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“This case in Andhra Pradesh is certainly alarming, but it is just another example of how ‘mystery illnesses’ especially in rural, poor, and otherwise marginalized areas are usually much more complicated than single, identifiable point-source cause. Hunger, warming temperatures, zoonotic diseases, industrial practices, and pesticide exposure intertwine to ensure not only that ‘causality’ is difficult to determine, but that ‘risk’ is firmly part of intimate spaces and domestic life.”
Media:
Gillian Smith
gillian.smith@cornell.edu
607-254-6235
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“Venezuela's ongoing political, economic and humanitarian crisis will thus land on the plate of the incoming Biden administration, which will face a number of key strategic choices for dealing with the country and the broader Latin American region.”
Media:
Rachel Rhodes
rer252@cornell.edu
202-434-8036
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Maduro election victory a clear sign of Trump's failure (12/07/20)
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"The dissolution vote could well be just another empty threat by the Blue and White party, which can hardly cow Netanyahu, considering how well he’s been doing in the polls. This is the real riddle."
Media:
Rachel Rhodes
rer252@cornell.edu
202-434-8036
Related Tip Sheet:
'Puzzling' politics in Israel as dissolution looms (12/02/20)
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“Cracking down on protesters now only delays a future conflict between those who want genuine change in Thailand’s political institutions and the military.”
Media:
Rebecca Valli
rv234@cornell.edu
607-255-6035
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“Like legislatures in Brazil and Paraguay, Peru's congress ‘weaponized’ the impeachment tool for transparently self-interested political goals—and Peruvian society has risen up to hold the ringleaders accountable.”
Media:
Rebecca Valli
rv234@cornell.edu
607-255-6035
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“This development stands as further confirmation of Beijing’s intentions regarding Hong Kong: to bring it to heel, to root out any voices that oppose such a development, and assert more direct control than ever before over the once autonomous city-state.”
Media:
Rebecca Valli
rv234@cornell.edu
607-255-6035
Related Tip Sheet:
Hong Kong resignations may end one country, two systems (11/11/20)
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"International bodies must establish a task force charged with preventing crimes of heritage erasure before they start."
Media:
Gillian Smith
gillian.smith@cornell.edu
607-254-6235
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Media:
Rachel Rhodes
rer252@cornell.edu
202-434-8036
Related Tip Sheet:
Cornell experts available to discuss election (10/30/20)
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Media:
Rachel Rhodes
rer252@cornell.edu
202-434-8036
Related Tip Sheet:
Cornell experts available to discuss election (10/30/20)
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Media:
Rachel Rhodes
rer252@cornell.edu
202-434-8036
Related Tip Sheet:
Cornell experts available to discuss election (10/30/20)
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