Mixed signals in Syria. A path to global confrontation. Reaction to Syria strikes. Bombardier pay controversry. Fashion Tech.

Concordia faculty and researchers are regularly asked to offer expert, informed opinions on many of today's most pressing problems. Read some of the latest news items about Concordians:

• Daniel Douek, part-time professor of political science in the Faculty of Arts and Science, co-authors an opinion piece in The Globe and Mail, where he raises concerns about what he calls U.S. president Donald Trump's mixed signals in Syria and how they risk global war. 
• Kyle Matthews, executive director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) at Concordia, explains to an interviewer on Radio Canada International how the strike against Syria has set the U.S. on a path to a possible confrontation with Russia. Matthews is quoted from the interview in articles posted by The Villages Suntimes and Steelers Lounge.
• Graham Dodds guested on CJAD Radio's Leslie Roberts Show last Friday morning for a dicsussion of U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to launch Tomahawk missiles at a Syrian airbase following a suspected chemical attack on a civilian population. Listen to the interview through a link toward the bottom-third of the show page, titled "Graham Dodds on the US Political reaction to the Syria attacks".
• Management professor Isabelle Dostaler was a guest on City Montreal's Breakfast Television last Friday morning. She participated in a panel discussion of controversial pay hikes and bonuses for some senior officers of Bombardier.
• Le Devoir, reporting on the recent "Fashion Tech" evening at the McCord Museum, quotes Valérie Lamontagne, part-time faculty in the Department of Design and Computation Arts, who attended the event focused on local smartwear creators.

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