Tuesday, December 23, 2025

The Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics News Archives

Analysis: Why is Frank LaRose pushing a ballot issue not many seem to like?
Battle growing over voter initiatives
What makes the Buckeye State so different from Michigan and Pennsylvania?
House Democrats prepare for new senior leadership
UA Professor Cohen on the future of U.S. House, Senate
Analysis: Which J.D. Vance will show up in the Senate?
On Today in Ohio, analysis of the 2024 election in light of midterm results
Ohio Democrats look for answers with Sherrod Brown's 2024 reelection campaign on the horizon
The Bliss Institute & Election 2022 Analysis


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Dr. David Cohen visits The Ray Horner Show

As a guest on The Ray Horner Show, Dr. David B. Cohen, professor of political science, discusses the government shutdown. Cohen is also director of UA’s Applied Politics program and a fellow of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics.

Trump rolls back some tariffs on grocery goods amid rising price concerns

In this article, Dr. David B. Cohen, professor of political science, discusses tariffs. 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