Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
Dayra Lascano
Reppy Fellow 2024-25
Dayra Lascano is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Government at Cornell University, specializing in International Relations with a minor focus on Comparative Politics. Her academic pursuits revolve around the in-depth study of International Organizations and their pivotal role in managing and facilitating international cooperation.
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- Student
- PACS Current Graduate Fellow
- Graduate Student
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Email: dal348@cornell.edu
Brett Reichert
Prize for Best Essay in Technology and International Security Policy Winner 2024-25
Brett Reichert is a U.S. Army Goodpaster Fellow and PhD student in Public Policy at Cornell University. His research examines how emerging military technology affects conflict dynamics and the use of force. He is interested in the ways legal regimes respond to and shape technological development in armed conflict and the national security context. He is particularly interested in the rise of automation and autonomy in military systems. He holds a Master of Policy Management from Georgetown University.
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McKenzie Carrier
Harrop and Ruth Freeman Prize in Peace Studies Recipient 2024-25
McKenzie Carrier was a double major in government and Spanish with minors in law and society, English, Latin American studies, and European studies. While at Cornell, she engaged in research as a Laidlaw Scholar and research assistant with the Xenophobia Meter Project (XMP) at Cornell Law School.
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Zorana Knezevic
Reppy Fellow 2024-25
Zorana Knezevic holds a BA in Anthropology from the University of South Florida and an MA in International Human Rights from the University of Denver. Her research areas are at the intersection of conflict studies and human rights, human security, and international organizations. She is a published co-author in the Journal of Peace Research.
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Basim Ali
Reppy Fellow 2024-25
Basim Ali is a second-year Master of Public Administration student at the Brooks School of Public Policy, concentrating in International Development Studies with a minor in Peace and Conflict Studies.
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Cycles of History: Review of "To Govern the Globe: World Orders and Catastrophic Change"
Magnus Fiskesjö, EAP/PACS/SEAP
"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
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Peter Katzenstein Book Award 2024 Winner
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.
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U.N. Court Order Deepens Israel’s Isolation as it Fights on in Rafah
Oumar Ba, PACS/GPV
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.”
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Elon Musk Ramps Up Anti-Biden Posts on X
Sarah Kreps, PACS
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.”