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UVA China expert on what to expect from Trump's Asia tour

On Friday, President Trump began a 12-day Asian trip, visiting Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines. Though he will touch many bases and meet many leaders, he is unlikely to mend the gap in American-Asian relationships opened by his rejection of the Trans-Pacific Partnership in January, according to University of Virginia politics professor and China expert Brantly Womack.

Brantly Womack

Bloomberg Markets: Lu on Uncertainty, Distrust in White House

Chris Lu, Senior Fellow at the University of Virginia's Miller Center, discusses a breakdown of the October jobs report and his thoughts on the Mueller investigation and what it’s like working in the White House during a time like this.

Chris Lu

Robert E. Lee statue remains focal point of debate over Confederate symbols

Douglas Blackmon, the director of public programs and executive producer of “American Forum” for the Miller Center, also pointed out that City Council has likely only focused on statues within their jurisdiction, even if others are close to Charlottesville and accessible to its residents.

Douglas Blackmon

Social Issues

My personal royal flush

For one DC insider, the cancellation of this hit show is good news for her city's brand.

Mary Kate Cary

What is the 'new normal' in China's leadership succession?

"Chinese are famous for taking the long view of history," writes the Miller Center's Brantly Womack, "and when it comes to leadership succession, they take a long view of the future."

Brantly Womack

JFK files detail CIA plans to kill Castro using the mob, poisoned swimsuits, exploding seashells

Presidential researcher Ken Hughes of the University of Virginia’s Miller Center says “the government is still withholding the best documents” — that is, information not just on Kennedy’s death, but about America’s foreign policy in the 1960s. “We still need to see the CIA’s internal report on the US government’s role in the overthrow of President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam,” who was assassinated less than a month before Kennedy’s death, Hughes said in an email.

Ken Hughes