Einaudi Center for International Studies
Global Capitalism Bets It All on AI Future Alarming Voters
Eswar Prasad, SAP
Eswar Prasad, an economics professor at Cornell University, warns that concentrated AI gains could fuel economic and social instability.
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Trump's 80th Birthday Present: UFC Fights at the White House
Mike Fontaine, IES
Mike Fontaine, a Cornell University classics professor, compares Trump's UFC event to the 'bread and circuses' strategy of ancient Rome.
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The Millionaire Exodus That Never Came
Cristobal Young, IES
What really happens to the ultra-rich when states and localities increase taxes? Cristobal Young argues that fears of wealthy people fleeing high-tax jurisdictions are greatly exaggerated and are not supported by the evidence the author has studied over nearly two decades.
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All the President's Men? Inside Trump's Hot Guy Fascination
Sabrina Karim, PACS
Sabrina Karim, a Cornell University political science professor, provides analysis on Trump's celebration of masculine ideals.
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Institute for African Development Faculty Book Chat
October 7, 2026
2:00 pm
Uris Hall, G-08
Faculty book chats from the Institute for African Development (IAD) showcase the breadth and depth of research by Cornell faculty on African development. At our inaugural book chat, Wendy Wolford (global development) will share her work that highlights the interconnectedness of land, sustainability, and development.
Wolford's latest book, The Plantation Ideal: Landscapes of Extraction in Mozambique, explores “how plantation production has shaped agricultural science, government rule, life on the land, and community development in Mozambique.”
The Plantation Ideal Landscapes of Extraction in Mozambique by Wendy Wolford
Plantations have been the privileged tool of colonial rule and extraction in Mozambique for more than one hundred years despite never having delivered sustained economic or social benefits. Drawing on extensive archival and qualitative contemporary research, The Plantation Ideal offers new insights into plantation economies, histories, and landscapes. Wendy Wolford tells the story of how the largely failed pursuit of plantation production has shaped agricultural science, government rule, life on the land, and community development in Mozambique from the harshest years of Portuguese colonization to the present.
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Einaudi Center for International Studies
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Automatic for the People? AI as Public Utility
Nicholas Mulder, IES
Cornell Professor Nicholas Mulder argues that the increasing government stake in AI companies is part of a fourth wave of nationalizations in a century.
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Xi’s North Korea Trip Puts Kim Jong Un at the Center of the World
Allen Carlson, EAP/SAP
Allen Carlson, a Cornell University government professor, provides analysis on China's shifting role in global power dynamics.
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100 Days of Iran War: Winners and Losers
Allen Carlson, EAP/SAP
Allen Carlson, a Cornell University associate professor of government, analyzes China's role in the Iran conflict and its global diplomatic implications.
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AIIS 2026 Book Prize Awarded to Natasha Raheja
Natasha Raheja, SAP
Anthropologist Natasha S. Raheja received the Joseph W. Elder Prize in the Indian Social Sciences for her book The People, in Parts: The Majoritarian Work of the Minority Form.
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Prime Ministers & Their Pros
Rohit Lamba, SAP
Economist Rohit Lamba argues that India’s strongest prime ministers shared a common trait: they were willing to invest political capital in building state capacity and long-term institutions, even when there was little immediate political payoff.