David Silbey is an associate professor of history at Cornell University and specializes in military history, defense policy and battlefield analysis, he says the German-made tanks are significantly better quality than the Russians, but they still need to be sent in significant numbers to make a difference.

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Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev has died at 91. Cornell University military historian David Silbey is available to comment on Gorbachev's passing.

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The FDA announced the nasal spray based form of Narcan – which reverses opioid overdoses and previously required a prescription – can now be sold over the counter.

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Cornell University experts Kimberly Kopko and Cathy Creighton call President Biden's executive order on improving access to child case a nod to needed benefits for families, but say more needs to be done on the federal level as the burden falls on states to address the problem.

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Richard T. Clark, a political scientist who studies policymaking at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, comments on the expected confirmation of Ajay Banga as World Bank President and how he may alter the way the bank approaches climate change.

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David Silbey is an associate professor of history at Cornell University, he says the war in Ukraine is starting to resemble the kind of proxy conflicts we saw during the Cold War.

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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been met with severe economic sanctions from Europe and the United States that will have ripple effects throughout the global economy. These Cornell University experts are available to discuss the conflict and its implications.

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Russia and the United States have carried out a prisoner exchange resulting in the release of a former U.S. Marine jailed by Moscow and a convicted Russian drug trafficker held in the U.S.

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Meta was hit with a $24.7 million fine after a Washington judge found the tech giant had intentionally violated the state's campaign finance disclosure laws.

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Sabrina Karim, professor of government, studies the security sector and police reform and comments on the Jan. 6 assault of the U.S. Capitol. 

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