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Sunday, June 30, 2024

The Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics News Archives

Can the MAGA Cavalry Save J.D. Vance From the Ohio GOP's 'Hillbilly' Apathy?
Asset or liability? Biden's recent momentum hasn't led to invites on midterm travel blitz
Akron may host gubernatorial, Senate debates this fall
Why the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a direct threat to U.S. national security
Most Democrats Want Someone Other than Biden to Run in 2024: Poll
Trump tempts Democrats to risk nationalizing more races this fall
Will Trump's endorsements be a boost to candidates come fall?
Karl Kaltenthaler interviewed about Brittany Griner
J.D. Vance Quietly Supports Bill His GOP Allies Hate - and His Opponent Sponsored

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With Kari Lake skipping Senate debate, can Mark Lamb make impressions?

Dr. Mitchell S. McKinney, dean of the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, comments in this article about Kari Lake not attending the U.S. Senate debate.  McKinney is also a fellow of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics.

Mitchell McKinney on the History of Presidential Debates

In this interview, Dr. Mitchell S. McKinney, dean of the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, discusses what we might expect from the debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. McKinney also examines political debates of the past. McKinney is also a fellow of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics.

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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