Einaudi Center for International Studies
In Latin America, Armies Stage Comebacks – but not by Coup
Gustavo Flores-Macías, LACS
As pro-democracy movements strengthened around the world toward the end of the 20th century, regional groups such as the Organization of American States promoted international democratic norms, says Gustavo Flores-Macías, a professor of government.
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Solidarity From Below: A Leftist’s Guide to the U.S.-China Rivalry
Eli Friedman, EAP
Eli Friedman, associate professor of global labor and work in the ILR School, and co-authors discuss in a new book, “China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry,” concerning U.S.-China rivalry.
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Unearthing and Reckoning with Ukrainian History
September 4, 2024
12:00 pm
Uris Hall, G08
A Book Talk on Ukraine Is Not Dead Yet
Growing up in Cleveland in the final years of the Cold War, writer Megan Buskey understood little about her Ukrainian family’s traumatic history. It was only well into adolescence that she learned that her mother had grown up in a gulag exile settlement in Siberia because her grandparents had been deported there from their Ukrainian village after the Second World War.
As an adult, Megan spent years researching her family’s experience for her award-winning book, Ukraine Is Not Dead Yet: A Family Story of Exile and Return (ibidem, 2023). In this talk, Megan Buskey will discuss the political significance of Ukrainian family histories in light of the restrictions placed on memory during the Soviet period, share what she learned about her family’s experience, and connect their story to current politics, specifically Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Einaudi Center for International Studies
Institute for European Studies
Cornell Winter Program in Cambodia Info Session
September 18, 2024
12:30 pm
Uris Hall, 153
Come learn more about our winter study abroad in Cambodia, lunch provided. In collaboration with the Center for Khmer Studies (CKS), Cornell's Southeast Asia (SEAP, Einaudi) Study Abroad program in Cambodia will provide an in-depth focus on the cultural heritage of Cambodia both past and present. This highly interactive course will focus on Cambodian heritage past and present — how it's been created in the past, including the city of Angkor, and how that heritage and history is understood and engaged today. We will visit historical sites as well as museums and other relevant sites, including performances, where history is remembered and engaged.
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Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
Cornell Winter Program in Cambodia Info Session
September 5, 2024
4:30 pm
Rockefeller Hall, 374
Come learn more about our winter study abroad in Cambodia, lunch provided. In collaboration with the Center for Khmer Studies (CKS), Cornell's Southeast Asia (SEAP, Einaudi) Study Abroad program in Cambodia will provide an in-depth focus on the cultural heritage of Cambodia both past and present. This highly interactive course will focus on Cambodian heritage past and present — how it's been created in the past, including the city of Angkor, and how that heritage and history is understood and engaged today. We will visit historical sites as well as museums and other relevant sites, including performances, where history is remembered and engaged.
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Einaudi Center for International Studies
Southeast Asia Program
One Way to Make Russia Pay for Ukraine? Take Its Money.
Nicholas Mulder, IES
This opinion piece quotes Cornell historian Nicholas Mulder's 2022 book, “The Economic Weapon: The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War.”
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Haitians Hold Their Breath as Newly Arrived Kenyan Police Force Prepares to face Gangs
Sabrina Karim, PACS
Sabrina Karim, assistant professor of government, talks about the importance of Kenyan-led forces to prove themselves accountable to the Haitian people for this move to work.
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SCOTUS Seems Determined to Dismantle the Administrative State. It Will Make Regulating Major Industries Tougher.
Robert Hockett, CRADLE
"These rulings make it impossible for the agencies that Congress itself created to respond quickly and efficiently to newly emerging problems," says Robert Hockett, a professor of law and finance.
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Trump Made MAGA Happen. JD Vance Represents Those Who Will Inherit It
Mabel Berezin, IES
“They will be able to play that constituency long after Trump,” says professor of arts and sciences in sociology, Mabel Berezin. “They don’t come out of the blue. There is an audience for what they have to say.”
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Battered Mexico Opposition in Disarray as AMLO Pushes for Reform
Gustavo Flores-Macias, LACS
“What is most worrisome for the opposition is that this landscape is likely to give Morena the ability to modify the rules of the game on a number of fronts, including the electoral authority and the judiciary,” says Gustavo Flores-Macias, professor of government and public policy, on what’s next for the Mexican government.