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After one year of war, how to break the stalemate in Ukraine?

February 20, 2023

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.

International Reach
Washington D.C.

Cornell historian available to discuss Zelenskyy address to Congress

March 16, 2022

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered an impassioned plea to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday morning.

International

Russian gas threat could force European economy to reform

April 27, 2022

Russia has cut off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria after both refused to meet a demand by Moscow to pay in rubles – and is now threatening to do the same to other countries.

International Reach
Economics and Business
International

Finland, Sweden considering NATO not surprising given historical context

May 11, 2022

Key decision-makers in Finland and Sweden are set to announce their positions on NATO membership this week – an expansion would leave Russia surrounded by NATO countries.

International Reach
Law and Policy
Law, Government & Public Policy

History repeats ‘endlessly’ in Ukraine, as specter of WWII looms

March 28, 2022

After five weeks of fighting, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the country is ready to discuss adopting neutral status, but the Kremlin offered a grim assessment of diplomacy – insisting weeks of meetings had made no significant progress.

International

Russia’s role in U.N. questioned amid war in Ukraine, atrocities

April 6, 2022

NATO leaders are considering more military aid to Ukraine after President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a fiery speech to the U.N. Security Council.

International
Law, Government & Public Policy

Cornell experts on war in Ukraine, global ripple effects

September 21, 2022

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.

International
Law, Government & Public Policy
Economics and Business

‘Sabre rattling’ over Ukraine highlights the region’s complicated past

January 25, 2022

The Biden Administration appears on the cusp of sending American troops to NATO allies in the Baltics and Eastern Europe as tensions mount with Russia over concerns that Moscow is planning to invade Ukraine.

International
Foreign Policy
Law and Policy
Law, Government & Public Policy

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