Lourdes Casanova, director of the Emerging Markets Institute at Cornell University, says Argentina’s previous experiences with sweeping deregulation and “dollarization” were not successful, and should serve as cautionary signal.

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Cristina Florea, an assistant professor at Cornell University and historian of Central and Eastern Europe, says the Moldovan people still have a very clear memory of what life was like as a Soviet republic. 

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Tom Pepinsky, a professor of government who studies political and economic systems in Southeast Asia, says the ouster of Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati is a particularly destabilizing move for the country.

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David Silbey, a professor specializing in military history, defense policy, and battlefield analysis, says that the massive display of new military power by the Chinese served several purposes.

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Mabel Berezin, professor of sociology at Cornell University and an expert on international populism, says the writing was on the wall for the no confidence vote.

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Wendong Zhang is an associate professor of applied economics and policy and the co-author of Economic Impacts of the 2025 Trade Wars, a policy brief detailing how U.S. tariffs could drive global trade realignments and welfare redistribution.

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Jon Parmenter, a professor of North American history at Cornell University, says the meeting yielded “mixed outcomes” that fell short of a substantial reset of relations between the U.S. and Canada.

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Tom Pepinsky is a professor of government at Cornell University who studies comparative politics and democratic backsliding.

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Aubryn Sidle is a lecturer and policy researcher at Cornell University, where her expertise centers on global education and community-driven development, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa. She says eliminating USAID would harm multiple life-saving initiatives, including food assistance, disaster relief, and education development.

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Heeyon Kim is an assistant professor of strategy at in Cornell University's Nolan School of Hotel Administration, where she has a focus on creative industries, including film.

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