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

Elections

Should foreign policy experience matter?

New presidents face surprise international crises. So in the primaries, should foreign policy experience matter?

Tony Lucadamo

Donald Trump campaigning

Elections

Trump the brand, not the candidate

Trump for President is about a profit-making brand as much as an election-seeking man.

Brian Balogh

Miller Center

The Presidency

The (almost) inevitable first year crisis

Some unsolicited advice to the debate moderators at this Wednesday’s GOP debate

Jeff Chidester

Miller Center

The Presidency

What should be at the top of the next president’s agenda?

Experts offer their advice on what the next president should focus on.

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The Presidency

What time is it?

If I were to advise the next president on inauguration eve, I would remind him or her that the oath they will take the following midday will start an implacable four year countdown. But I would also point out that the calendar is only one measure of time for the nation’s political leader.

Stephen Skowronek

Yale University

Oval Office

Governance

Ten lessons from presidential oral history

Michael Nelson

Miller Center