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Assessing SecDef Hegseth tenure

Mara Rudman discusses the latest developments with and assessment of SecDef Hegseth's rocky and temperamental tenure.

Mara Rudman

Monticello to make America's 250th a chance to bolster civic engagement — not just celebrate

Kamensky, in conversation with Melody Barnes, executive director of the Karsh Institute of Democracy at the Jefferson-founded University of Virginia, talked about the future of democracy in Charlottesville and beyond, and how to get more people involved in their civic duties.

Melody Barnes

Is America Underestimating China?

Eric and Eliot discuss China's massive advantages of scale in the strategic competition with the United States and the metrics that can be used to measure it.

Eric Edelman

The Presidency

Charting the peaceful transfer of presidential power

The advice of Laurin Henry, longtime Miller Center supporter, has helped shape presidential administrations since JFK.

What Can We Learn From Trump's 'Heroic' White House Portrait?

"During the remainder of the 2024 campaign and now in the White House, he has promoted his image as an anointed leader, spared by the Almighty to make America great again."

Barbara Perry

To Preserve Extended Nuclear Deterrence in Europe an American Should be SACEUR

Recent press reports suggest that Pentagon leaders are considering a dramatic organizational change: relinquishing the traditional U.S. role of providing NATO with its Supreme Allied Commander (SACEUR). This would be deeply unwise and potentially dangerous for the United States, as well as for our European allies.

Eric Edelman