EU-US: strained relations, Ukraine-Russia talks
Errol Mendes
Full Professor, Faculty of Law – Common Law Section
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Professor Mendes’ research includes constitutional and human rights law, global governance, public international law.
“JD Vance trashing Europe for its regulation of hate speech and other harmful online activities is part of an authoritarian desire to move the U.S. closer to Russia, away from Europe and Canada. This is why Canada should get closer to Europe, perhaps seeking a similar relationship Norway has with the EU.
“Europe is already examining how our federal and provincial leaders, especially Ontario PM Doug Ford, is taking a populist response to Trump. Some wonder if they can learn from what works best so that they can learn better how to deal with Trump.”
Dominique Arel
Chair of Ukrainian Studies and Full Professor, School of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences.
Professor Arel can discuss the EU and Ukraine being cut out of talks between U.S. and Russia over the Ukraine-Russia war.
Daniel Stockemer
Full Professor, Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, and Konrad Adenauer Research Chair in Empirical Democracy Studies.
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Professor Stockemer’s areas of expertise include political and social movements, public opinion, globalization and populism.
Benjamin Zyla
Associate Professor, School of International Development & Global Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences
Professor Zyla can discuss the future of NATO, peace negotiations with Ukraine, and the future of European security.