In this podcast, three of Hoover's political scholars, David Brady, Morris Fiorina, and Tammy Frisby, discuss the two weeks down and the six months to go in the general election. Campaign issues—including the politics and policy of the president's announcement on gay marriage, personal qualities of the candidates, and campaign strategy—are the topics at hand. David Brady argues that this election could be 2004 all over again. Morris Fiorina disagrees, making the case for 1980 as likely being the better comparison. Tammy Frisby and Fiorina conclude with some thoughts on keeping the horse race in perspective.

Hoover fellows comment on the events in the Middle East. Will the revolutions beget counterrevolutions and new rounds of repression and revolt?

The following are links to articles, videos, podcasts, and commentary by Hoover fellows concerning the mayhem in the Middle East.

On Tuesday, May 15, 2012, a group of participants led by Victor David Hanson, the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, met to discuss the newly created Project for the Study of Military History and Contemporary Conflict. The project will reflect how military operations intersect with public policy and ideas defining a free society and offer commentary on current military operations in the context of military history. The participants include military historians, analysts, journalists, and military officers. Hoover research fellows Bruce Thornton, Joseph Felter, and Gil-li Vardi are among the participants.

The Hoover Institution and the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies presented a screening of Age of Delirium: The Decline and Fall of the Soviet Union on May 16, 2012, at 6:30 pm at the Fisher Conference Center in the Arrillaga Alumni Association Building on the Stanford campus.