"The famous Southeast Asia historian Alfred McCoy has published an important new book, To Govern the Globe: World Orders and Catastrophic Change on world history, and where it is heading with China as an aspiring new world empire." - Magnus Fiskesjö

The 2024 book is awarded to Olukunle P. Owolabi for his book Ruling Emancipated Slaves and Indigenous Subjects: The Divergent Legacies of Forced Settlement and Colonial Occupation in the Global South.

Oumar Ba, assistant professor of government, says “There is certainly an acceleration here, of Israel being basically on the accused bench and having to defend its stance and its action in the eye of the international community.”

Sarah Kreps, professor of government, says Rupert Murdoch “has a particular ideological valence and most people know what that is, and that permeates through his different media outlets. People can opt into those or opt-out.”

“The ICC must brace itself for the flurry of attacks that will come its way — from Israel and its Western allies,” says Oumar Ba, assistant professor of government.

The Brooks School Tech Policy Institute (BTPI) has announced a $1M project to study financial freedom in countries with authoritarian governments. Led by BTPI Director Sarah Kreps, John L. Wetherill Professor in the Department of Government in the College of Arts & Sciences and the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, the research will employ quantitative and qualitative approaches to understanding the use of Bitcoin and stablecoins by individuals around the world. 

Learn about Einaudi's faculty seed grant awards, CRADLE's new Law and Economics Papers, and over 100 students conducting international research this summer with Einaudi support.

Kassam's guest column reflects on the Cornell student protests that ended on May 13. He writes, "The peaceful protests at Cornell University have been about speaking truth to power with grace and humility."