Sadé Lindsay, researcher in the Brooks School of Public Policy, comments on the implications of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's response to questions during her Supreme Court confirmation hearing. 

Law and Policy

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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has landed in Taiwan, becoming the highest-ranking American official in 25 years to visit the self-ruled island. 

International Reach

International

Foreign Policy

Law and Policy

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David Sherwyn, professor of hospitality human resources and law, says the Airbnb cancellations in D.C. put the differences between rental platforms and hotels in stark relief.  

Economics and Business

School of Hotel Administration

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A U.S. national security advisor is expected to meet with a top Chinese diplomat in the first high-level talks between the two countries since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began. The meeting comes as Russia has allegedly asked China for military and economic aid – a claim both deny.

Foreign Policy

International

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Mabel Berezin, professor of sociology at Cornell University and an expert on international populism and fascism, weighs in on the threats to democracy presented by President Trump and his allies as the November 2020 is certified this week.

Law and Policy

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Mabel Berezin, professor of sociology, says that President-elect Biden’s inauguration ‘theater of unity’ will be more powerful than the violence of the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Law and Policy

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Glen Dowell, a corporate sustainability researcher and associate professor of management and organizations at Cornell University's SC Johnson College of Business, says the decisions tech companies are making to prioritize renewables are potentially filling the void left by Washington.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Washington D.C.

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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.

Law and Policy

International

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Drew Margolin, professor of communication at Cornell University, comments on possible regulation of social media companies.

Computing & Information Sciences

Law, Government & Public Policy

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Gustavo Flores-Macias, associate professor of government, says that for President López Obrador, economic benefits of the meeting at the White House will outweigh potential political risks.

Law and Policy

International

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