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Hoover's Tom Henriksen on the end of combat troops in Iraq

Thomas Henriksen is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. His current research focuses on U.S. foreign policy, international political affairs, and insurgencies. He spoke with the Stanford Report about Barack Obama's Oval Office speech and what lies ahead for Iraq's stability, America's involvement in the country, and Obama's plans for Afghanistan.

Hoover Fellows’ Commentary on Nuclear Nonproliferation

Hoover Fellows’ Commentary on the Economic Crisis

Iraq update

Abraham D. Sofaer, who served as legal adviser to the U.S. Department of State from 1985 to 1990 and was appointed the first George P. Shultz Distinguished Scholar and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, discusses the end to United States operations in Iraq by the end of 2011 and what the drawdown means for both countries' political, economic, and military futures.

Politics with Haley Barbour: Chapter 4 of 5

Mississippi governor Haley Barbour discusses, with Hoover research fellow Peter Robinson, Obamacare, spending, the deficit, entitlements, and immigration.

Commentary

September 2, 2010 | Wall Street Journal

Summer of Economic Discontent

by Michael J. Boskin (Senior Fellow; member of the Task Force on Energy Policy; and member of the Working Group on Economic Policy)

The administration's 'summer of recovery' has fizzled in almost every way imaginable. The growth rate is less than half what it was at this stage after the 1974-75 and 1981-82 recessions...

September 2, 2010 | National Review Online

The New Old World Order

by Victor Davis Hanson (Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow)

A global shift to past politics also signals a return to past solutions like free markets and strong borders...

September 1, 2010 | Economics One

The Taylor Rule Does Not Say Minus Six Percent

by John B. Taylor (George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics; Chair, Working Group on Economic Policy; and member of the Task Force on Energy Policy)

The Taylor rule says that the federal funds rate should equal 1.5 times the inflation rate plus .5 times the GDP gap plus 1. Currently the inflation rate is about 1.5 percent and the GDP gap is about -5 percent. So a little algebra gives a funds rate of 1.5X1.5 + .5X(-5) + 1 = .75 percent...

Jan Karski sound recordings digitized by Hoover Institution

Wall blocking off the Jewish ghetto across a Warsaw street.

More than fifty audiotapes in the Jan Karski papers have been digitally reformatted for preservation and access by the Hoover Archives.

August 24, 2010 | Hoover Archivists' Musings (blog)

The Man Who Played with Fire

Nazi Party Biography of Wilhelm Schmitz, Box 1, Folder 3, Theodore Abel papers,

Might Stieg Larsson have taken a page from Theodore Abel? In The Girl Who Played with Fire, Larsson's best-selling detective novel, a reporter is stymied in trying to track down a retired police officer.

August 11, 2010

Images from Russia's Last Imperial Ball Digitized by Hoover Archives

One hundred years ago the office in charge of editing Russia's state papers created a unique album, depicting as it does many of the guests at a costume ball at the Winter Palace in February 1903 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of St. Petersburg. Three hundred and ninety people attended, including sixty guardsmen. It was to be the last imperial ball in Russian history.

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August 31, 2010 | Education Next

Poll finds growing support for charter schools

Paul Peterson, a Hoover senior fellow and member of the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, discusses the 2010 Education Next Program on Education Policy and Governance survey, which finds a modest uptick in support for charter schools overall but a large increase in support from the minority community.

August 30, 2010 | EconTalk

Daniel Pink on drive, motivation, and incentives

by Russell Roberts

In this podcast Russell Roberts, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and EconTalk host, discusses, with Daniel Pink, author of Drive, motivation, compensation, drive, and incentives.

August 30, 2010 | TownHall

Politics masquerading as law

by David Davenport

David Davenport, counselor to the director and a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, notes that Spanish courts are once again exercising their political muscle in the name of international law. Davenport warns that international courts present a danger to American sovereignty and values.

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