April 4 marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The alliance, whichmany credit for helping secure a period of unprecedented peace in Europe, has repeatedly been called into question by President Trump who says that NATO’s financial burden is unfairly tilted towards the U.S. Cornell historians say that despite its current challenges, NATO’s legacy is one of remarkable success.

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In Brexit’s latest twist, Britain’s opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn told his party he would back plans for a second public vote on Brexit should parliament reject his party’s attempt to prevent a no-deal Brexit on Wednesday.Alexandra Cirone, professor in Cornell University’s department of government, says that while there are precedents to multiple referendums to resolve a single issue, Corbyn’s suggestion of a People’s Vote at the final hour may create more problems than it solves.

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Gustavo Flores-Macias says that the bilateral approach to the new trade deal weakened the Mexican negotiating position and signaled victory for Trump.

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November 9th will mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a 155 km-long concrete barrier that separated the city for almost three decades. While traces of the wall are still scattered around Berlin’s neighborhoods, the cold-war ideological divide between the Eastern and Western areas of the city has all but disappeared.

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Allen Carlson, associate professor in Cornell University’s Government Department and director of the China and Asia Pacific Studies program, says the midterm election results indicate identity politics will drive attitudes toward China in the coming years.

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Swedes will go to the polls on Sep. 9 to elect a new parliament in a historic contest characterized by the rise in popularity of the Sweden Democrats, a nationalistic anti-immigrant party. Mabel Berezin, professor of sociology, says that long held nationalism in Sweden explains the rise of the far-right Sweden Democrats.

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The upcoming polls in the central German state of Hesse are increasingly catching analysts’ eyes after the recent electoral shake in Bavaria. Angela Merkel’s coalition, which lost significantly to both the right-wing and green parties in Bavaria earlier this month, now faces another important test. 

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Annelise Riles, professor of far east legal studies and anthropology at Cornell University and the founder and director of policy innovation platform Meridian 180, comments on President Trump's first trip to Asia.

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Mabel Berezin, professor of sociology, and Mona Krewel, assistant professor of government, say that this European election is different than those in the past due to the prominence of eurosceptic parties across the continent.

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Enzo Traverso, historian of modern and contemporary Europe at Cornell University, comments on a controversial bill - already passed by the Polish legislature - banning accusations of Polish complicity in Nazi crimes against Poles.

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