Ken Roberts, a professor of government with a specialization in Latin American politics at Cornell University says since the end of the Pinochet regime, Chile has been seen as one of Latin America's strongest democracies.

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James Rogers, executive director of the Brooks Tech Policy Institute and NATO Country Director for the Full Spectrum Drone Warfare project, says the rapid progress of the Type 076 highlights the PLA’s intent to project power deeper into the first island chain.  

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Raymond Craib, a historian of modern Latin America, says Trump’s interest in Honduras is more about U.S. business interests, than democracy. 

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David Silbey is an adjunct associate professor of history at Cornell University, specializing in military history, defense policy and battlefield analysis.  

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Allen Carlson, an associate professor of government and expert on Chinese foreign policy, says Japan’s refusal to retract the remarks—despite some efforts to de-escalate—has left relations between the two countries the worst they've been in decades.

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Tom Pepinsky, a professor of government who studies political and economic systems in Southeast Asia, says that President Prabowo’s decision to confer the title underscores how Suharto’s legacy continues to shape Indonesian politics today.

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Ken Roberts, a professor of government with a specialization in Latin American politics says the move is the latest in a string of escalating tensions between the U.S. and countries in Latin America.

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Olúfémi Táíwò, professor of Africana studies at Cornell University, said the move is another coup d’etat that Madagascar, and the African continent, does not need.

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Uriel Abulof is a visiting professor in Cornell University’s government department and a professor of politics at Tel-Aviv University. Abulof says people shouldn’t mistake the deal reached between Israel and Hamas for a “peace deal.”

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Kristin Roebuck, assistant professor of history, specializes in modern Japanese history with a particular focus on gender. She says Takaichi’s election may seem surprising in a country that ranked lowest among OECD nations in women’s political representation as recently as 2023, but it is not a victory for gender equality.

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