“Given the current levels of mistrust and tension in the relationship, a good outcome would be a better understanding of each side’s concerns and red lines as well as modest progress on areas of overlapping interest,” says Jessica Chen Weiss, professor of government.

“Practically every manufacturer who has relied on lean-and-mean global supply chains now is much more worried about the resilience about those supply chains,” says Eswar Prasad, professor of international trade policy and economics. 

Angela Cornell, clinical professor of law, says, “Weakening the right to strike by making it riskier to exercise means it will reduce the only leverage unions have when negotiating with companies. This, of course, is a big tilt toward business interests and against the collective interests of workers.”

Sarah Kreps, professor of government, discusses the impact of artificial intelligence on the 2024 election.

Global Public Voices fellow Alexandra Dufresne argues that Onondaga County's emergency order banning housing and transport of NYC asylum-seekers undercuts the upstate tech industry's planned growth.

Jessica Chen Weiss, professor of government, discusses the meeting between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's leader, Xi Jinping.

"Major advances in AI are raising a raft of concerns about education, work, warfare, and other risks that could destabilize human civilization," writes professor of economics Kaushik Basu. "While policy responses are urgently needed, they also must be guided by the right principles."

"While anti-immigrant politicians in border states are seeking to score points by manufacturing a “migrant crisis” in destination cities and states, elected officials seeking to offer welcome are far from powerless," write Cornell Law's Stephen Yale-Loehr and Jacob Hamburger. 

A column in the Cortland Standard by Global Public Voices fellow Alexandra Dufresne.