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Hoover Digest by topic: Human Rights
July 13, 2011
America’s Democratic Credentials
Image credit: White House/Pete Souza
Hoover fellow Michael McFaul, who has the president’s ear on Russia, argues that promoting freedom is both moral and wise.
July 13, 2011
The Revolutionary Republic
In 1911, China rejected feudalism to enter the modern era. A new Hoover exhibit on a century of change. By Hsiao-ting Lin and Lisa Nguyen.
July 13, 2011
Robert Conquest's Five Books
Image credit: Taylor Jones
Hoover research fellow Robert Conquest was interviewed for the blog FiveBooks (www.fivebooks.com), whose mission is to “invite international experts to recommend the best reading in their given fields of interest.”
July 13, 2011
Extending an Invitation to Reform
Image credit: Agence France-Presse/Hassan Ammar
The United States has always been among the kingdom’s best friends. Who better to help it change? By Leif Eckholm.
July 13, 2011
The Kingdom of Caution
Image credit: Taylor Jones
The land where stability vies ceaselessly with stagnation. By Joshua Teitelbaum.
July 13, 2011
Will Change Come to the House of Saud?
Reforms, if any, will depend on how modernizers and hard-liners settle their differences. By Daniel Pipes.
July 13, 2011
The Roots of a Freedom Agenda
The Arab struggles may be new, but American goals are not. Three recent presidents laid the groundwork. By Peter Berkowitz.
July 13, 2011
Is Started with the Shah
Hoover fellow Abbas Milani on the rebellions in the Muslim world—and the monarch who set them off. An interview with Charlie Rose.
July 13, 2011
Tyranny 101
Image credit: Taylor Jones
Who better to coach a would-be dictator than Stalin? The curious episode of a foreign comrade who sought Stalin’s advice—which, of course, came at a cost. By Paul R. Gregory.
July 13, 2011
Wishing Away the World
Image credit: U.S. Navy/Mass Comm. Spec. 1st Class Gary Keen
Foreign policy doesn’t mean righting every wrong. It means acting in our national interest. By Bruce S. Thornton.