Experts in the News

“I think when you make statements like that, you’re obliged to also provide the funding for it,” said senior space policy fellow George Abbey of the president's stated aim to return NASA to the moon by 2024. With no plan or cost estimates, “it’s not reality.” Popular Science: https://bit.ly/2UmOmDO

“Does it make sense to start a hip replacement surgery without the prosthesis ready to insert when it’s time to be implanted?” said health policy fellow Vivian Ho of the president's call to strike down Obamacare without having something better to offer. Los Angeles Times: https://lat.ms/2WvW6AB

“Within an hour, I think we will realize the kind of chaos created, all around the Texas border, and of course California,” Mexico Center director Tony Payan says of Trump's threat to close the U.S.-Mexico border.

“Climate change is making “petro-states get serious about diversifying their economies,” energy fellow Jim Krane tells the New York Times.

“What he’s doing is dooming Mexico to a backward energy model for the next few decades," Mexico Center director Tony Payan says of AMLO’s efforts to halt foreign investment in the country's energy sector.