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Two years into the Ukraine War

The Miller Center commemorates the 2nd anniversary of the Russian war in Ukraine in a special two-panel program with UVA experts in foreign policy, defense, and diplomacy.
Allan Stam, Dale Copeland, Eric Edelman, Harry Harding, John Owen, Mara Rudman, Marc Selverstone, Philip Potter, Scott Miller, Stephen Mull, Syaru Shirley Lin, and William Antholis
Financial times headline

Are US presidents above the law?

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled on Tuesday that Trump was not entitled to presidential immunity. The former president is likely to pursue his challenge all the way to the Supreme Court, which will have the final say. “It’s truly historic,” said Barbara Perry, Supreme Court and presidency scholar at the University of Virginia.
Barbara Perry
Asharq Al-Awsat headline

UNRWA's Mission is Critical to Regional Security

United States, regional, Israeli and Palestinian security requires that American and other international support for UNRWA should resume, conditional on (1) outside audit on how the organization came to function in such as a way as to tolerate Hamas operatives embedded among its staff, and (2) an assessment on whether and how its mandate might be executed more effectively, including by other entities.
Mara Rudman
the diplomat headline

Ping-Pong Diplomacy Makes a Comeback in China-US Relations

Twelve students from the University of Virginia headed to China to learn more about the country, interact with Chinese college students – and of course, play some ping-pong. Stephen Mull, the vice provost for global affairs at the University of Virginia, organized and led the delegation. He joins The Diplomat’s Shannon Tiezzi to discuss the trip and the prospect for people-to-people exchanges.
Stephen D. Mull