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The calculating defender of democracy

Spencer Bakich of the Miller Center at the University of Virginia points out that Biden is not a "crusader for democracy" like, for example, George W. Bush was. Instead of trying to "spread" democracy to new countries, Biden is trying to maintain relations with already existing democratic states.

Spencer Bakich

Privacy Advocate

As technology winds its way into our lives, our privacy is up for grabs, says Danielle Keats Citron, a MacArthur Fellow and distinguished professor of law at the University of Virginia. Citron insists that intimate privacy—concerning our health data, phone images, relationship details, even thoughts—should be recognized as a civil right.

Danielle Citron

Reporting from the Front

Eric and co-host Eliot Cohen dig in to Eliot’s recent travels to Poland and Ukraine. They discuss the future of European security relations with Ukraine, Kyiv’s understandable neuralgia about steps short of NATO membership, the meaning and impact of Prigozhin’s rebellion in Russia and on the battlefield, the prospects for Ukraine’s counter-offensive and Ukraine’s ongoing requirements for long range strike, short-range air defenses and cluster munitions.

Eric Edelman

Ukraine Needs a Roadmap to NATO Membership ASAP

The upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius that begins July 11 will take place at a time of danger and opportunity. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s revisionist ambition to remake the security order in Europe has foundered in Ukraine and exposed cracks in the foundation of his regime. But Putin has yet to abandon his goal of establishing control of Ukraine or his belief that he can outlast Kyiv and the West. Leaving Ukraine in a gray zone of ambiguity invites Russian aggression.

Eric Edelman

UVA Expert: Wagner Revolt Appears to Have Little Impact on Putin

Yevgeny Prigozhin’s recent apparent mutiny against the Russian military is mostly an effort to salvage his business model, according to a University of Virginia scholar. To learn more about the situation, UVA Today talked with Paul B. Stephan, a senior fellow at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs.

Paul B. Stephan

Michael Lenox: Unraveling Digital Transformation

Michael Lenox is an award-winning professor, consultant, author, speaker, and podcaster. In this episode, he shares the core technologies that are thrusting us into digital transformation—and it's not the usual technology (blockchain, AI, automation), but the three foundational technologies that make such technologies possible. Lenox also discusses how the number one source of competitive advantage—economies of scale—is changing in the age of platforms, as well as why human decision-making will remain central to the equation even as AI automates and becomes more prevalent.

Michael Lenox