Thursday, April 3, 2025

The Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics News Archives

How will history remember Donald Trump?
How will President Biden's executive orders affect Ohioans?
Divided States of America: Northeast Ohio experts recount fractured history of nation
What Congress must do to protect itself
Sen. Brown renews calls for Trump's removal via 25th Amendment, impeachment
Ohio Political Scientist: Use of 25th Amendment Could by Swift to Remove Trump from Office
Rep. Tim Ryan and University of Akron Political Professor on Capitol Attack
Politics 2020: The Year in Review and Predictions For the New Year
Ready to leave 2020 behind? Here’s what UA experts predict for 2021
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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