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The Biden administration has declared repression of the Rohingya population in Myanmar amounts to genocide, a formal declaration, says professor Oumar Ba, that carries significant rhetorical weight, in addition to potential legal consequences.
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The Cornell Center for Social Sciences has announced its spring grants for faculty.
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Policymakers, legislators and military strategists must prepare for the consequences of other countries and actors such as the Islamic State using drones, according to panelists in a Cornell discussion March 14.
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A new linguistic study, authored by Thomas Pepinsky, argues that there is no evidence that linguistic differences affect social and economic outcomes.
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As the Biden administration sends Switchblade drones for Ukraine's defense against Russia, Cornell government scholar Paul Lushenko comments on the use of drones in this and future conflicts.
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A&S student Jorge Defendini '22, a new member of Ithaca's Common Council, is focusing on environment and housing issues.
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Arts & Sciences China experts comment today as a U.S. national security advisor is expected to meet with a top Chinese diplomat; the first high-level talks between the two countries since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began.
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The Political Economy of Taxation in Latin America (Cambridge University Press, 2019), a volume edited by Gustavo Flores-Macias, provides the first comprehensive, region-wide assessment of the role of political factors, including public opinion, democratic institutions, natural resources, interest groups, political ideology, and state capacity....
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A 2021 Discourse Initiative Research Grant offered by The Institute for Humane Studies, has been awarded to Uriel Abulof, Israel Institute Visiting Professor at Cornell University Department of Government.Abulof's research argues that humanity currently undergoes its midlife crisis – we are lucky yet unhappy – and explores why and what can we do...
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Alexandra Blackman, Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at Cornell University, won the 2021 Aaron Wildavsky Best Dissertation in Religion and Politics Award in the American Political Science Association (APSA) Religion and Politics Section, for her dissertation: “The Politicization of Faith: Settler Colonialism, Education, and...
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