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Why The Military Can’t Trust AI
Large language models can make bad decisions—and could trigger nuclear war.
Hoover Institution Convenes Leading Scholars Of Executive-Judicial Branch Relations
Scholars of political science, law, and government gathered at the Hoover Institution under the auspices of the Center for Revitalizing American Institutions (RAI) on June 6–7 to discuss the relationship between the executive and judicial branches of the US federal government.
What Do Voters Know About The Federal Budget? Michael Boskin On Factual Foundations Of Policy
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Issues Affecting American Democracy | Elections 2024
To inform citizens as they gear up for the 2024 elections, the Hoover Institution is offering "New Issues Affecting Democracy," a non-partisan companion of fellows' insights into key policy issues. A few recent highlights are featured below. Click the button below to explore more content.
Internet Policy And Free Speech: A Conversation With Rep. Ro Khanna
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Silicon Valley) joins Jane Bambauer and Eugene Volokh to discuss Internet policy and free speech.
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The Political Reaction To Immigration
Join Steven Davis and Harvard's Marco Tabellini as they delve into the political reactions to immigration, exploring whether economic or cultural concerns drive backlash and how these reactions shape policy outcomes. Plus, a heartfelt tribute to the influential economist Alberto Alesina.
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Hanushek: How Can We Raise America’s Abysmal Post - Covid Student Results
Hoover Institution fellow Rick Hanushek discusses how to overcome the COVID learning losses.
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Yuval Levin Counsels Civic Renewal Through Constitutional Repair
The disunity that plagues America imposes high costs on the nation. A diverse citizenry must work together despite partisan differences to advance the common good, but disunity produces dysfunction.
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Jacquelyn Schneider: Can AI Predict Chinese President Xi's Military Plans?
Hoover Institution fellow Jacquelyn Schneider offers an in-depth look at the project developing an artificial intelligence model that might help predict Chinese President Xi Jinping's military moves.
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Hamas And Al-Qaida: The Concerns Of Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi
Since Hamas’s “Operation al-Aqsa Flood” attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, the global jihadi movement has been divided over how to respond. While the Islamic State has reiterated its unequivocal stand against Hamas, al-Qaida has staked out a position of nearly unlimited support and sympathy. The contrast could not be starker.
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The Second Cold War Is Escalating Faster Than The First
To understand what is at stake in the fight against the axis of China, Russia and Iran, just read “The Lord of the Rings.”
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Scott W. Atlas
Robert Wesson Senior Fellow
Thomas J. Sargent
Senior Fellow (adjunct)
Stephen Kotkin
Kleinheinz Senior Fellow
Michael McConnell
Senior Fellow
Morris P. Fiorina
Senior Fellow
John F. Cogan
Leonard and Shirley Ely Senior Fellow
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Covid Lessons Learned, Four Years Later
[Subscription Required] Mandatory lockdowns had almost no benefit—but did significant economic and health-related damage.
March 18, 2024
Scott W. Atlas
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US Debt and Taxes: 1776-2023
Collect data on promised pay outs, prices, and quantities of US government notes and bonds and on federal government expenditures and tax collections from 1775 to now
February 6, 2024
Thomas J. Sargent
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Stephen Kotkin On Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine And US-China Lessons From The Conflict
Hoover Institution fellow Stephen Kotkin shares his analysis of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, considers the threats posed by autocratic powers, and proposes future avenues for the United States to effectively compete with China in a multilateral context.
February 21, 2024
interview Stephen Kotkin
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Michael McConnell: The Supreme Court Says States Can’t Keep Trump Off The Ballot
Hoover Institution fellow Michael McConnell discusses the Supreme Court’s 9-0 decision to avoid a chaotic “patchwork” of state-level ballot eligibility decisions and the 5-4 majority’s view that Section 3 requires Congress to act before an insurrectionist may be disqualified from office.
March 7, 2024
interview Michael McConnell
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COVID And The Constitution
[Subscription Required] Of necessity, emergencies arise in human affairs and governments must confront them. Because emergencies, according to Merriam-Webster, are “unforeseen combination[s] of circumstances” that “call for immediate action,” they present a special challenge for republics, which, by their very nature, rule by laws enacted through the (often slow) deliberations of representative institutions.
December 5, 2023
featuring Morris P. Fiorina
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Federal Entitlement Programs And The Fiscal Challenge
Federal entitlement program spending has ballooned over the past 60 years and is the main driver behind the growth in size of the US federal government and federal debt and deficits. This unsustainable fiscal path leads to a dead end of crushing tax increases, spiraling interest costs, glacially slow economic growth, and benefit restrictions.
February 20, 2024
John F. Cogan
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Dr. Jay Bhattacharya: Next Time There Is A Pandemic We Will Lock Down Again, And It Won't Matter What The Evidence Says
Hoover Institution fellow Dr. Jay Bhattacharya talks about his opposition to the government's Covid-19 policies, writing the Great Barrington Declaration, and receiving the first annual Samizdat Prize, an award that will be given by RealClear to journalists, scholars, and public figures who have fought censorship and stood for truth, whatever the cost.
March 12, 2024
interview Jay Bhattacharya
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
Strategika
An online journal that analyzes ongoing issues of national security in light of conflicts of the past.
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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
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A Dangerous Moment, With Douglas Murray
Author and columnist Douglas Murray has spent much of the past few years reporting from battlefields in Ukraine and Gaza.
The Axis Of Chaos, With Matt Pottinger
Matt Pottinger, a Hoover Institution visiting fellow and editor of the forthcoming book The Boiling Moat: Urgent Steps to Defend Taiwan, joins Hoover senior fellows Niall Ferguson, John Cochrane, and H.R. McMaster to discuss how best to discourage China from moving on its island neighbor.
Mexico: Elections, Migration, And Security
In this episode of Battlegrounds, H.R. McMaster and Jorge Castañeda discuss the future of Mexico and Mexican-US relations, on Friday, May 31, 2024.
California Update: It’s Not Just The Tacos That Are Fishy
A nascent 2026 governor’s race (will vice president Kamala Harris “pull a Nixon” and give it a go?), plus a fond remembrance of the late Bill Walton.
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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.
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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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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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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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