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Biden’s early approach to virus: Underpromise, overdeliver

Chris Lu, a longtime Obama administration official, said the grim tone is aimed at “restoring trust in government” that eroded during the Trump administration. “If you’re trying to get people to believe in this whole system of vaccinations, and if you want people to take seriously mask mandates, your leaders have to level with the American people,” he said.
Chris Lu
Nikkei Asian Review

China urges Biden to reopen Trump-blocked lines of communication

Harry Harding, political science professor at University of Virginia shares the view that Taiwan will be the key issue going forward for the bilateral relationship, but for a different reason. "China's policy toward Taiwan has not been effective," he said. "It has not been able to appeal to Taiwanese people, who increasingly value their democracy, see that they have their own identity, and above all, reject the idea that they should be reunified with China under the same one country, two systems formula as applied to Hong Kong."
Harry Harding
Crime Story

Interview: William Antholis on “High Crimes Story 2” — The Second Impeachment of Donald Trump

My guest today is William Antholis. Bill serves as director and CEO of the Miller Center, a nonpartisan affiliate of the University of Virginia that specializes in presidential scholarship, public policy, and political history. Immediately prior, he served as managing director at The Brookings Institution for 10 years. He also is the author of the book Inside Out India and China: Local Politics Go Global which explores how country-sized provinces and states in the world’s two biggest nations are increasingly becoming global players. In addition to all of that, Bill is my younger brother and, with the House of Representatives scheduled to deliver the article of Impeachment to the Senate on Monday Bill joins me to discuss the upcoming second impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump. This interview was conducted last Sunday, January 17.
William Antholis
Miller Center Presents

The Biden administration inherits the Covid-19 crisis

As the U.S. continues to battle a second deadly Covid-19 surge, join several experts for a critical discussion about how the new Biden administration plans to adjust the country’s response, how the various vaccine development and deployment efforts are progressing, how U.S. health-care systems are managing in the current wave of infections, and whether the United States will rejoin the WHO.
J. Stephen Morrison
Miller Center Presents

The Biden administration inherits the Covid-19 crisis

As the U.S. continues to battle a second deadly Covid-19 surge, join several experts for a critical discussion about how the new Biden administration plans to adjust the country’s response, how the various vaccine development and deployment efforts are progressing, how U.S. health-care systems are managing in the current wave of infections, and whether the United States will rejoin the WHO.
Guian McKee