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T Scandal in the White House? Clinton Aides Know What That’s Like

Paranoia can pervade the cramped quarters of the West Wing as staffers worry if others will undermine them legally in the privacy of the grand jury chambers, by accident or not. "It just creates havoc inside an already high-pressured organization that needs to have some sort of esprit de corps in order to function properly," said Russell Riley, who directs the Presidential Oral History Program at the Miller Center, which has collected interviews with former officials since the Carter Administration.

Russell Riley

Foreign Affairs

Zbigniew Brzezinski, 1928–2017

In this exclusive oral history with the Miller Center, former national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski reflects on his time in the administration and his special relationship with President Carter

How much was JFK influenced by his mother?

The JFK 100 Centennial celebration is officially in full-swing, with a slate of weekend events at the JFK Library that will culminate in a daylong celebration Monday for what would have been John F. Kennedy’s 100th birthday. Amid the festivities, the Globe spoke with Barbara A. Perry, presidential studies director at the University of Virginia Miller Center and author of “Rose Kennedy: The Life and Times of a Political Matriarch.”

Barbara Perry

What suffers when a White House is investigated?

The latest "person of interest" in the probe of the Trump White House is presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner, who's been assigned massive responsibilities. The work of independent counsel Robert Mueller is bound to be an "enormous distraction." That's according to Russell Riley, co-chair of the Presidential Oral History Program at the University of Virginia. His books include Inside the Clinton White House: An Oral History.

Russell Riley

Why Is the World So Unsettled? The End of the Post-Cold War Era and the Crisis of Global Order

U.S. foreign policy is likely to be wracked by crises in the coming years. Yet crises are often symptoms of deeper structural transformations, and the fundamental fact of international politics today is that the post-Cold War era has reached its end.

Eric Edelman

It's Time for NATO to Call Turkey's Bluff

Thursday's NATO Summit provides an opportunity for the alliance to get tough on its putative Turkish ally. Under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's destabilizing policies in Europe and the Middle East have made it appear less an ally and more a Russian Trojan horse.

Eric Edelman