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Core Institutional Priorities
Commentary on the News
Biden’s National Security Strategy Is Undone By Fantasy
[Subscription Required] It acknowledges the threat from China, then makes wholly unrealistic pledges of cooperation.
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The Hoover Institution’s Tennenbaum Program For Fact-Based Policy Rolls Out Initial Research Projects
The Tennenbaum Program for Fact-Based Policy is a new Hoover Institution initiative aimed at improving the quality of information that is shaping the nation’s highly debated policy questions, through collecting and analyzing data and providing credible studies and easy-to-digest nontechnical essays and derivative products.
Bread + Medicine: Saving Lives In A Time Of Famine
Discover the American Relief Administration's efforts to stem the tide of disease during the catastrophic famine of 1921 in Soviet Russia and Ukraine.
The Hoover Institution Launches Special Podcast Series With Elections Expert Benjamin L. Ginsberg Focused On Restoring Faith In American Voting
Featured Fellows
Steven J. Davis
Senior Fellow
Stephen Haber
Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow
Stephen Kotkin
Kleinheinz Senior Fellow
Michael T. Hartney
Hoover Fellow
Featured Work:
Long Social Distancing
More than ten percent of Americans with recent work experience say they will continue social distancing after the COVID-19 pandemic ends, and another 45 percent will do so in limited ways. We uncover this Long Social Distancing phenomenon in our monthly Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes.
October 10, 2022
Steven J. Davis
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The Battle over Patents: History and Politics of Innovation
An examination of how the patent system works, imperfections and all, to incentivize innovation
August 20, 2021
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Weakness and Grandeur
The curse of Russian history: the country always wants more than it can get.
October 12, 2022
Stephen Kotkin
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California Business Exits Soared In 2021, And There Is No End In Sight
In 2021, California business headquarters left the state at twice their rate in both 2020 and 2019, and at three times their rate in 2018. In the last three years, California lost eleven Fortune 1000 companies, whose exits negatively affect California’s economy today. But California also is risking its economic future as much smaller but rapidly growing unique businesses are leaving, taking their innovative ideas with them.
October 25, 2022
Lee Ohanian
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Nuclear Diplomacy With Russia Could Avert The Threat Of Armageddon
There is no room for negotiation on Ukraine, but discreet talks about a moratorium on missiles might lower the temperature.
October 7, 2022
Rose Gottemoeller
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Voters Should Demand Accountability For School Closures
New data from the Nation’s Report Card reveal kids suffered more academically in states that closed public schools longer.
October 26, 2022
Michael T. Hartney
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
Strategika
An online journal that analyzes ongoing issues of national security in light of conflicts of the past.
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Send In The Marines? Rethink Major Interventions Abroad, Especially On The Ground And In The Middle East
The Caravan
The Caravan is a quarterly publication on the contemporary dilemmas of the Greater Middle East
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California on Your Mind
Analysis, politics, and the economics of the Golden State
Read MoreCalifornia Will Spend $23,000 Per Household In 2023 State Budget. What Will Taxpayers Get?
Despite Spending $1.1 Billion, San Francisco Sees Its Homelessness Problems Spiral Out Of Control
Multimedia
Why Putin Invaded Ukraine
Putin invaded Ukraine because, like all dictators, he is threatened by the expansion of democratic governments.
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Secrets Of Statecraft: Unwrapping The Enigma, Mystery And Riddle: Stephen Kotkin Explains Russia To Andrew Roberts | Hoover Institution
Understanding the psyche of Russia and the Russians has bewildered Westerners for generations; foremost expert Stephen Kotkin gives some penetrating insights into how to do it.
Matters Of Policy & Politics: A Midterm Preview | David Brady, Douglas Rivers, And Bill Whalen | Hoover Institution
Making sense of “waves,” “cubes,” and pre-election narratives.
Lithuania: On The Frontline Of European Security
In this episode of Battlegrounds, H.R. McMaster and Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė discuss the future of European security, energy security, the future of NATO, Russia's reinvasion of Ukraine and aggression against Europe and the West, and prospects for strengthening the free world for the long competition against authoritarianism.
Saints, Sinners, And Salvageables: Your Election Night Roadmap | Ben Ginsberg | Hoover Institution
What to watch for in the midterm election returns—and the chances that the battle for Congress goes into overtime thanks to runoffs, slow vote counts, and legal challenges.
Library & Archives
A World-Class Library & Archives
Founded by Herbert Hoover in 1919, the Hoover Institution Library & Archives is home to some of the world's most renowned collections documenting war, revolution, peace, and political, economic, and social change in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Free and open to all, discover how to search the collections, arrange a research visit, or explore exhibitions by clicking below.
Exhibitions | Now On View
The exhibitions Bread + Medicine: Saving Lives in a Time of Famine (September 19, 2022–April 28, 2023) and Hoover@100: Ideas Defining A Century (ongoing) are open and free to all visitors to Hoover Tower, at the heart of Stanford University campus.
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Research Services
Planning an onsite visit to the reading room? Conducting your research from afar? Staff are ready to connect you with the most relevant materials through reference consultations, assisting with registration and material requests, digitization, and more.
Learn MoreThe Collections
Acquiring, preserving, and making accessible collections of enduring value, including more than one million library volumes and over six thousand archival collections.
Digital First Initiative
Our aim is to make full archival collections accessible to researchers around the world through the digitization of textual, graphical, sound, and moving-image materials.
Engagement & Outreach
Building connections to our collections by sparking curiosity in audiences interested in the meaning and role of history through exhibitions, classes, tours, and special programing.
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