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03/07/2023

The first episode of ABROADcast’s third season is finally here! 🎉🎊 Join us and Emelia Probasco, Senior Fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology, to learn more about what big tech firms like SpaceX and Microsoft are doing in Ukraine, and how their involvement in war might shape conflict dynamics in the future.

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02/10/2023

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04/05/2022

How we conduct ourselves in war and the reasons why we go to war are extremely important. Join us as we speak with Professor Perez from the Army War College as we discuss the application of force, proportionality, and Just War Theory.

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03/29/2022

Episode 4 with Jason Healey is out now! Listen in to learn about the history of cyber conflict and learn what the future holds in this evolving domain.

02/11/2022

"Current negotiations — not least a series of urgent dashes to Russia and Ukraine by European leaders — increasingly appear to be desperate, final rolls of the diplomatic dice."

Our second newsletter of 2022 is out! Read and subscribe here: https://mailchi.mp/e15f5c9b51fe/get-me-moscow

01/25/2022

"New York has the opportunity to be a model global city," writes the Ford Foundation's Christian Loubeau, U.S. diplomat and SIPA alumnus. Exploring how NYC's soft power can wield diplomatic influence, he suggests ways in which "city government can promote international municipal-level cooperation on critical transnational issues."

https://jia.sipa.columbia.edu/online-articles/new-york-citys-role-international-leader-advancing-equity

C40 Cities
Local Progress
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Open Society Foundations
Mayor's Office of Trade and International Affairs
International Domestic Workers Federation

New York has the opportunity to be a model global city, advancing equity internationally through smart public policies and partnerships. Cultural differences and varied constituencies can make it difficult to coordinate global public policy changes, but annual voluntary local reviews can ensure a le...

01/25/2022

A bumper newsletter to kick off 2022!

We have taken a look at the year ahead, both for JIA and the field of international affairs. There's also updates on our forthcoming print issue, our ongoing call for papers, and the next series of the ABROADcast podcast.

You can read, subscribe, and get in touch here - https://mailchi.mp/255e036948fe/jia-looks-back-on-6585421

12/07/2021

As we embark on the Journal's 75th anniversary year, we're delighted to be re-launching our bimonthly newsletter to bring our JIA community together in celebration. We’ll be delving back into our outstanding archives, from Jimmy Carter to Hannah Arendt, while championing the work of the JIA community as it sets about the challenge of shaping the years ahead. In that vein, we’ll also be using this newsletter to bring you insights from the remarkable JIA team and the areas of interest they’re exploring here at Columbia.

You can read today's newsletter here -> https://mailchi.mp/0c9b1ff25b21/jia-december-newsletter!

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It is a pleasure to be bringing this newly refreshed Journal of International Affairs newsletter to your inboxes. My name is Alex Urwin - I’m a current Master’s student at Columbia, on an early career break from the UK Government and my most recent role in Number 10 - and I’ll be editing the n...

02/04/2021

Hydrogen has the potential to cause major disruptions in our existing energy infrastructure, trade relations, supply chains, and climate strategies.

If you want to know more about the future of hydrogen and its far-reaching geopolitical effects, read our latest piece by Delft University of Technology's Ben Riemersma and Daniel Scholten.

https://jia.sipa.columbia.edu/online-articles/hydrogen-expectations-future-energy-relations

Hydrogen is increasing in importance as a greener alternative to fossil fuel energy sources.

01/15/2021

On January 22, the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons will go into effect and will impact the global nuclear security dynamic. Alicia Sanders-Zakre and Seth Shelden of International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) argue in our latest JIA article that the United States must pivot their previous opposition to the to respond to a new political dynamic.

The United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) will enter into force on January 22, 2021, two days following the inauguration of Joseph Biden as the 46th president of the United States.

12/28/2020

The EU has taken a major step towards addressing rule of law violations by publishing their first annual Rule of Law Report. Read more about this development in our latest piece by Vasiliki Poula and Eponine Howarth. https://jia.sipa.columbia.edu/online-articles/rule-law-report-story-preemption-political-symbolism-and-dialogue-european-union

In September, the European Commission released its first Rule of Law Report. While the Report cannot be expected to single-handedly change the rule of law landscape of the European Union, it is a promising effort to monitor and react to rule of law violations. Most importantly, its release should be...

12/09/2020

In Sri Lanka, high levels of militarization are hindering its citizens’ economic and social development. Particularly in the Northern and Eastern Provinces, the Rajapaksa government should reconsider its military strategy. Learn more in our latest piece by Nathasha Fernando. https://t.co/xOKiuh4CRA?amp=1

Military land-grabs and military-owned businesses have perverted the development-security nexus in Sri Lanka.

09/10/2020

In our newest article, Dr. Lev Topor takes a deep dive into the world of mis/disinformation in the time of COVID-19. He analyzes the motivations and goals of major global powers as they wage information warfare.
https://jia.sipa.columbia.edu/LessonsFromthePandemic

Following the Coronavirus pandemic related conspiracy theories emerged. Global powers began shaping the pandemic narrative, fending off blame and associating it with others. Some did it for domestic control, others to undermine their global adversaries.

08/29/2020

Kimberly Kim, the author of our latest argument ponders if the Olympics can continue to serve as an institution of peace, in the context of COVID-19, the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics and divergent political interests among nations.
https://jia.sipa.columbia.edu/online-articles/olympics-can%E2%80%99t-bring-world-peace-and-we-know-it

Olympic years have held a salient place in history, for during the celebration of the Olympic Games, participating city states (in the

08/23/2020

The authors of our latest argument offer recommendations for regulating noise and water pollution from a U.S. military base in Okinawa, in order to avoid dugong population fragmentation, habitat changes and travel route disruption.
https://jia.sipa.columbia.edu/online-articles/protecting-dugong-regulating-us-military-bases-japan

There has been constant conflict in the Okinawa Island of Japan regarding the construction of a new U.S. Military Base. The underlying reason for said conflict has been an environmental concern—the waters surrounding the proposed site for the base are home to the endangered Okinawa dugong, a manat...

08/19/2020

In commemoration of this year's World Humanitarian Day, the Journal of International Affairs reviews a noteworthy book titled "Necessary Risks" by Abby Stoddard, which encapuslates over a decade's worth of research in the field of humanitarian operational security practice.
https://jia.sipa.columbia.edu/online-articles/new-ethics-professionalism-humanitarian-sector-review-necessary-risks-abby-stoddard

In 2009, the United Nations General Assembly formalized the 19th of August as World Humanitarian Day (WHD), in memory of the 19 August 2003 bomb attack on the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq, which killed 22 humanitarian workers, including the UN's chief humanitarian in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello.