State of the Race: The US Presidential Election

The recent attempted assassination of former President Trump, President Biden’s decision to remove himself from the Democratic ticket, and Vice President Harris rapidly becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee would each, alone, be an astounding development in a US presidential election. Taken together, these recent events are shaping an unprecedented election season. Join IGP for a Rapid Response State of the Race analysis with Columbia SIPA Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo, Columbia SIPA IGP Faculty Scholar and CNN Presidential Historian Tim Naftali, CNN Anchor Abby Phillip, and Columbia professors Christina Greer, Elizabeth Saunders, and Robert Shapiro.

Opening remarks and moderated by Keren Yarhi-Milo, Dean and Adlai E. Stevenson Professor International and Public Affairs, IGP Faculty Advisory Board member, Columbia SIPA

Panelists:
• Christina Greer, Associate Professor of Political Science and American Studies, Fordham University; Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia SIPA
• Timothy Naftali, IGP Faculty Scholar and Faculty Advisory Board member, Columbia SIPA; CNN Presidential Historian
• Abby Phillip, Anchor of CNN’s NewsNight with Abby Phillip
• Elizabeth Saunders, Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
• Robert Shapiro, Wallace S. Sayre Professor of Government and Professor of International and Public Affairs and IGP Affiliated Faculty, Columbia SIPA

This event is hosted by the Institute of Global Politics (IGP) at Columbia SIPA.

About the Institute of Global Politics (IGP) at Columbia SIPA
The Institute of Global Politics (IGP) convenes leading scholars and practitioners to advance policy solutions to today’s pressing global challenges. IGP brings together experts—from the public and private sectors and across the political spectrum—to foster civil discourse and create evidence-based policy strategies for local to global impact.