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The Evolution Of Work From Home

via Journal of Economic Perspectives

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Social Security Wage Indexing Revisited
Economics Working Papers
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The Legal Origins Of Financial Development: Evidence From The Shanghai Concessions
By Ross Levine , Chen Lin , Chicheng Ma , Yuchen Xu

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How Election Rules Affect Who Wins
By Justin Grimmer , Eitan Hersh

via Eitan Hersh

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The CCP Absorbs China’s Private Sector: Capitalism with Party Characteristics
The CCP Absorbs China’s Private Sector: Capitalism with Party Characteristics
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The Rise And Fall Of The Resource Curse

via SSRN

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The Great Recession And The Public Sector In Rural America

via Journal of Economic Geography

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HOOVER FELLOWS ON HAMAS’S TERRORIST ATTACK AGAINST ISRAEL
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Peter Berkowitz
Peter Berkowitz
Antisemitism, Multiculturalism, and Barbarism
Nov 19, 2023

The enormity of Hamas’ 10/7 mass atrocities breaks the heart and scorches the mind. Or so a person of ordinary human decency would think.

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Abraham D. Sofaer
Abraham D. Sofaer
Don’t let Hamas derail Saudi-Israeli normalization
Oct 27, 2023

The chaos set off by Hamas’s brutal attack on Israel poses difficult challenges for the future of the Middle East. 

Middle East
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Andrew Roberts
Andrew Roberts
Israel’s Challenge in Responding to a Brutal Surprise Attack
Oct 12, 2023

Hamas staged a shockingly successful operation against the Jewish state, but history shows that wars are seldom won by such tactics.

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Berman
Russell A. Berman
Israel’s War With Hamas Will Ripple Across the Region and the West
Oct 10, 2023

The Hamas attack of Oct. 7 has shattered the self-confidence of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). 

Israel
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Zegart
Amy Zegart
Israel’s Intelligence Disaster
Oct 11, 2023

How the Security Establishment Could Have Underestimated the Hamas Threat

Israel
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Cole Bunzel
Cole Bunzel
Gaza and Global Jihad
Nov 2, 2023

Why the Hamas-Israel War Is Unlikely to Revive ISIS and al Qaeda.

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Victor Davis Hanson
Victor Davis Hanson
Does Iran Realize Its Own Growing Danger?
Oct 19, 2023

Iranians have little clue they are one stupid missile volley, or one reckless intervention away from a devastating Western response

Does Iran Realize Its Own Growing Danger?
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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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Ukraine and the Russian Way of War
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The Crusade Against Ukraine: Eurasia’s Last Medieval Power At War
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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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A Cause Or A Nation? Implications Of Iran’s Opening To Saudi Arabia
US, Saudi, and Iran
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Whither The Carter Doctrine? The Biden Administration And The Gulf
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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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In Debate With DeSantis, Newsom Can’t Admit California’s Policy Failures
California Debate
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Newsom, DeSantis, And A Fox News Debate: They Retort, You Decide
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More Videos & Podcasts

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The World According To China With Elizabeth Economy

Dr. Economy is the author of half a dozen books, including her most recent volume, The World According to China. She has just returned to Hoover after a two-year leave of absence in Washington, where she served as senior advisor for China to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo.

Matters of Policy & Politics

Michael Boskin: Defense Budgeting For A Safer World

Budgeting for two “hot” wars plus “Cold War 2.0" with China.

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War, Tribe, And Freedom: A Conversation With Sebastian Junger

In this episode of Battlegrounds, H.R. McMaster and Sebastian Junger discuss the necessity of unity, the importance of the tribe, and the future of American democracy, Wednesday, November 8, 2023.

NATO's Enduring Value

NATO's Enduring Value

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has proven its enduring value and necessity through its unified support of Ukraine against Russia's invasion, its historic role in securing peace in Europe, and its continued ability to expand and strengthen, as evidenced by the recent addition of Finland and Sweden.

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 Dynamic Design: Transforming Posters at Hoover (June 28–December 20, 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.

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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.

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