The Presidency / The First Year

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Joe Biden at one year

Presidential experts evaluate the 46th president's first year in office

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Donald Trump at one year

White House veterans and Miller Center scholars evaluate the 45th president's first 365 days

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First Year Project Introduction

Watch this overview of the First Year Project

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American Defense and Security

How to prepare for national security challenges

Michèle Flournoy on how the next president can prepare for the national security challenges ahead

Michèle Flournoy

Center for a New American Security

Energy and the Environment

Climate change is a threat to national security

Stephen Macekura argues that the next president should make addressing climate change a priority

Stephen Macekura

Indiana Univeristy

American Defense and Security

Overlearning the lessons of history

David Adesnik considers the danger of presidents' contempt for their predecessors

David Adesnik

Foreign Policy Initiative

Foreign Affairs

Moving beyond the Cold War

Joy Rohde examines how Cold War history limits our approach to modern foreign policy

Joy Rhode

University of Michigan

Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore

Elections

The “General” Election: Zachary Taylor (1848)

The “General” Election is a four-part blog series examining how career generals won the presidency and governed

Bryan Craig

University of Virginia

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Elections

Time, spectacle, and the success of the next president

In just one year, America will inaugurate a new president. What the winning candidate says in the coming months of 2016 may well determine success or failure during the new president’s critical first year in 2017.

William J. Antholis

Miller Center