Lourdes Casanova, director of the Emerging Markets Institute at Cornell University, says the ruling on serves as a visible bellwether for escalating U.S.–China competition in the Western Hemisphere.

Economics and Business

Foreign Policy

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Cathy Creighton, director of Cornell University's Industrial and Labor Relations Buffalo Co-Lab and former field attorney for the NLRB, says the new changes allow for unprecedented political control over career civil servants.

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Olúfémi Táíwò, professor of Africana studies, says Nigeria was right to accept U.S. assistance, despite President Trump’s characterization of the violence as a “mass slaughter” of Christians.

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Jura Liaukonyte, professor of marketing in Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business, says while the Super Bowl gives advertisers a rare, synchronized moment when a huge share of the country is watching, advertisers can’t ignore politics. 

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

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Heeyon Kim and Karen Jamie on how the Grammy Awards reflected a shifting global pop landscape, with K-pop's first Grammy and the first win for a Spanish-language Album of the Year.

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Fran Kozen and Larissa Shepherd, experts in fiber science and apparel design, say snow washing appeals because wool is prone to shrinkage and rugs and blankets can be difficult to launder, but note there are caveats to consider.

Tesla is planning to end production of its Model S and Model X vehicles and will use the manufacturing plant in California that made those cars to produce its humanoid robots – known as Optimus.

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Anthropic’s co-founder Dario Amodei has voiced his fears over the development of artificial intelligence in a 19,000-word essay. He argues the world needs to “wake up” to the risks.

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Whistleblowers have shared an internal ICE memo showing that immigration agents have been sanctioned to enter homes and make arrests using administrative warrants instead of using warrants signed by a judge, an attempt to circumvent the Fourth Amendment says Cornell Law School professor Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer. 

Law and Policy

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Rebecca Slayton, director of the Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, says the initiative is more political theater than actual peacebuilding.

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