Thursday, April 3, 2025

The Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics News Archives

Political Scientist Says Summit County Electoral Board Conflict Likely Not Political
Political Science Professor Dr. David Cohen Says We Are Close To A Failed State
Myanmar Coup: G7 Condemns Crackdown
Professor says Washington will be less biased in favor of Riyadh
Ohio Election Tests The Left's Strength In Establishment Stronghold
Analysis of The Impeachment Trial
Can relations between Iran and the U.S. be normalized?
U.S. Senate Votes to Acquit Donald Trump
Too Big or Not Enough?
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Bill Maher Gives Democrats Advice on 'Most Important' Steps to Win Again

Dr. David B. Cohen, professor of political science, is quoted in this article about advice Bill Maher gave to Democrats to win again. Cohen is also director of UA’s Applied Politics program and a fellow of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics.

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.

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