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John Owen welcomes healthy debate about a contentious world in his classroom

Ideas matter to University of Virginia politics professor John M. Owen IV. “Many scholars in the field really don’t talk about ideas,” said Owen, the Ambassador Henry J. and Mrs. Marion R. Taylor Professor of Politics, and a senior fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and the Miller Center for Public Affairs. “International relations for them is about material power – weapons, ships, soldiers, technology or money. And ideas really aren’t a part of this picture, except in a trivial way. I’ve always thought that’s wrong. Ideas do matter,” he said. “The notion that politics is just about who has the most guns has never been satisfactory to me – it’s also who’s got the words and the ideas.”
John M. Owen IV
Newsweek

Did No White House Officials Visit East Palestine Before Trump?

However, not all the experts Newsweek spoke to agreed; Mary Kate Cary a former speechwriter for President George H.W. Bush and senior fellow at the University of Virginia's The Miller Center, said the distinction "boils down to a difference between 'the administration' and 'the White House.' Most people in Washington would define the White House to include the personal staffs of the president and the vice president and their spouses," Cary said.
Mary Kate Cary
UVA Today

A Year of War: Three Experts Weigh In on the Ukraine Invasion So Far

A year of war between Russia and Ukraine has upended expectations. Ukraine surprised many observers by holding back the Russian invasion using weapons and other support from at least 40 countries aligned with the West. The Ukrainian infrastructure has been battered and Russian forces have been humbled, but states in the Global South are increasingly sympathetic to Russia. This week President Vladimir Putin withdrew from Russia’s last remaining arms control treaty with the United States. Three University of Virginia law professors and Miller Center senior fellows who are experts in national security and international law reflected on the war so far and the prospects for peace.
Ashley Deeks
UVA Today

A Year of War: Three Experts Weigh In on the Ukraine Invasion So Far

A year of war between Russia and Ukraine has upended expectations. Ukraine surprised many observers by holding back the Russian invasion using weapons and other support from at least 40 countries aligned with the West. The Ukrainian infrastructure has been battered and Russian forces have been humbled, but states in the Global South are increasingly sympathetic to Russia. This week President Vladimir Putin withdrew from Russia’s last remaining arms control treaty with the United States. Three University of Virginia law professors and Miller Center senior fellows who are experts in national security and international law reflected on the war so far and the prospects for peace.
Thomas Nachbar
UVA Today

A Year of War: Three Experts Weigh In on the Ukraine Invasion So Far

A year of war between Russia and Ukraine has upended expectations. Ukraine surprised many observers by holding back the Russian invasion using weapons and other support from at least 40 countries aligned with the West. The Ukrainian infrastructure has been battered and Russian forces have been humbled, but states in the Global South are increasingly sympathetic to Russia. This week President Vladimir Putin withdrew from Russia’s last remaining arms control treaty with the United States. Three University of Virginia law professors and Miller Center senior fellows who are experts in national security and international law reflected on the war so far and the prospects for peace.
Paul B. Stephan