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Insights from 50 years of secret Oval Office recordings

As we mark the Miller Center’s 50th anniversary, join us for a conversation about the impact of the Center’s transcription and analysis of the once-secret White House tapes.
Guian McKee, Kent Germany, Ken Hughes, and Marc Selverstone
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Lessons for US deputy secretaries on effective federal management

In reflecting on the historical legacies of deputies, presidential scholar William Antholis, the director and CEO of the Miller Center at the University of Virginia, commented on our research by noting that “while the spotlight often shines on cabinet members, deputies keep the machinery of government running.
William Antholis
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Trump Is Spooked by Putin’s Nuke Threats

President Trump appears to be falling into one of the same policy traps that hobbled the Biden administration’s approach to European security—the fear that Russian President Vladimir Putin might resort to using nuclear weapons to fight the war in Ukraine.
Eric Edelman
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A New Era of Economic Warfare

Eliot and Eric welcome Edward Fishman, Senior Research Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy and Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University's SIPA program. They discuss the American tradition of reaching for economic sanctions as an alternative to kinetic military action or war and how U.S. policymakers have weaponized the role of the dollar in international finance to U.S. advantage.
Eric Edelman