Lourdes Casanova, director of the Emerging Markets Institute at Cornell University, says that despite economic turmoil and the world’s highest debt to the International Monetary Fund, Argentina’s economy has the potential to improve. This suggests Argentines may choose continuity over change, according to Casanova.

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Gustavo Flores-Macías is a professor of government at Cornell University and an expert in Latin American politics. He says that though Milei will see little support among governors and Congress, his popular platform is likely to bring significant change.

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Uriel Abulof is a visiting professor in Cornell University’s government department and an associate professor of politics at Tel-Aviv University. While a ceasefire may help humanitarian aid and a prisoner exchange, Abulof says any chance for lasting peace must be framed as war against ultrareligious and ultranationalists on both sides.

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Kim Haines-Eitzen, Cornell University professor of ancient Mediterranean religions with a specialty in early Christianity, says that the role of women in early Christian communities can help inform the present moment in the Roman Catholic Church.

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Ken Roberts, professor of government with a specialization in Latin American politics at Cornell University, says that Argentina’s runoff outcome will likely depend on which candidate can capture the votes of supporters of Patricia Bullrich, the mainstream conservative candidate.

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Bryn Rosenfeld, assistant professor of government at Cornell University, says that despite attempts to bolster supporter turnout, the Law and Justice party appears to have both lost its parliamentary majority, and low turnout for their referendum invalidated it.

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David Silbey, associate professor of history at Cornell University, specializes in military history, defense policy and battlefield analysis. He says that although the missiles put some of northern Crimea in attacking range, there likely won’t be significant impact.

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As French authorities face widespread reports of a bedbug infestation in Paris, Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann, a Cornell University entomologist whose work focuses on reducing pest risks, provides some tips of what to look for and how to salvage exposed belongings.

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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.

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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.

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