Richard T. Clark, a political scientist who studies policymaking at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, comments on the expected confirmation of Ajay Banga as World Bank President and how he may alter the way the bank approaches climate change.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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The Department of Defense released an action plan to help reduce civilian casualties during war.

Foreign Policy

Law, Government & Public Policy

Law and Policy

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Richard T. Clark, a political scientist who studies policymaking at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and how these organizations bargain with member states, comments on global lending reform as the U.S. climate envoy presses the World Bank.

Arts and Sciences

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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The Biden administration has announced new export restrictions aimed at curbing China's advanced computing and chip production capabilities.

Law and Policy

Law, Government & Public Policy

International Reach

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David Silbey is an associate professor of history at Cornell University, he says the war in Ukraine is starting to resemble the kind of proxy conflicts we saw during the Cold War.

International Reach

Washington D.C.

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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been met with severe economic sanctions from Europe and the United States that will have ripple effects throughout the global economy. These Cornell University experts are available to discuss the conflict and its implications.

International

Law, Government & Public Policy

Economics and Business

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The International Court of Justice is hearing a case brought by Armenia accusing Azerbaijan of racial discrimination.

International

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This week, Malawi’s Supreme Court outlawed the death penalty ordering the re-sentencing of at least 37 people known to be under a death sentence. Sandra Babcock, director of the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide and a partner in the Malawi Resentencing Project, has worked on capital cases in Malawi since 2007. She calls the ruling “historic,” and adds that Malawi has now joined the growing ranks of abolitionist countries where high courts have concluded that the death penalty violates the right to life.

Law School

International

Law and Policy

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The International Court of Justice ordered Azerbaijan on Tuesday to prevent and punish acts of vandalism and desecration affecting Armenian cultural heritage sites during ongoing conflict in the region.

International

Foreign Policy

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Russia and the United States have carried out a prisoner exchange resulting in the release of a former U.S. Marine jailed by Moscow and a convicted Russian drug trafficker held in the U.S.

International

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