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The Pandemic In Perspective: US Learning Losses In The Twenty-First Century
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China Refocuses Its Science And Technology Ecosystem On Innovation And Security
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The Arsenal Of Democracy: Technology, Industry, And Deterrence In An Age Of Hard Choices
The Arsenal of Democracy: Technology, Industry, and Deterrence in an Age of Hard Choice
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The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father Of Xi Jinping

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The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping
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Crisis Cycle: Challenges, Evolution, And Future Of The Euro

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Crisis Cycle: Challenges, Evolution, and Future of the Euro
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A Deep Peek Into DeepSeek AI’s Talent And Implications For US Innovation
By Amy Zegart, Emerson Johnston

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Medicare Drug Price Regulation: Small Savings, Large Innovation Losses
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Sanctions As A Tool Of Economic Statecraft: Designing, Integrating, And Implementing To Advance Vital Interests
By H.R. McMaster, Leopoldo López, Fiona Clunan, Thomas Johnstone

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A Neighborhood Between Civilizations
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A Nation At Risk +40

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China Refocuses Its Science And Technology Ecosystem On Innovation And Security
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Freedom Frequency

Freedom Frequency

Discover Hoover’s new platform for those who want more than headlines. The Freedom Frequency draws on the expertise of the Hoover fellowship, delivering clear, timely analysis and solutions that strengthen American liberty, leadership, and institutions. Stay informed, inspired, and connected.

2026 Fellowship Opportunities

Applications are now open for the 2026 Hoover Fellowship Programs with opportunities for early- to mid-career scholars. For more information on the Hoover Fellows program and National Fellows program, click the links below.

Core Institutional Priorities
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
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Strategika

Strategika

An online journal that analyzes ongoing issues of national security in light of conflicts of the past.

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Battlefield Medical Supremacy
Strategika Jeremy Cannon
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The Transformation Of Battlefield Medical Care And Our National Culture
By Sherry M. Wren

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The Caravan

The Caravan

The Caravan is a quarterly publication on the contemporary dilemmas of the Greater Middle East

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The Maritime Middle East And Challenges For American Strategy
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The Middle East: A Seaward Imperative
Indo-Pacific
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California on Your Mind

California on Your Mind

Analysis, politics, and the economics of the Golden State

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The Kardashians’ Newest Neighbor: Toxic Debris From The Palisades Fire
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Is California On A Non-Atkins Diet?
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More Videos & Podcasts

China Considered | Public Health

China’s Pandemic Legacy: Politics, Power, And Public Health With Yanzhong Huang

Elizabeth Economy talks with Yanzhong Huang about public health in China.

GoodFellows

Who’s Going To Win The Future? Dan Wang On China’s Engineers Vs. America’s Lawyers

One great power (China) has a relentless thirst to build that comes with a terrible human cost, while its main rival (America) is a more lawyerly and free society that’s prone to stifling ideas both good and bad.

California Update: The 50-50 Proposition

California Update: The 50-50 Proposition

As California enters the final phase leading up to its Nov. 4 special election and a vote on Proposition 50, plenty of unknowns surround the fate of the controversial ballot measure that would redraw California’s congressional districts to offset a Republican-led gerrymander in Texas.

Free Speech Unmuted

From Brandenburg To Britain: Rethinking Free Speech In The Digital Era With Eric Heinze

How the digital age has transformed the meaning and limits of free expression.

Library & Archives
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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.

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Exhibitions | Now On View

The exhibitions Un-Presidented: Watergate and Power in America (February 12–August 11, 2024) 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.

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The 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.

Poll

As the partial shutdown of the US federal government runs deeper into October, what stands out

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