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27th ANNUAL TRAVERS CONFERENCE ON ETHICS & ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNMENT
DONALD TRUMP UNBOUND?
What the second Trump Administration will mean for American Politics and Policy
Friday, April 11, 2025
9:30 am to 3:00 pm
Location: Cal Alumni Association
1 Alumni House
Berkeley, CA 94720
9:30 am-9:40 am: Introductory Remarks by Scott Straus, Professor and Charles & Louise Travers Department of Political Science Chair
9:45 am- 11:00 am Panel 1: "Donald Trump and the World?"
This panel will focus on the impact of the Trump Administration’s policies on the U.S. role in the world. Panelists will discuss Trump’s tariff actions, the situation in Ukraine, Russia, and NATO, relations with our American neighbors to the north and south, and potential U.S. expansionism.
Moderator: Daniel Sargent, UC Berkeley History & Goldman School of Public Policy
Panelists:
Maggie Peters, UCLA
Kori Schake, American Enterprise Institute
Alejandro Poiré Romero,Tecnológico de Monterrey
11:15 am to 12:30 pm Panel 2: "Media and Accountability in a Polarized Era"
This panel will address the role of the media in holding leaders accountable in the current polarized era. It will consider the changing role of social media in our politics, the consequences of political shifts in Silicon Valley, and the legal landscape for the operation and regulation of social media. Panelists will also consider the challenges facing more traditional news outlets, and the new administration’s posture toward media critics.
Moderator:Terri Bimes, UCB, Political Science
Panelists:
Pam Samuelson, Berkeley Law
Neil Malhotra, Stanford
Rich Jaroslovsky, UC Berkeley Media Studies
12:30 pm to 1:45 pm: Lunch Break
1:45 pm to 3:00 pm Panel 3: “WIll Donald Trump Reshape the American State?"
This panel will consider the contours of and prospects for the Trump Administration’s efforts to reshape the American State. It will address the role of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and related efforts to transform the bureaucracy as well as legislative battles over tax policy and entitlement spending that could reshape the U.S. fiscal future.
Moderator: Sean Gailmard, UC Berkeley, Political Science
Panelists:
Anne Joseph O'Connell, Stanford Law
Terry Moe, Stanford/Hoover Institution
Molly Reynolds, Brookings Institute
