Journal of International Affairs | 1,664 followers on LinkedIn. Established in 1947, the Journal of International Affairs is SIPA's flagship public policy and academic journal. | Founded in 1947, the Journal of International Affairs is a leading foreign affairs periodical edited by graduate students at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs. The Journal publishes two print issues annually and has readership in over eighty countries. It has earned worldwide recognition for its unique single-topic format and for framing contested debates in international affairs for more than 75 years.