Media Relations Office

Michael Dorf, professor of law, explains what could happen if the Trump administration ignores federal judges. 

Eswar Prasad, senior professor of international trade policy, explains that US trading partners may diversify and sell their products elsewhere.

Samantha Sheppard, professor of cinema and media studies, says “There’s a real need for people feeling like they have to tune in. Kendrick has just enough gravitas for this moment, and in that sense, we see the shrewdness of Jay-Z making this pick topical.”

“This has damaged the relationship quite significantly, and there will be a period of sorting out. It has triggered really significant and striking emotional responses. It’s very raw for people,” says Jon Parmenter, associate professor of history.

“Undercutting long-established relationships with partner countries around the world weakens America’s diplomacy and ability to compete with other global powers, such as Russia and China, for critical resources, markets, and geostrategic alliances,” says Rachel Beatty Riedl, director of the Center on Global Democracy.

Rachel Beatty Riedl, director of the Center on Global Democracy, says “Undercutting long-established relationships with partner countries around the world weakens America's diplomacy and ability to compete with other global powers such as Russia and China for critical resources, markets, and geostrategic alliances against radical extremists or other threats to U.S. national interests.”