The Presidency / The First Year

Gold plate on back of chair that says "the president"

Joe Biden at one year

Presidential experts evaluate the 46th president's first year in office

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Donald Trump at one year

White House veterans and Miller Center scholars evaluate the 45th president's first 365 days

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First Year Project Introduction

Watch this overview of the First Year Project

Asia

The Chinese riddle

History teaches the next president that friendly initial overtures can backfire

Joe Riley

Immigration

Immigrants and insecure workers

Populism and scapegoating on both sides of the Atlantic

Wayne Cornelius and Daniel Tichenor

Jobs and Economy

The promise and perils of going local

Tracy Steffes cautions that going local can exacerbate inequalities

Tracy Steffes

Brown Univeristy

The Presidency

Healing the fractures

U.S. News & World Report on the First Year project's efforts to help the next president

Sheila Blackford

Miller Center

Politics

Managing dissent

Boris Heersink explains how the next president will have to manage relations internally and externally

Boris Heersink

University of Virginia

Elections

Scenario planning in extraordinary times

Nicole Mellow argues that although Trump is no Goldwater, there may be a political realignment on the horizon

Nicole Mellow

Williams College