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Advocates says it’s time for R.I. to send another woman to Congress

Professor Jennifer L. Lawless, chair of the University of Virginia Department of Politics, ran against Langevin in the 2006 Democratic primary when she was a Brown University professor. At that time, Rhode Island ranked 38th in the percentage of women in the General Assembly, she said. But now Rhode Island ranks third, with women filling 44.2 percent of the legislative seats, according to the Center for American Women and Politics.

Jennifer Lawless

War and Terrorism

Keep NATO’s door open to Ukraine

One of the few positive outcomes of recent exchanges among U.S., European, and Russian diplomats has been the firm rejection by the Biden administration and its allies of Kremlin demands that NATO “never, never, ever” admit Ukraine as a member. Acquiescing to such a demand would leave Ukraine and Georgia in a dangerous gray zone.

Eric Edelman and David J. Kramer

Foreign Affairs

Wake-Up Call: A US President’s First Year in Office

Sunday Morning Wake-up Call host Rick Moore talks with William Antholis, Director and CEO of UVA’s Miller Center for Public Affairs about how US Presidents faired during their first year in office. Topics include: Why Presidential leadership matters and why unity is more challenging than assumed.

William Antholis

Is democracy essential to U.S.-China relations?

The United States and China face shared challenges for the future as the global climate crisis looms and the two countries’ economies remain entwined. Yet competing views about global standards for technology, freedom of expression, and territorial claims, among other areas, challenge democratic values and institutions. What role should a commitment to these democratic values and institutions play in the relationship between the two states?

Aynne Kokas

Foreign Affairs

The long-ago invasion that offers clues on Russia's threat to Ukraine

When France invaded Spain over fears of having a liberal democracy on its border, writes Senior Faculty Fellow John Owen.

The Washington Post

Biden has done just three local interviews in first year in office

Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, said Biden should stick to scripted, public remarks rather than marathon press conferences like the one he presided over last week. “It would be hard for any president, even one as good at this as a John Kennedy, to stand up there for two hours and just do it.”

Barbara Perry