Experts: Donald Trump's Administration
These 91社区 experts are available to comment on decisions made by Donald Trump and his team:
Politics
Jacob Levy, Dept. of Political Science, 91社区
Jacob Levy is one of the world鈥檚 leading libertarian political theorists. He's most interested in the US constitution, civil liberties, federalism, identity and ethnic politics, immigration, the separation of powers, populism and nationalism, religious freedom, freedom of association, threats to liberal democracy, and truth in politics.聽
jtlevy [at] gmail.com (English)
Harold Waller, Dept. of Political Science, 91社区
He can speak about all aspects of the conventions and the election campaign. Particular themes involve electoral strategy, the significance of the vice-presidential choices, the characters of the two presidential candidates, and comparisons to previous presidential contests.
Harold.Waller [at] mcgill.ca (514) 398-6435. (English)
Barry Eidlin, Dept. of Sociology, 91社区
He鈥檚 most interested in talking about the ways in which the election reflects frustration with growing income inequality, the role of class in shaping the electoral race, and how the race is reflecting tension within the party system, and could lead to re-structuring of the Democratic and Republican Party coalitions.
Barry.Eidlin [at] mcgill.ca(English, French)
Trade
Richard Gold,聽Faculty of Law, 91社区
Topics: Impact on Innovation, NAFTA, and TPP
1-514-398-6636, Richard.Gold2 [at] 91社区.ca (English, French)
Armand de Mestral, Faculty of Law, 91社区
Topics: Trade and trades disputes
armand.de.mestral [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)
Allison Christians, Faculty of Law, 91社区
Topics: tax policy under the Trump administration
allison.christians [at] mcgill.ca (English)
Leonardo Baccini, Dept. of Political Science, 91社区
Topics: Free trade , trade agreements, TPP, NAFTA, global value chains.
Leonardo.baccini [at] mcgill.ca (English)
Krzysztof J. Pelc, Department of Political Science, 91社区
Topics: Trade policy. He can speak to implications for US-Canada trade relations, the legality of proposed trade policies, possible consequences of those policies, US-China trade relations, and the general trade malaise we are currently seeing.聽
kj.pelc [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)
Immigration
, O 鈥橞rien Fellow at the 91社区 Centre for Human Rights聽
Topics: U.S. constitutional and immigration law, DACA, TPS, Travel Ban, and refugee law.
jm.gaona [at] mail.mcgill.ca (English, French, Spanish, Italian)
Claudia Masferrer, Adjunct Professor at the Department of Sociology, 91社区
Topics: Mexican migration; North America - Central America migration systems; Demographic dynamics in North America; Migration policies in North America
claudia.masferrer [at] mail.mcgill.ca or cmasferrer [at] colmex.mx ;听产y phone (in Mexico): 52-1-55-3454-8202 (English, Spanish)
Vrinda Narain, Faculty of Law, 91社区
Topics: Policies on minorities and Muslims.
514-398-6603, Vrinda.narain [at] mcgill.ca (English)
Meagan Bradley, Political Science, 91社区
Topics: the potential implications of Trump's administration for refugee policy and migration issues, and humanitarian affairs.
meagan.bradley [at] mcgill.ca (English)
Foreign Policy
Rex Brynen, Dept. of Political Science, 91社区
Expert in Middle East politics and the Arab-Israeli peace process. He鈥檚 also interested in regional conflict, security and development in the Middle East, and in authoritarianism and democratization in the Arab world.
rex.brynen [at] mcgill.ca (English)