Institute for European Studies
Don't Expect Sanctions to Win the Ukraine War
Nicholas Mulder, IES
Nicholas Mulder, assistant professor of history, writes this opinion piece on why sanctions on Russia won’t win the war.
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White House Puts Out a Playbook to Help Rural Areas get Infrastructure Funding
Mildred Warner, IES/LACS
Mildred Warner, professor of global development and city & regional planning, says that local governments will need help from state governments to get federal infrastructure money. “What’s been happening in the last - I don’t know - 20 years is this cooperative federalism has become a little less cooperative. And I would call that an uncooperative federalism.”
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Topic
- Development, Law, and Economics
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From Ithaca to Oslo
Laidlaw Scholar Melanie Marshall ’24
Marshall's work as a Laidlaw scholar incorporates research, leadership training, and a summer leadership-in-action experience in Norway.
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Visiting Critic Dmitry Bykov
For Dissident Writer, Fight for Russia’s Future is Personal
Bykov joins Einaudi's Institute for European Studies: “I would rather be known for my literary writing than for my politics or my poisoning.”
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French Presidential Elections Panel
April 18, 2022
4:45 pm
Please join the Cornell French Studies for a Webinar with:
Mabel Berezin (Cornell)
Laurent Ferri (Cornell)
Rick McArthur (Harper's)
Mame Fatou Niang (Carnegie Mellon)
Chair: Laurent Dubreuil (Cornell)
This event is co-sponsored by the Institute for European Studies
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Institute for European Studies
French Presidential Elections Panel
On April 18th, 4:45 pm EST
Please join the Cornell French Studies for a Webinar with: Mabel Berezin (IES), Laurent Ferri (Cornell), Rick McArthur (Harper's), Mame Fatou Niang (Carnegie Mellon), and Chair Laurent Dubreuil (Cornell). This event is co-sponsored by the Institute for European Studies.
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Macron and Le Pen’s Inevitable Face-off Exposes a Major Shift in French Politics
Mabel Berezin, IES/PACS
Mabel Berezin, professor of sociology, says, “the general thought was, this is going to be a really boring election, and Macron is going to win… I’ve never seen an election change as quickly as this one has.”
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Weapons and Sanctions
Nicholas Mulder, IES
Nicholas Mulder, assistant professor of history, notes that sanctions rarely effect battlefield behavior in this Morning Newsletter.
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IES Historian Cristina Florea in CNN
Putin Knows That Controlling History Is the Key to Total Power
Florea describes the threats posed to Ukrainian historical records and the need for international support to preserve archives under attack.
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Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee: Forging Lasting Peace
May 3, 2022
5:00 pm
Alice Statler Auditorium
Forging Lasting Peace: Movements for Justice in a Pluralist World (Bartels World Affairs Lecture)
In our ethnically, racially, linguistically, and religiously diverse world, how do we find common ground? Amid ongoing conflict and violence, how do we foster lasting peace? In our world full of inequalities, what practices of activism and solidarity lead to transformative change? Drawing on her experiences of mobilizing, demanding, and brokering peace, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee shares how action and activism can shape a just world.
A book signing and reception with refreshments will follow the lecture.
Lecture: 5:00–6:30 p.m. | Alice Statler AuditoriumBook signing and reception: 6:30–7:30 p.m. | Park AtriumFree ticket required for in-person attendance: Reserve your ticket. Join the lecture virtually by registering at eCornell.
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Learn more about our distinguished speaker by reading her book, Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War. Pick up your copy from The Cornell Store and bring it to the book signing! Buffalo Street Books will also have copies for sale at the event.
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How did Leymah Gbowee's protests lead to lasting peace? Read a Bartels explainer by Naminata Diabate.
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About Leymah Gbowee
Nobel Peace laureate Leymah Gbowee is a Liberian peace activist, trained social worker, and women's rights advocate. She currently serves as executive director of the Women, Peace, and Security Program at Columbia University's Earth Institute and is the founder and current president of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa, founding head of the Liberia Reconciliation Initiative, and cofounder and former executive director of the Women, Peace, and Security Network Africa. She is also a founding member and former Liberian coordinator of Women in Peacebuilding Network/West Africa Network for Peacebuilding.
Host and Sponsors
The Bartels World Affairs Lecture is a signature event of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. Part of Einaudi's work on Inequalities, Identities, and Justice, this year's lecture is cosponsored by Einaudi's Institute for African Development and Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, in cooperation with Peace is Loud. To learn more about Peace is Loud and discover other empowering women peacebuilders, visit www.peaceisloud.org.
Bartels World Affairs Lecture
The Einaudi Center’s flagship event brings distinguished international figures to campus each academic year to speak on global topics and meet with Cornell faculty and students, particularly undergraduates. The lecture and related events are made possible by the generosity of Henry E. Bartels ’48 and Nancy Horton Bartels ’48.
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Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
Institute for African Development
East Asia Program
Southeast Asia Program
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Institute for European Studies
South Asia Program