The Columbia Protests and the Economics of Divestment

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By , a deputy editor at Foreign Policy, and , a columnist at Foreign Policy and director of the European Institute at Columbia University. Sign up for Adam’s Chartbook newsletter here.
A protester wears the university's disciplinary warning covered over by support for Palestinians in Gaza at Columbia University in New York City.
A protester wears the university’s disciplinary warning covered over by support for Palestinians in Gaza at Columbia University in New York City on April 29. Alex Kent/Getty Images

Thousands of university students in the United States have been arrested in recent weeks while protesting their schools’ financial ties to Israel amid the ongoing war in Gaza. A number of those arrested were students at Columbia University in New York City, which was at the forefront of the protests—and the arrests.

Cameron Abadi is a deputy editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @CameronAbadi

Adam Tooze is a columnist at Foreign Policy and a history professor and the director of the European Institute at Columbia University. He is the author of Chartbook, a newsletter on economics, geopolitics, and history. Twitter: @adam_tooze

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