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… we know that understanding the governing challenges of the past can help unlock policy solutions for the future. In … Ideas Festival: Democracy in Dialogue . The three-day event on UVA's historic Central Grounds featured working … laboratories—to create a space where understanding past challenges can drive the creation of solutions for the …
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… A political scientist, he has built at CSIS over the past two decades a highly dynamic and impactful program that … thought-leader on the coronavirus pandemic. For the past three years (and again in 2021), he has led global … Morrison will participate in Miller Center conferences and events; engage with faculty and students across the …
J. Stephen Morrison, a veteran diplomat, noted Africanist, and expert on international public health, has been appointed as the next James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor at the Miller Center.
Public Events
… American Forum journeys to Atlanta to discuss the past, present, and future of race and the criminal justice … Carter Library in Atlanta, Georgia. It was an amazing event to see people from all across the political spectrum … And to draw wisdom from the experiences of our nation’s past leaders. That’s what American Forum is all about. It was …
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… more. To help make sure the behavior we’ve seen in the past doesn’t happen again, we have redoubled anti-harassment …
The Miller Center's director and CEO on the power of respect in our democracy—and our community.
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… unlikely to represent any substantive break with the past—and may even unveil a dynastic succession. Waiting in … likelihood of realizing our objectives. Within the recent past, the United States has pursued major normalization … comparable impact on human and political rights; the events of Tiananmen Square and its aftermath, for instance, …
The history and the future of US-Cuban relations
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… sides” on the question of ultimate responsibility for the events in Charlottesville. We applaud leaders from both … know, from a careful study of presidential history, that past presidents have responded to similar moments of profound …
On behalf of the Governing Council of the University of Virginia’s Miller Center—a non-partisan institute specializing in the presidency and public policy—we speak in opposition to the ugly incidents of racism, hate, and violence that assaulted Charlottesville and the University.
Oral History Interviews
| Ronald Reagan Project… She begins with the California years, discussing the key events of his governorship, major policy issues, staff, and … on (China, Moscow), and her observations on the major events of the presidency (Grenada, Lebanon, Challenger … much in overseeing the daily routine, the schedule, the events the Governor was involved in. I’m trying to picture …
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… role in our Presidential Ideas Festival in 2019, an event marking the bicentennial of the University of Virginia, … role in our Presidential Ideas Festival in 2019, an event marking the bicentennial of the University of Virginia … During my decade at the Brookings Institution and the past seven years at the Miller Center, Madeleine (as we all …
The Miller Center's Director and CEO writes about the secretary's impact on the world—and on him personally.
Presidential Biographies
… of his tiny high school. Navy Career and Marriage The events of World War II (1939-1945) motivated many American … were right to exclude black sailors from a social event. Father and son never again talked about race relations … African Americans from voting. Consistent with his past practice and his deeply held principles, when a vote was …
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… expanding minds with ideas about how presidencies of the past can help shape those of the future. “Students who work … teachers and their students throughout her career. For the past 15 years, she has taught courses through the Gilder … program was inspired by the 2021 UVA Democracy Biennial event, an ambitious two-day conference sponsored by UVA’s …
With students at the center, the Miller Center is influencing the next generation of leaders.
Oral History Interviews
| Ronald Reagan Project… his frequent interaction with President Reagan. The key events of this period are discussed in detail, including the … and practicing law afterwards. I’d been to a few of his events earlier in the year in 1980 when he was in the … say, You’re my favorite President. Would you come to my event? They were very helpful in processing all of those …
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… will participate in Miller Center conferences and events, engage with faculty and students across the … gleaning the lessons of history from senior officials of past presidential administrations. He joins a team of other …
Marc Short, White House director of legislative and intergovernmental affairs and assistant to President Donald J. Trump, is joining the nonpartisan Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia as a senior fellow, effective August 1.
Oral History Interviews
| George H. W. Bush Project… president in 1988, relations with the Soviet Union, and events in Panama. He also talks about relationships within … little unusual, but it’s a very tight White House. In any event, we ran into each other all the time, but the thing … time for him to leave. It sounds very familiar to current events. It was time for him to leave, and we couldn’t cut the …
Presidential Biographies
… who met him at White House receptions and other social events. Each of these weaknesses damaged Hoover's public … Caribbean, or the mountains of Virginia, Hoover's favorite past-time was fishing. One biographer notes, however, that …
Presidential Biographies
… A skilled and experienced hostess, Lucy found formal events uncomfortable and adopted a more casual style that was … while famous musicians performed downstairs at White House events, informal "sings" occurred upstairs in the family … Julia Grant. If Lucy Hayes had a sense of her First Lady past, she was also friendly with women who would be future …
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… the troops”—or caught tying the military’s hands in the event there is another attack on American soil. Critics … Congress has made a few abortive efforts to restrain the past two presidents from exercising further military force …
Although lawmakers across both parties profess to want to get out of the “endless wars,” very few are willing to actually vote for it.
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… confirmation process has become a very important political event. It started with a couple of other confirmations but … point was the old Reagan list that had been used in the past with a couple of names added to it. Let me pause at that … expeditiously. At 9:00 one night I am driving home from an event. As you know Governors have a state trooper driving …
Nominated by George H. W. Bush, Souter surprised conservatives and delighted liberals.
Presidential Recordings
… of meetings with President -Attendance at social events Conv. No. 470-5 (cont.) -Romney and Volpe -Meetings … -Value -Briefings -March 23, 1971 schedule -A conflicting event -Follow-up -Number of Cabinet and sub-Cabinet wives … experience -Public opinion -Possible televised meeting -Past experience -Cabinet meetings -Structure -Frequency …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… his role in the George W. Bush White House, the urgency of events taking over plans, and the management of dual Chief of … at the arc of these things, you very clearly saw that events really do intrude, as somebody once said. Milkis We … it, and remember everything that you had written in months past when you had a meeting about it. Riley I was going to …
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… So it can seem that there are no lessons from the past that might help the new president manage this unruly … press to do their jobs and carefully orchestrated media events. Beginning with George Washington, many presidents … the end of major combat in Iraq. Every aspect of the event was choreographed, especially the now infamous …
What must the next president do in the first year to manage the overheated, ubiquitous, yet fragmented media environment in which we find ourselves today?