Sarah Kreps,professor of government and international relations at Cornell University, comments on president's possible stance on foreign policy during next week's State of the Union address.

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Allen Carlson, associate professor of government and an expert in Chinese politics at Cornell University, says the developments in Hong Kong stand as a warning that China will be one of the first issues on Biden’s foreign policy agenda come January.

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Earlier today, Trump announced he would replace current Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo as the country’s chief diplomat. Jessica Chen Weiss, professor of government at Cornell University and expert in Chinese foreign policy, comments on this development and what it means for the Asia Pacific.

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Ian Kysel, Maria Cristina Garcia, and Chiara Galli comment on President Biden's significant increase to the refugee cap and efforts to reunite migrant families as part of the administration's immigration strategy.

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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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North Korea dominated the foreign policy section of Trump’s address to the nation, on Tuesday, with the announcement of a new summit with Kim Jong Un in Vietnam at the end of the month. Sarah Kreps, professor of government at Cornell University, is an expert on international conflict. Her recent research focuses on how matters of foreign policy affect Trump’s approval rating. She says that compared to a Democrat, Trump faces less political risk as he negotiates with North Korea.

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Police in Hong Kong granted pro-democracy protestors permission for a rally, planned for Sunday. The decision follows months of unrest, including increasingly violent confrontations between protesters and the police. It also comes at the heels of an unprecedented victory for the pro-democracy camp, which won 90 percent of available seats at recent district council elections. Cornell University experts say that police may be trying a new, less confrontational strategy by giving the green light for the weekend’s demonstration.

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Andrew Mertha, who studies Chinese political institutions and the inner workings of the Chinese Communist Party, comments on yesterday’s unprecedented meeting between North Korean’s leader Kim Jong-un and China’s president Xi Jinping in Beijing.

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Elizabeth Sanders, professor of government at Cornell University who studies American political development, says a Green New Deal could succeed, but will likely dissipate without risk-takers and creative funding solutions.

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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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