Today’s world is arguably very different from the world of the 1930s, history professor Cristina Florea writes in a Time Magazine op-ed, but current events in Europe have disturbing parallels in the 1930s.
"If the 1930s teach us anything, it is that things can fall apart easily," Florea writes in the piece. "An international order carefully held together through institutions designed to preserve peace can unravel overnight. Faced with German aggression, the post-Versailles order collapsed at a mere push of the finger. Czechoslovakia disappeared from the map of Europe without a single bullet being fired. One year later, Europe found itself in the throes of its deadliest war in twenty years."
Jason Koski/Cornell University
In Goldwin Smith Hall on Feb. 28, Peter Loewen, the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of government, spoke during the “Science Under Siege?” faculty panel discussion hosted by the Department of Science and Technology Studies.
Sgt. Alexander Rector/U.S. Army
Ukrainian soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 92nd Mechanized Brigade, participate in a platoon live-fire exercise in Yavoriv, Ukraine Dec. 1, 2021