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America Still Needs Jimmy Carter’s Health Care Agenda—Even If It Flopped

Carter’s willingness to tackle the politically perilous task of trying to rein in health care costs offers a template for the kind of leadership and focus needed to address the health care system’s enduring flaws in 2024.

Guian McKee

Remembering Jimmy Carter

“Some consider him to be the nation’s greatest former president,” wrote Robert A. Strong of the Miller Center, a nonpartisan affiliate of the University of Virginia that focuses on presidential scholarship.

Robert Strong

Jimmy Carter’s Legacy as a Champion of Peace, Public Health, and Affordable Housing

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, who tirelessly championed peacekeeping and humanitarian causes after leaving the Oval Office, died on Sunday. He was 100.

Robert Strong

Highlights of CAPRI’s Third Annual Forum, “Building Resilience on Shaky Ground in the Asia Pacific"

CAPRI’s Third Annual Forum, “Building Resilience on Shaky Ground in the Asia Pacific,” convened a distinguished group of leaders and thinkers from across the Asia Pacific, Europe, and the US to address the defining challenges of our time.

Mara Rudman

Trump faces difficult choices in support for Israel’s war on Iran

"I think now the administration and the president and his colleagues today are facing up to a very difficult reality, which is that Israel has done enormous damage to Iran's nuclear program, but it is not able to completely eliminate it because of a lack of certain military capabilities, which the U.S. possesses," says Eric Edelman.

Eric Edelman

Hoos Defending Democracy: How Two UVA Alums Advocate for the Rule of Law

"One can imagine that President James Madison, UVA’s second rector and “Father of the Constitution,” would admire these two distinguished University alumni who are fighting to preserve judicial independence, rule of law, civil liberties, and, thus, American democracy."

Barbara Perry