In 2024, a record 64 nations representing half the global population will hold elections amidst several new global security challenges like AI, conflict, and climate change.

The Institute of Global Politics hosted a side event at the Munich Security Conference on February 16 on these critical topics. Secretary Hillary Clinton, professor of international and public affairs and IGP Faculty Advisory Board Chair, moderated the panel, which included SIPA dean Keren Yarhi-Milo,; IGP Distinguished Fellow and Nobel laureate Maria Ressa; and IGP Faculty Advisory Board Member and Center on Global Energy Policy founding director Jason Bordoff. The event was held in the Public Square at Hotel Bayerischer Hof.

The conversation — “The Role of Universities in Navigating the Geopolitics of the Global Election Year” — covered a wide range of global policy issues, from mis/disinformation and the clean energy transition, to current conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza.