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Five ways deglobalization is affecting the international order

If it continues, deglobalization could produce two partially separate international orders: a liberal one (LIO) under continuing American hegemony and an authoritarian-capitalist one (ACIO) under Chinese hegemony.

John M. Owen IV

When China moves beyond Hollywood, what happens next?

Last year, China overtook the US to become the top film market in the world. So now the question is, does China still need Hollywood? But though Hollywood films now face a tough China market, the journey of Chinese productions to the West doesn’t seem easy either. In this episode of The Talk, we talk to Aynne Kokas, an associate professor of media studies at the University of Virginia. She shares with us her views on China-Hollywood relations in the post-pandemic era.

Aynne Kokas

U.Va. hosts discussion on the American dream as part of Democracy Biennial

The University’s Miller Center and Democracy Initiative hosted a roundtable discussion on economic mobility and the American dream as a part of its Democracy Biennial Celebration Saturday afternoon. The conversation framed the conversation around America’s economy following the economic contraction due to the COVID-19 pandemic and whether the federal government’s response perhaps plots a better path towards economic stability for many Americans. Melody Barnes, director of the Karsh Institute of Democracy and co-director of the Democracy Initiative, moderated the conversation.

Melody Barnes

The Second Coming of George W. Bush

Barbara A. Perry, director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, commented by phone that: “His mistakes as president reinforced so many of these opinions and only intensified the feeling that Bush was unfit and illegitimate.”

Barbara Perry

Barbara Perry: 57th Anniversary of the Warren Commission Report

Prof. Barbara A. Perry, Gerald L. Baliles Professor and Director of Presidential Studies at the University of Virginia's Miller Center, joins Julie to commemorate the 57th anniversary of the Warren Commission report on the assassination of President Kennedy.

Barbara Perry

After Pearl Harbor and 9/11, Americans came together. Have we lost that capacity?

In a more balkanized country, in which many people focus on their ideology, race, gender, ethnicity or sexuality as much as their identity as Americans, the idea of rallying to a shared patriotism has been politicized, said Kevin Gaines, a historian at the University of Virginia who focuses on the country’s struggles with racial integration.

Kevin Gaines