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Cornell expert available on Kenya femicide crisis

December 17, 2024

Sabrina Karim, an associate professor of government who directs the Gender and Security Sector Lab, says that while the rise in femicides in Kenya may seem shocking, it is part of a global trend that hasn’t abated.

International Reach
International

Cornell expert available to discuss Sri Lanka election

September 19, 2024

Daniel Bass is an adjunct professor and manager of the South Asia Program at Cornell University’s Einaudi Center, where his research focuses on Sri Lanka.

International
International Reach

Youth vote factoring heavily in French elections

July 8, 2024

Mabel Berezin, professor of sociology at Cornell University and an expert on international populism, says Le Pen’s trajectory may be stalled, but she will live to fight another day. 

International Reach
International

Russia’s presidential election is ‘not so important’ as what will come after

March 11, 2024

With majority of opposition leaders in prison or abroad, Russians are preparing to vote in a presidential election that is unlikely to bring significant change. Bryn Rosenfeld is an assistant professor of government at Cornell University and studies post-communist politics and public opinion. She suggests that after the election, we can expect the announcement of an unpopular policy.

International
International Reach

Iran has little incentive to dissuade proxy attacks against US troops

January 29, 2024

David Silbey is an associate professor of history at Cornell University where he specializes in military history and defense policy. Despite vows of retaliation, Silbey says it’s unlikely that Tehran abandons its current strategy of supporting proxy attacks against US forces.

International Reach
Foreign Policy

Cornell scholar: Biden should bypass Bibi, appeal directly to Israelis

January 29, 2024

Uriel Abulof is a visiting professor in Cornell University’s government department and a professor of politics at Tel-Aviv University. Abulof says Biden’s previous offer of security guarantees for Israel would be more effective than destroying buildings and property to create a buffer.

International Reach

Cornell scholar: Netanyahu’s policy failures on display following attack

October 9, 2023

Uriel Abulof is a visiting professor in Cornell University’s government department and a professor of politics at Tel-Aviv University. Abulof says the sense of collective shock in Israel is larger than than the surprise attack which started the Yom Kippur War.

Foreign Policy
International Reach

World Bank reforms central to Biden’s G20 trip

September 8, 2023

Richard T. Clark is a political scientist who studies policymaking at the World Bank. He describes the objectives as bolstering the Bank’s budget, reorienting lending to tackle climate change, and competing with China on infrastructure spending.

International Reach
International
Economics and Business

Kim Jong-un ‘taking advantage’ of Russian need for artillery shells

September 5, 2023

David Silbey is an associate professor of history at Cornell University specializing in military history, defense policy and battlefield analysis. He says Putin’s turn to North Korea is a sign of the resource intensive nature of the war in Ukraine.

International Reach

Does Gabon coup hurt or aid democracy? Too soon to tell

August 30, 2023

Nicolas van de Walle is a professor of government with special focus on the democratization of Africa; and the politics of economic reform. He notes the coup is surprising given that Gabon has been a stable civilian dictatorship since independence, with firm control over the military. 

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Arts and Sciences

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