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The War on Terror

Ripples of Battle
The continuing aftershocks of September 11. By Hoover fellow Victor Davis Hanson.

Bush and the Liberal Tradition
Why liberal democracy in America depends on promoting liberal democracy abroad. By Hoover fellow Peter Berkowitz.

Confronting Anti-Americanism Abroad—and at Home
Why opposition to American policy in Iraq is not really about Iraq but about America itself. By Hoover national fellow Jeremi Suri.

Iraq

We Got Him
How we ran Saddam to ground. By Hoover fellow Bruce Berkowitz. Sidebar: Do We Need More Troops? Or Different Troops?: Why we must establish a new, post–Cold War military.

What We’ve Done Right
It’s high time for a little perspective on Iraq. By Hoover fellow Joseph D. McNamara.

International Relations

Legitimacy and Irrelevance
The United Nations is far less powerful than some—French president Jacques Chirac, for example—would like. Thank goodness. By Hoover fellow Bruce Berkowitz.

We Just Saved the United Nations. What For?
Hoover fellow Charles Hill explains how we can put the United Nations to better use.

Foreign Aid and the National Interest
How should the United States approach foreign aid? Andrew Natsios and Hoover fellow Larry Diamond recommend tough love.

National Security

The Gravest Danger
Nuclear weapons could only too easily fall into the hands of rogue states and terrorists. Hoover fellow Sidney Drell and James Goodby explain how to prevent that from happening.

Iran

Tehran, Coming Clean at Last?
Iran recently agreed to grant international arms inspectors greater access to its nuclear facilities. Small comfort. By Hoover fellow Charles Recknagel.

Africa

The Next Battleground in the Terror War
The failed states of Africa might only too easily become a breeding ground for terrorism. It is time for us to make certain that they don’t. By Hoover fellow Lisa D. Cook.

Asia

The Outlook
Former secretary of state George P. Shultz surveys the current Asian political and economic landscape.

China

How’s Hu Doing?
President Hu Jintao continues China’s long march toward political reform. By Hoover fellow H. Lyman Miller.

Russia

The Grand Strategy of Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin has a plan—to roll back democracy. By Hoover fellow Michael McFaul. Sidebar: An Ominous Trend: Russian nationalism rears its ugly head.

Chechnya

The Quagmire
The war in Chechnya shows no sign of ending—and could grow still more brutal. By Hoover fellow John B. Dunlop.

Britain

Do the Tories Matter?
With Tony Blair’s popularity plummeting and a strong new leader at the helm of the Conservative Party, could the Tories be making a comeback at long last? By Hoover fellow Gerald A. Dorfman.

Cuba

Surviving Fidel
The U.S. embargo against Cuba is an abysmal failure. Let’s end it. By Hoover fellow William Ratliff.

No Es Fácil
Life is hard in Castro’s Cuba. By Mike Walker.

Regulation

Can Dr. McClellan Cure the FDA?
Americans are dying for regulatory reform—literally. By Hoover fellow Henry I. Miller.

A Timely Proposal for Postal Reform
The United States Postal Service amounts to a bloated and inefficient government monopoly. Can it be reformed? By Hoover fellow Rick Geddes.

Politics

Four More Years?
Why this fall’s election will be George W. Bush’s to lose. By Hoover fellow Bill Whalen.

The Family

Making Room at the Inn
Why we need the needy. By Hoover fellow Jennifer Roback Morse.

History and Culture

A Case Study in Leadership
Ronald Reagan made it all look easy. But even for him, it wasn’t. By Hoover overseer Buzz McCoy.

In Memoriam

Tribute to a Patriot
How fortunate for the free world that America has served as a haven for immigrants such as Edward Teller. By Hoover fellow Arnold Beichman.

Edward Teller: A Personal Remembrance
Hoover fellow John H. Bunzel reflects on his late friend.

Hoover Archives

Messages from a Lost World
A collection of thank-you letters from Polish children to Herbert Hoover following World War I offers a glimpse into a lost world of European Jewry. By Hoover Archives director Elena S. Danielson, Zachary Baker, and Maciej Siekierski.


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