War with Iraq

Can Iraq Become a Democracy?
Reconstructing Iraq as a responsible and lawful state will represent the most costly and formidable task the United States has taken on in decades. By Hoover fellow Larry Diamond.

Tinderbox
Post-war Iraq is a tinderbox. How can we prevent a conflagration? By Hoover fellow Michael McFaul.

Aftermath
The military campaign? That was the easy part. Hoover fellow Robert Zelnick on the political battles to come.

Now the Hard Part
Post-war Iraq is a country with desperate needs—and those needs must be met quickly. Hoover national fellow Lisa D. Cook on the challenges of rebuilding Iraq.

Confronting Saddam’s Legacy
Saddam Hussein has been purged from Iraq—now his legacy must be purged as well. By Hoover fellow Timothy Garton Ash.

Tony Blair’s Other War
While he waged war with Iraq, the British prime minister also found himself at war with his own party. By Hoover fellow Gerald A. Dorfman.

“Old Europe” Revolts
France and Germany have clearly put the United States on notice that they cannot be counted on in an emergency. We should face this fact soberly and without animus. By Hoover fellow Russell A. Berman.

On the Legality of Preemption
Was the war in Iraq legal? By Hoover fellow Abraham D. Sofaer.

Education

Giving Our Schools a Failing Grade
The Hoover Institution’s Koret Task Force on K–12 Education has just issued a comprehensive assessment of American public education. Its conclusion? America’s schools continue to fail our children. By Hoover fellow Chester E. Finn Jr.

Real Choice
Why should we support school choice programs? Because they work. By Hoover fellow John E. Chubb.

The Promise of Choice
Clint Bolick on the fight to transform America’s schools.

What Makes a Good Teacher?
Over the past 30 years public school teachers have been receiving more education—yet student achievement scores continue to languish. What has gone wrong? By Hoover fellows Hanna Skandera and Richard Sousa.

Politics

Taking the Campaign Reforms to Court
Why the Supreme Court should kill McCain-Feingold. By Hoover fellow James C. Miller III.

Economics

The Deficit Is Big, but Is It Bad?
The federal deficit is once again beginning to swell. Should we expect interest rates to spike as a result? In a word, no. Hoover fellow Kenneth L. Judd explains.

Welfare Reform

How Not to Mess Up a Good Thing
Welfare reform has been an unqualified success. Why? Because the federal government let the individual states decide how best to deal with their welfare recipients. Now some members of Congress are calling for more federal control over state welfare programs. Hoover fellows Jeffrey Jones and Thomas MaCurdy explain why we should leave well enough alone.

The Environment

Has George W. Bush Gone Green?
The Bush administration is reining in some of the most aggressive anti-environmentalists in the GOP. Margaret Kriz explains why.

Health Care

Medical Myths about Money
In this era of managed care, doctors are under constant pressure to cut corners to appease insurance providers. The result? Patients often suffer. By Hoover fellow Philip R. Alper.

Regulation

A Deadly Food Fight
Real-life casualties in the biotech wars. By Hoover fellow Henry I. Miller and Gregory Conko.

How Not to Prevent another Enron
When a zealous Congress decided to launch a crusade to “prevent another Enron,” it could only mean one thing: bad, poorly conceived legislation. Hoover fellow Richard Epstein explains.

The Law

The Soul of the Law*
The task for legal conservatism? To preserve what we have and to regain as much as possible of what we have lost—a society that attains a more wholesome balance between the freedom of the individual and the legitimate demands of community. By Hoover fellow Robert H. Bork.

International Relations

Anti-Europeanism in America
American relations with Europe are at their lowest point in decades. What happened? By Hoover fellow Timothy Garton Ash.

Why the Bush Doctrine Makes Sense
How the Bush administration has adapted to a post–Cold War and post–September 11 world. By Hoover fellow Ken Jowitt.

What Is Power?
Which global players have power today—and which are likely to acquire it in the coming decades? By Niall Ferguson.

Spreading the Wealth
George Bush has recently proposed an enormous increase in U.S. foreign aid. Where will the money go? By Adam Zagorin.

National Security

The Information War
Are our intelligence agencies up to the task of preventing another September 11? Not necessarily. By Hoover fellow Bruce Berkowitz.

Iran

Can Iran Become a Democracy?
The last, best hope for democracy in Iran? Its burgeoning middle class. By Hoover fellow Abbas Milani.

South Korea

Bring the Troops Home?
South Korea may soon have to decide whether it wishes to stand with the United States, which is responsible for much of Seoul’s prosperity, or stand alone instead. By Hoover fellow Richard V. Allen.

Russia

Vladimir Putin, Backslider
Can Russia embrace democracy under a leader who doesn’t believe in it? By Hoover fellow Michael McFaul.

Cuba

Dark Days Ahead?
American policy toward Cuba is a failure. The sooner we admit it, the sooner we can plan for what’s next. By Chris Marquis.

History and Culture

How a Republican Desegregated the South’s Schools
Hoover fellow George P. Shultz reflects on the Nixon administration’s preeminent domestic achievement.

Death of the Butcher
On the 50th anniversary of the death of Joseph Stalin, Hoover fellow Arnold Beichman recalls the atrocities Stalin perpetrated—and the allure he held for craven Western intellectuals.

Hoover Archives

Soviet Dissent and the Cold War
Hoover fellow David Satter recalls the brave, lonely voices who helped topple the Soviet state.