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Cornell Expert Quotes

Cornellians weigh in on current events in the news

"As Trump showed, even negative buzz is good, especially for front runners, because it can suck attention away from challengers (remember during GOP debate when he talked about his ‘hands’)."

Drew Margolin

Assistant Professor

Topic	Name	Date
International , Arts and Sciences	Uriel Abulof visiting professor at Cornell University’s Government Department	03/03/20
	"Israeli politics is thus again trapped in a draw, between two halves of roughly the same size, one fears and hates the other, bringing Israel’s democracy to the edge of a semi-authoritarian abyss. And if fear and hate won, hope lost – again." Media: Rebecca Valli rv234@cornell.edu 607-255-6035 Related Tip Sheet: Trapped in a draw, Israel on edge of semi-authoritarian abyss (03/03/20)
International , Law and Policy	Thomas Pepinsky Professor of Government	02/24/20
	“Malaysian politics enters a new phase of uncertainty in the wake of the government's collapse, with some PH politicians defecting and others adopting a wait-and-see approach. What comes next could be anything from a newly invigorated, multiethnic reformist coalition government to fresh elections that return an emboldened Malay-first coalition to power.” Media: Rachel Rhodes rer252@cornell.edu 202-434-8036 Related Tip Sheet: Malaysia thrust into political chaos as Mahathir resigns (02/24/20)
International , Arts and Sciences	Mabel Berezin Professor of Sociology at Cornell University	02/20/20
	“The murder of nine persons in a bar favored by Muslim migrants is another iteration of the sea change that is occurring in German political culture where taboo breaking has become a norm.” Media: Rebecca Valli rv234@cornell.edu 607-255-6035 Related Tip Sheet: Germany shooting a sign that racist hate is no longer taboo (02/20/20)
International , Arts and Sciences	Jeremy Wallace Associate Professor of Government	02/17/20
	“Early on, economic impact assessments compared this coronavirus to what happened during the SARS crisis, but this outbreak has infected almost ten times as many people and killed two and half times as many as SARS. Serious economic and political consequences will be felt in 2020 in China, the Asia-Pacific region and the world.” Media: Rebecca Valli rv234@cornell.edu 607-255-6035 Related Tip Sheet: China delays political meetings, signals coronavirus disruption (02/17/20)
Health, Nutrition & Medicine , International	Gary Whittaker Professor of Virology	01/30/20
	"Things are still evolving quite rapidly, but the risk to the general population remains low, and there is no reason to panic. As a community we need to be vigilant regarding any respiratory illnesses both in ourselves and others." Media: Gillian Smith gillian.smith@cornell.edu 607-254-6235 Related Tip Sheet: ‘No reason to panic’ as U.S. confirms first coronavirus transmission (01/30/20)
International , Arts and Sciences	Uriel Abulof visiting professor at Cornell University’s Government Department	01/28/20
	“Trump’s peace plan between Israel and the Palestinians shows where he truly belongs: mainstream social sciences. After all, if there’s one thing social scientists overwhelmingly, albeit tacitly, agree on, it’s that people are puppets.” Media: Rebecca Valli rv234@cornell.edu 607-255-6035 Related Tip Sheet: In Mid-East peace plan, Trump treats people as puppets (01/28/20)
International , Arts and Sciences	Sabrina Karim Assistant Professor of Government	01/23/20
	The International Court of Justice's verdict should review the international community’s commitment to providing humanitarian aid to the largest refugee crisis in the world. Media: Rebecca Valli rv234@cornell.edu 607-255-6035 Related Tip Sheet: Rohingya stay in limbo after UN court’s verdict (01/23/20)
International , Arts and Sciences	Allen R. Carlson Associate Professor in Cornell University’s Government Department	01/22/20
	“The shadow of SARS is haunting China as it wrestles to bring under control yet another infectious disease outbreak within its borders. It is reasonable to assume that the Chinese government learned from its earlier, initially ineffective, handling of SARS and is acting in a more transparent and proactive manner in Wuhan today.” Media: Rebecca Valli rv234@cornell.edu 607-255-6035 Related Tip Sheet: As shadow of SARS haunts China, U.S. confirms first case of Coronavirus (01/22/20)
Law and Policy , International	Gustavo A. Flores-Macías Associate Professor	01/16/20
	"Since the USMCA brings only tweaks to the North American trade framework, rather than the wholesale transformation promised by President Trump, the economic benefits to the U.S. will be limited and concentrated in a handful of industries." Media: Rachel Rhodes rer252@cornell.edu 202-434-8036 Related Tip Sheet: USMCA changes little, but offers good optics for Trump campaign (01/16/20)
International , Arts and Sciences	Bryn Rosenfeld Assistant Professor in the Department of Government	01/15/20
	In general people want change but actually trust Putin more than any other political figure to be the source of that change. Media: Rebecca Valli rv234@cornell.edu 607-255-6035 Related Tip Sheet: As Medvedev and cabinet resign, Russians trust Putin to implement change (01/15/20)

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