North Korea dominated the foreign policy section of Trump’s address to the nation, on Tuesday, with the announcement of a new summit with Kim Jong Un in Vietnam at the end of the month. Sarah Kreps, professor of government at Cornell University, is an expert on international conflict. Her recent research focuses on how matters of foreign policy affect Trump’s approval rating. She says that compared to a Democrat, Trump faces less political risk as he negotiates with North Korea.

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Arts and Sciences

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Charles Greene, professor of oceanography at Cornell University, comments on Japan's plans to return to commercial whaling after three decades.

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Environmental activists kicked off two weeks of protests on Monday in London, Berlin and other cities to demand that governments adopt a more radical approach to climate change.

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Arts and Sciences

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Cornell University experts from a variety of fields shared their recommendations for individual actions – large and small – that can make an impact locally and globally.

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Cornell University government professor and South East Asia politics expert Thomas Pepinsky comments on the upcoming general elections in Malaysia

International

Arts and Sciences

Law and Policy

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Sarah Kreps, professor of government and international relations, says that drones like those Venezuelan authorities say were used to target President Nicolas Maduro are less lethal than other assassination methods, but are accessible and effective at terrorizing both civilians and political leaders.

Law and Policy

International

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Sabrina Karim, assistant professor in Cornell University’s department of government and an expert on the relationship between gender and violence, says that the awarding the prize to Mukwege and Murad sends a message about the importance of addressing sexual violence, even as it continues to prevalent around the world.

International

Law and Policy

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Allen Carlson is an associate professor in Cornell University’s Government Department and director of the China and Asia Pacific Studies program, and says that all is not right between the U.S. and China, and a comprehensive review of this relationship is pressing.

International

Law and Policy

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Andrew Mertha, who studies Chinese political institutions and the inner workings of the Chinese Communist Party, comments on yesterday’s unprecedented meeting between North Korean’s leader Kim Jong-un and China’s president Xi Jinping in Beijing.

Arts and Sciences

Foreign Policy

International Reach

Global Reach

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Philip McMichael, professor of development sociology at Cornell University views a proposed United Nations declaration as a much needed advocacy tool for rural workers’ rights to food and land in an era of land grabbing in rural communities.

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Food & Agriculture

International

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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