Experts in the News

Tony Payan, director of the Center for the United States and Mexico, shared his analysis. Payan is the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies.

The CDC ranks Texas 48th out of the 50 states when it comes to vaccines distributed per 100 people — a disturbing low, said health economics fellow Vivian Ho. "There needs to be good decision-making ... at the state level to determine who gets how much vaccine."

Although not a certainty, a conviction of President Trump in the U.S. Senate is a reasonable possibility, said political science fellow Mark Jones. "The best way [for Republicans] to get him out of the picture is to prevent a 2024 presidential bid."

Energy fellow Mark Finley joined a panel of experts for a webinar on the "Outlook for Global Oil Supply & Demand Balance in 2021: A Perspective from Europe" hosted by Gulf Intelligence.

Fellow Tony Payan participated in a documentary on the benefits of creating an ID and tax system for unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. "We don’t have visas for the workers that our economy often needs,” said Payan, who added that allowing such workers to obtain work permits and protection from deportation would increase their productivity. Payan is the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies.