Tip Sheets

Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Biden plan to boost housing lacks critical zoning data

May 16, 2022

Sara Bronin, a professor of planning, an architect and attorney, comments on a new White House plan to ease housing costs and bolster housing supply.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Architecture, Art and Planning
Law, Government & Public Policy

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

U.S. information warfare ‘fundamentally shapes conflict’ in Ukraine

May 5, 2022

Reports suggest the U.S. has provided intelligence that has allowed Ukrainians to target and kill many of the Russian generals who have died in action during the Ukraine war.

International Reach
International
Law, Government & Public Policy

European leaders show ‘creative diplomacy’ in Russian oil ban

May 4, 2022

The European Union’s top official called on the 27-nation bloc to ban oil imports from Russia in a sixth package of sanctions over the war in Ukraine.

International
International Reach
Law, Government & Public Policy

Biden admin rhetoric strengthens Russian propaganda about U.S.

April 25, 2022

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says the U.S. wants to see Russia’s military capabilities weakened. The comments come following a trip to Kyiv, where he and Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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

Despite election loss, Marine Le Pen influence in France to continue

April 25, 2022

Emmanuel Macron will retain the French presidency for another five years after defeating Marine Le Pen by 17 percentage points, but she secured the far right's highest share of the vote yet.

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

Military aid to Ukraine comes amid ‘diplomatic dance’ on world stage

April 21, 2022

President Joe Biden is expected to announce an additional $800 million security assistance to Ukraine today following a similarly sized measure earlier this month.

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

Britain’s ‘lack of political will’ key in choice to move asylum seekers

April 14, 2022

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Britain could send tens of thousands of asylum seekers to Rwanda to be resettled, in an attempt to stem the flow of migrants across the Channel.

Law, Government & Public Policy

No surprises from first round of French election

April 11, 2022

Emmanuel Macron will face Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election runoff on April 24.

International
Law, Government & Public Policy

Marine Le Pen to ‘win’ French election, even if she loses

April 7, 2022

The first round of the French Presidential election is scheduled for Sunday, April 10 and the race between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron is growing tighter.

International
Law, Government & Public Policy