February 2009

Letter from the Chair
A New President and the Road Ahead

The United States as Subprime Nation?
by John Kelly
A Race to the Bottom?

Supreme Speculation
by Linda J. Kobert
The more things change, the more they stay the same?

Politics Alum Clerks for Supreme Court
by Amber Davis
From Virginia to Yale to Washington to ...?

Politics Department Russia Experts: Russia’s Attack on Georgia Was a ‘Judo Move’ Against NATO Expansion
by Brevy Cannon (U.Va. Media Relations)
No New Cold War Likely

Sabato Right on the Mark in ’08 Election
by Cordel Faulk
Politics Is a Good Thing.

Faculty News
What the professors are doing this academic year

Books, Etc.
What the professors are writing

Alumni and Student News
Majors past and present bring us up to date