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What We Can Learn From Jimmy Carter’s Legacy of Thoughtful Leadership

“In 1976, Jimmy Carter was the presidential candidate least like Nixon,” says Robert Strong, professor of politics at Washington and Lee University and a senior fellow at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. “He was honest and told the truth. The nation was looking for something different, and it was a lucky match of background and circumstance.”

Robert Strong

'The Presidency and the American State'

Steven Gillon, nonresident senior fellow at the Miller Center, moderates an expert discussion of these Adams, Grant, and Taft administrations' savvy deployment of state authority and of administrative leadership, legislative initiatives, direct executive action, and public communication.

Steven M. Gillon

Understanding Hamas with Jonathan Schanzer

Eric welcomes Jonathan Schanzer, Senior Vice President for Research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies to discuss the war in Gaza. Jonathan Schanzer was a terrorism finance analyst at the Treasury Department and holds a BA from Emory University, a Masters degree from Hebrew University in Jerusalem, a Doctorate from Kings College London and studied Arabic at the American University in Cairo.

Eric Edelman

Memo to Biden: The President Is Relevant

The pro-Palestinian protesters, meanwhile, don’t just follow Biden around. They have been disrupting public ceremonies across the country, sparring with police, and assaulting counter-protesters. “If the protests endure or escalate, they will draw more attention to problems that this White House — any White House — is ill-powered to fix,” presidential historian Russell Riley told the Post.

Russell Riley

In a White House that has suffered much death, Biden is the first president talking about grief

“Somebody like Bill Clinton was not afraid to say, ‘I feel your pain,’ but notice he wasn’t saying, ‘I’m in pain,’” said Barbara Perry. Biden may have changed the job in this way, embracing what might have been seen as a weakness in any previous presidency

Barbara Perry

Trump allies craft plans to give him unprecedented power if he wins the White House

It's not that the federal service isn't in need of reforms, says Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, a senior fellow at the University of Virginia's Miller Center. But she says Trump wants to create a class of federal workers who will do whatever the president wants — and if they don't, they can be easily fired.

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas