Ian Greer is a research professor at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) who studies the German auto industry. Despite the rhetoric from VW management, he says it is not only market forces causing current financial problems.

International

Industrial and Labor Relations

Economics and Business

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Gustavo Flores-Macias is a professor of government and public policy at Cornell University, where he focuses on the politics of economic reforms. He says the effects of tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico are already felt, and the consequences would only increase in the coming weeks.

Economics and Business

Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

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David Silbey is a professor of history at Cornell University, specializing in military history, defense policy and battlefield analysis. If true, he says the news amounts to more of a political statement than a military one.

International

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Nicholas Mulder is an assistant professor of history and studies the origin and effects of economic sanctions. 

Foreign Policy

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Some voters are pointing to the economy as the reason Vice President Kamala Harris lost the 2024 presidential election, citing high costs at the grocery store and at the pump, but  President Donald Trump’s policies won't necessarily rectify the high prices Americans are seeing says Cornell University professor Kaushik Basu. 

Law and Policy

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David Silbey is a professor of history at Cornell University, specializing in military history, defense policy and battlefield analysis. He says the White House is likely trying to give Ukraine everything it can before the administration changes.

Foreign Policy

International

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The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Egypt has been certified malaria-free – an achievement hailed by the UN public health agency as historic.

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

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David Silbey is a professor of history at Cornell University, specializing in military history, defense policy and battlefield analysis. He says while it might benefit Ukraine to hit Russian targets with missiles, in a strict military sense it probably wouldn’t change much.

International

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Uriel Abulof is a visiting professor in Cornell University’s government department and a professor of politics at Tel-Aviv University. Abulof says the idea of a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine should now be a diplomatic imperative.

International

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With majority of opposition leaders in prison or abroad, Russians are preparing to vote in a presidential election that is unlikely to bring significant change. Bryn Rosenfeld is an assistant professor of government at Cornell University and studies post-communist politics and public opinion. She suggests that after the election, we can expect the announcement of an unpopular policy.

International

International Reach

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