur

The Center for the Study of Human Rights will present a conference on sustainable peace this coming Monday, December 3rd from 8 am to 5:30 pm at Columbia University. Morningside Post Editor Aaron Ernst interviewed CSHR visiting professor David Phillips about the upcoming conference.