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Stewardship in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Gates FoundationThis fireside chat will explore what it means to be a steward of resources, mission, and reputation at the highest level. Drawing on her leadership role at the Gates Foundation, Carolyn will discuss how institutions can manage vast resources responsibly, and…

It’s a truism that AI is the worst it will ever be. But while model capabilities do tend to improve over time, users’ experience of AI as a consumer product is affected by many other factors. In a draft paper, Akash Kapur and Arvind Narayanan adapt Cory Doctorow’s enshittification thesis to AI, and argue that degradation of…

Suresh Naidu, Professor of International and Public Affairs, Jack Wang and Echo Ren Professor of Economics, Columbia University Sponsorship of an event does not constitute institutional endorsement of external speakers or views presented.

Philippe Etienne, a graduate of France's prestigious École Normale Supérieure (ENS rue d'Ulm) in mathematics, became a diplomat upon completing his civil service training at ENA in 1980.

Best-selling author, prize-winning journalist and New York Times corresponding opinion writer Michael Grunwald will discuss how to feed the world without frying it and how to fill nearly 10 billion bellies by 2050 without tearing down an acre of rainforest every six seconds. Telling the stories and lessons from his rollicking…

During past decades, genomics and metagenomics have developed very fast, and are widely applied to non-model species especially wild animals to provide new insights to properly conserve the wildlife. The giant panda is not only the symbol of the world biodiversity conservation, but also a model to address questions of the…

Foreign policy during the Cold War served as a model for the US for decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but recent years have shown increased dissatisfaction with US international leadership and alliance management—whether you look at Obama's reduction in US commitment to NATO, Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan,…

Over the past four decades, Afghanistan has endured relentless violence and authoritarian rule, with the Taliban's return to power in 2021 creating a context where conventional political avenues for change have been severely constrained. Yet, across Afghanistan, diverse forms of non-violent resistance continue to emerge, from…

Final Public Oral (FPO)

The Afghanistan Policy Lab (APL) and the Central Asia Institute (CAI) co-host a webinar on the situation in Afghanistan, with a focus on the situation of women and girls. This 60-minute webinar will share information on the four years since the Taliban retook control, with a focus on the disproportionate impacts on Afghan…