Sunday, April 20, 2025

The Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics News Archives

Defiant Biden insists he's not dropping re-election bid
Questions about Biden's fitness raise specter of 25th Amendment | Guest opinion
What happens next if U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance is tapped for Vice President
How to win a US presidential debate
Lloyd Doggett becomes first lawmaker to call for Biden to resign in wake of debate
Dr. John Green visits The Ray Horner Show
Dr. Mitchell McKinney visits the Ray Horner Show
Biden - Trump debate's a rematch, but will muted mics and other new rules make a difference?
Here's what Biden and Trump want to do, and want to avoid, in first presidential debate


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After Bitter Defeats Last Year, Ohio Democrats Are Biding Time as GOP Moves Full Swing Into 2026

In this article, Dr. J. Cherie Strachan, professor of political science and director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics, discusses the future of the Democratic party in Ohio.

What does Trump's Dept. of Education order mean for local schools?

In this article, Dr. David B. Cohen, professor of political science, discusses the implications of President Donald Trump signing an executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. Cohen is also director of UA’s Applied Politics program and a fellow of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics.

Stephen C. Brooks

sbrooks@uakron.edu

  • Coronavirus
  • effect of pandemic on campaigning and voting in Ohio
  • media and politics
  • campaign news
  • campaign advertising


David B. Cohen

dbcohen@uakron.edu

  • American politics
  • president
  • vice president
  • POTUS
  • First Lady
  • White House
  • presidency
  • White House staff
  • chief of staff
  • White House press corps
  • executive branch
  • cabinet
  • Congress
  • House of Representatives
  • Senate
  • campaigns
  • elections
  • voting
  • Ohio politics
  • Ohio Statehouse
  • Ohio legislature
  • public opinion
  • WMD
  • weapons of mass destruction
  • homeland security
  • biological weapons
  • chemical weapons
  • nuclear weapons
  • arms control
  • Politics of coronavirus pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19


John Green

green@uakron.edu

  • Politics
  • religion and politics
  • campaign finance


Karl Kaltenthaler

kck@uakron.edu

  • Coronavirus
  • Global cooperation or lack of cooperation
  • Trade (trade wars)
  • US role in the world
  • Islamist Terrorism
  • ISIS (or IS or ISIL)
  • Al Qaeda
  • Taliban
  • Pakistani terrorist groups
  • Radicalization into Islamist terrorist groups
  • Drones
  • Afghanistan
  • Pakistan
  • Iraq
  • Syria and Middle East security
  • Counterterrorism
  • Intelligence issues
  • National security policy and Muslim public opinion


James T. McHugh

mchugh@uakron.edu

  • Political science
  • political philosophy and ideology
  • democratic theory
  • Canadian politics
  • British politics
  • North American regional cooperation (including NAFTA)
  • human rights
  • international law
  • legal philosophy
  • state constitutions
  • comparative constitutional and legal systems