Uriel Abulof is a visiting professor in Cornell University’s government department and an associate professor of politics at Tel-Aviv University. While a ceasefire may help humanitarian aid and a prisoner exchange, Abulof says any chance for lasting peace must be framed as war against ultrareligious and ultranationalists on both sides.

International

Foreign Policy

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As French authorities face widespread reports of a bedbug infestation in Paris, Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann, a Cornell University entomologist whose work focuses on reducing pest risks, provides some tips of what to look for and how to salvage exposed belongings.

International

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Gustavo Flores-Macías is a professor of government at Cornell University and an expert in Latin American politics. He says that though Milei will see little support among governors and Congress, his popular platform is likely to bring significant change.

International

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Ken Roberts, professor of government with a specialization in Latin American politics at Cornell University, says that Argentina’s runoff outcome will likely depend on which candidate can capture the votes of supporters of Patricia Bullrich, the mainstream conservative candidate.

International

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Daniel Gallagher is a visiting scholar at Cornell University who spent eight years at the Vatican translating the pope’s messages into Latin. He says that the increasingly strident and public fights between Francis and Cardinal Burke align with a growing trend of profound divisions emerging within the Holy See and broader Church.

International

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Raymond Craib, professor of history at Cornell University with a focus on modern Latin America, is author of The Cry of the Renegade: Politics and Poetry in Interwar Chile. He says the search for remains isn’t the only effort underway by the Chilean state.

Arts and Sciences

International

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With the 20th National Congress of China’s Communist Party over, the country has finally reported that its third-quarter gross domestic product grew, beating expectations.

Law and Policy

Economics and Business

International Reach

International

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Paul Lushenko is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, senior policy fellow at Cornell’s Tech Policy Lab, and co-editor of "Drones and Global Order: Implications of Remote Warfare for International Society." If legitimate, Lushenko says the attack will have significant impacts on international security and the global order. 

International

Foreign Policy

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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 the sense of collective shock in Israel is larger than than the surprise attack which started the Yom Kippur War.

Foreign Policy

International Reach

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Patricia Campos-Medina is an expert on workplace and labor issues and the executive director of the Worker Institute at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She says contract talks with UPS could have spillover effects with other workers in the logistics sector.

Economics and Business

Industrial and Labor Relations

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