Joe Biden at one year Presidential experts evaluate the 46th president's first year in office Watch the event Donald Trump at one year White House veterans and Miller Center scholars evaluate the 45th president's first 365 days Watch the event When human nature and Mother Nature collide Living in the Anthropocene Many scientists and observers see emerging a new epoch of geological history dominated by human influence—the “Anthropocene Epoch” The first citizen Modesty is required for a president to become a moral leader Changeup on climate change President Donald Trump has yet to fully address the challenge of climate change About the First Year Project The Miller Center's guide to helping a new president lead the most effective first year possible Selections from the Project One giant pothole America needs a robust, long-term plan to fix its infrastructure, asserts former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood The dangerous first year Watch a First Year video overview of the national security challenges confronting the new president Pre-K prerequisite The new president can ensure that every poor child in America gets two years of preschool Donald Trump, racial pioneer? Miller Center expert Douglas Blackmon argues that Donald Trump could surprise everyone and advance racial dialogue Featured Video Play Video First Year Project Introduction Watch this overview of the First Year Project Featured Publications Trump's First Year Crucible: The President's First Year Safeguarding Democratic Capitalism Presidential Greatness Search First Year American Defense and Security Volume 2: Facing national security challenges Volume 2 of the First Year project, focusing on national security Will Hitchcock University of Virginia Race and Racism The debate over Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson is a hot topic of debate for his support of segregation in the federal government during his first year Nicole Hemmer Miller Center Elections Should foreign policy experience matter? New presidents face surprise international crises. So in the primaries, should foreign policy experience matter? Tony Lucadamo Elections Trump the brand, not the candidate Trump for President is about a profit-making brand as much as an election-seeking man. Brian Balogh Miller Center The Presidency The (almost) inevitable first year crisis Some unsolicited advice to the debate moderators at this Wednesday’s GOP debate Jeff Chidester Miller Center The Presidency What should be at the top of the next president’s agenda? Experts offer their advice on what the next president should focus on. Load More
American Defense and Security Volume 2: Facing national security challenges Volume 2 of the First Year project, focusing on national security Will Hitchcock University of Virginia
Race and Racism The debate over Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson is a hot topic of debate for his support of segregation in the federal government during his first year Nicole Hemmer Miller Center
Elections Should foreign policy experience matter? New presidents face surprise international crises. So in the primaries, should foreign policy experience matter? Tony Lucadamo
Elections Trump the brand, not the candidate Trump for President is about a profit-making brand as much as an election-seeking man. Brian Balogh Miller Center
The Presidency The (almost) inevitable first year crisis Some unsolicited advice to the debate moderators at this Wednesday’s GOP debate Jeff Chidester Miller Center
The Presidency What should be at the top of the next president’s agenda? Experts offer their advice on what the next president should focus on.