With the weekend’s resignation of its interim president, Peru plunged into a constitutional crisis that Kenneth Roberts, professor of comparative and Latin American politics at Cornell University, says is much more than just another cycle of political instability for the country. 

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Uriel Abulof says the dissolution measure proposed by Israeli lawmakers is puzzling given that Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu is simultaneously blamed by Israelis for mishandling the pandemic but also doing well in polls.

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The Biden administration made two major announcements affecting our refugee and asylum systems today, including the acceptance of up to 100,000 Ukrainians over the next few months.

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Kenneth Roberts says the Venezuelan election results this week illustrate the Trump administration’s failure to elevate political alternatives, and that the country’s ongoing crises will land on President-elect Biden’s foreign policy plate. 

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Mabel Berezin, professor of sociology, says that current trends favor right-wing leader Marine Le Pen, and victories for her party in regional elections would cause French politics to “do somersaults.”

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Sarah Kreps, a professor of government and expert in technology, international politics and national security, comments on the role, independence and oversight of Facebook's own Oversight Board. 

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Cornell experts are available to discuss the advancement of the Taliban in Afghanistan, as well as the impact of the U.S. withdrawal from the country.

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Police in Hong Kong granted pro-democracy protestors permission for a rally, planned for Sunday. The decision follows months of unrest, including increasingly violent confrontations between protesters and the police. It also comes at the heels of an unprecedented victory for the pro-democracy camp, which won 90 percent of available seats at recent district council elections. Cornell University experts say that police may be trying a new, less confrontational strategy by giving the green light for the weekend’s demonstration.

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Gustavo Flores-Macias is an associate professor of government at Cornell University and says the arrest of General Cienfuegos in Los Angeles this week is significant because it opens the door for López Obrador to pursue charges against other Mexican officials, including former president Enrique Peña Nieto.

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Tamara Loos, professor of history and Thai studies at Cornell University, says the events of this week indicate that Thailand has reached a tipping point, with widespread protests necessitating a response from the regime and monarchy.

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