Miller Center of Public Affairs

06/04/2026

TOMORROW! Join Miller Center Director Bill Antholis for a discussion exploring how the American presidency has evolved over the past three decades—and why presidents from both parties are now more powerful, more partisan, and less popular than ever. What does this mean for the future of the presidency?

This free seminar will be held at University of Virginia's Old Cabell Hall, in partnership with UVA Alumni Association.

06/03/2026

This Friday, June 5! Join Miller Center Director Bill Antholis for a discussion exploring how the American presidency has evolved over the past three decades—and why presidents from both parties are now more powerful, more partisan, and less popular than ever. What does this mean for the future of the presidency?

This free seminar will be held at University of Virginia's Old Cabell Hall, in partnership with UVA Alumni Association. Learn more about this year's UVA alumni reunion and event schedule 👉 https://zurl.co/hvqU0

06/02/2026

Was Trump ever really against the "forever wars" foreign policy establishment?

"Pompeo came in and was telling people that he was going to reverse everything I had done. But then some of the key seniors he brought in with him, once they understood what I did, saw the benefit of it, and it wasn’t then reversed at all."

In the Miller Center's Obama Oral History Project, former CIA Director John Brennan discussed the unexpected continuity between the policies he enacted under Obama and those pursued by Trump's CIA Director Mike Pompeo.

Reprinted from The Realist Review. Over the course of his three presidential campaigns (2016, 2020, 2024), President Donald J. Trump promised an America First foreign policy – one that would see America pull back from postwar European security commitments, end the war in Ukraine, and keep the coun

06/02/2026

This Friday, June 5! Join Miller Center Director Bill Antholis for a discussion exploring how the American presidency has evolved over the past three decades—and why presidents from both parties are now more powerful, more partisan, and less popular than ever. What does this mean for the future of the presidency?

This free seminar will be held at University of Virginia's Old Cabell Hall, in partnership with UVA Alumni Association. Learn more about this year's UVA alumni reunion and event schedule 👉 https://zurl.co/hvqU0

06/01/2026

The Miller Center's Eliot and Eric discuss the ongoing negotiations with Iran, as well as Russia's recent drone and missile barrage directed at Kyiv. Eric also highlights the Kenyan government's rejection of US efforts to open a quarantine facility for Americans who have contracted Ebola, John Cornyn's primary loss, and the prospects for the administration's Cuba policy.

Eliot joins Eric from the shores of Lake Champlain to break down th...

06/01/2026

President Trump is treating America’s 250th birthday celebration as a businessman would, argues the Miller Center's Barbara Perry.

“Branding and business have been his business, and the fact that he puts his name on everything before he became president, I guess, shouldn’t surprise us that he wants his presidency and legacy to be known by his name and his name only."



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​President Trump is eagerly celebrating America’s 250th birthday in a big way, taking extraordinary steps to incorporate his brand and likeness into the revelry celebrations and courting controvers…

05/29/2026

Officials in President Trump’s Cabinet meetings spend at least 1 out of every 6 sentences praising him.

“Flattery and blind loyalty may be good for a president’s ego, but they rarely produce the candid advice that leads to sound policy decisions,” says the Miller Center's Chris Lu, who served as White House Cabinet secretary under President Obama.

This “flattery,” as The New York Times called it, is not what former presidents have heard in their Cabinet meetings.

05/27/2026

"It has become apparent that the aggressive and hegemonic aspirations of Putin and Xi, and their coordinated policies and actions on the world stage, require us to deter both Moscow and Beijing at the same time or, even worse, potentially in collusive sequence."

The U.S. must rapidly modernize and expand its nuclear arsenal to counter the growing threats posed by both Russia and China, argues the Miller Center's Eric Edelman.

Defining U.S. Nuclear Deterrence Policy for an Uncertain World It emerged last month in Congressional hearings that the Trump Pentagon is conducting a close hold mini review of U.S. nuclear strategy,

05/27/2026

On Friday, June 5, join Miller Center Director Bill Antholis for a discussion exploring how the American presidency has evolved over the past three decades—and why presidents from both
parties are now more powerful, more partisan, and less popular than ever. What does this mean for the future of the presidency?

This free seminar will be held at UVA's Old Cabell Hall, in partnership with UVA Alumni Association.

05/27/2026

"The world economy’s critical dependence on this route makes this source of income absolutely unsanctionable...The Strait of Hormuz is Iran’s atomic bomb."

The U.S. must use military force to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, argues the Miller Center's Eric Edelman.

What happens if the U.S. declines to fight for the Strait of Hormuz.