SIPA hosted Lord Nicholas Stern, British economist and former head of the UK's Government Economic Service.

SIPA and Earth Institute's Columbia Climate Center present a discussion with Connie Hedegaard, Minister for Climate and Energy, Kingdom of Denmark

SIPA, Columbia Law School and Columbia Business School co-hosted India's Minister for the Environment, Jairam Ramesh, who discusses India's position during the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark in December 2009.

A discussion highlighting the significant regional repercussions resulting from the G-20 meeting. The discussion was moderated by Merit E. Janow and discussants include Richard Clarida, Sharyn O’Halloran, Guillermo Calvo, Padma Desai,  and Arvind Panagariya.

Panel 1: Afghanistan in Regional and Global Perspective: Kimberly Marten, Sumit Ganguly, Steve Coll.
Panel 2: Can the West ‘Win’ in Afghanistan?: Stephen Biddle, Max Boot, Richard Betts

Panel 1 Intro and Kimberly Marten, Barnard College
Sumit Ganguly, Center on American and Global Security, Indiana University
Steve Coll, New America Foundation and The New Yorker
Q&A
Panel 2 Intro and Stephen Biddle, Council on Foreign Relations
Max Boot, Council on Foreign Relations
Richard Betts, Dir. Salzman Institute, Prof. of International Relations, Columbia University
Q&A