UVa professor Barbara A. Perry observes, of Harris' assignment, that she can, like Biden did as vice-president, play a role in helping the president persuade those on the Hill to put forward policies."
Syaru Shirley Lin suggests the U.S. help Taiwan by increasing exchanges of students, faculty, and professionals and bilateral trade agreements, among other policies.
Philip Zeliko's The Road Less Traveled recounts the story of world leaders' failure to seize diplomatic opportunities for peace in the First World War.
Philip Zelikow, who headed the 9/11 Commission, directs the Covid Commission Planning Group. The Covid CPG is mapping distinct lines of inquiry and reaching out to Americans to hear their hopes about what can be learned and accomplished.
“These are firsts and they’re pathbreaking appointments,” said Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who has studied presidential personnel.
