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Biden Leads Predecessors in Nominations, Lags Behind in Confirmations

“These are firsts and they’re pathbreaking appointments,” said Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who has studied presidential personnel.

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

Anatomy of a Diplomatic Failure

The Liberal Patriot's Peter Juul reviews Zelikow's 'The Road Less Traveled." The book is for those 'truly interested in ending wars and resolving conflicts in places like Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan via negotiated settlements.' This compelling story recounts the failed diplomacy that could have ended World War I.

Philip Zelikow

The Consequences of Not Creating a Jan. 6 Capitol Riot Commission

It's important to know what happened and how. Senior Fellow Philip Zelikow notes that commissions can be controversial. Even the 9/11 Commission initially was a "hot potato, largely because of worries about who might be blamed for leaving the country unprepared for a terrorist strike." Zelikow, a lawyer and diplomat, served as the 9/11 Commission's staff director.

Philip Zelikow

Opinion: The U.S. needs a nonpartisan commission to evaluate pandemic failures

A Washington Post Editorial, in calling for a national commission to investigate the pandemic, notes the work of the Covid Commission Planning Group, led by Philip Zelikow, at the Miller Center and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health..

Philip Zelikow

Trump Calls Biden 'The New Jimmy Carter' and GOP Follows. But Historians say Not So Fast

Barbara Perry tells Forbes' Jack Brewster that it's ludicrous to "take two days of long gas lines" and compare the two presidents. Jimmy Carter was a one-term governor from Georgia who didn't understand Washington. Biden served as a senator and a vice-president.

Barbara Perry

At Last! UVA Class of 2020 walks the Lawn before heading to Scott Stadium

Keynote speaker and Miller Center fellow Melody Barnes, who co-directs UVA's Democracy Initiative, emphasized the individual's role in supporting democracy. "We strengthen our nation and our communities when we work every day to improve lives and create an environment so others can also succeed."

Melody C. Barnes