Joe Biden at one year Presidential experts evaluate the 46th president's first year in office Watch the event Donald Trump at one year White House veterans and Miller Center scholars evaluate the 45th president's first 365 days Watch the event When human nature and Mother Nature collide Living in the Anthropocene Many scientists and observers see emerging a new epoch of geological history dominated by human influence—the “Anthropocene Epoch” The first citizen Modesty is required for a president to become a moral leader Changeup on climate change President Donald Trump has yet to fully address the challenge of climate change About the First Year Project The Miller Center's guide to helping a new president lead the most effective first year possible Selections from the Project One giant pothole America needs a robust, long-term plan to fix its infrastructure, asserts former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood The dangerous first year Watch a First Year video overview of the national security challenges confronting the new president Pre-K prerequisite The new president can ensure that every poor child in America gets two years of preschool Donald Trump, racial pioneer? Miller Center expert Douglas Blackmon argues that Donald Trump could surprise everyone and advance racial dialogue Featured Video Play Video First Year Project Introduction Watch this overview of the First Year Project Featured Publications Trump's First Year Crucible: The President's First Year Safeguarding Democratic Capitalism Presidential Greatness Search First Year Foreign Affairs Iran's protesters want regime change America should lend them a hand, writes Eric Edelman and Ray Takeyh in 'Foreign Affairs.' Eric Edelman and Ray Takeyh Foreign Affairs The First Year A critical view of Biden's first year It's hard to view Biden as a successful leader, writes Miller Center Senior Fellow Allan Stam. Miller Center From the director: How to assess Joe Biden's first year We take presidential "first years" seriously at the Miller Center. Miller Center The First Year Key moments in a key year When presidents first take office, they usually find that winning the election isn't the hard part. The First Year Presidential transitions didn’t use to matter. Here’s what changed. What we now know as the presidential transition was insufficiently distinctive in that interval to merit a special term of art. It was literally unremarkable. The Washington Post The First Year Breaking the fifth-year curse Stefanie Georgakis Abbott, Balthazar Merrin, Paul Hitlin, and Alexander Tippett Load More
Foreign Affairs Iran's protesters want regime change America should lend them a hand, writes Eric Edelman and Ray Takeyh in 'Foreign Affairs.' Eric Edelman and Ray Takeyh Foreign Affairs
The First Year A critical view of Biden's first year It's hard to view Biden as a successful leader, writes Miller Center Senior Fellow Allan Stam. Miller Center
From the director: How to assess Joe Biden's first year We take presidential "first years" seriously at the Miller Center. Miller Center
The First Year Key moments in a key year When presidents first take office, they usually find that winning the election isn't the hard part.
The First Year Presidential transitions didn’t use to matter. Here’s what changed. What we now know as the presidential transition was insufficiently distinctive in that interval to merit a special term of art. It was literally unremarkable. The Washington Post
The First Year Breaking the fifth-year curse Stefanie Georgakis Abbott, Balthazar Merrin, Paul Hitlin, and Alexander Tippett