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Colonel Ken Backes, a national security affairs fellow for 2008–09 at the Hoover Institution, presented a talk titled “Who Gives a Hoot about Tweeting and Friending? Leveraging Technology and Social Media for Operational Planning.”

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Wednesday, April 29, 2026
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China's "AI Commons": Three Layers Of Open-Weight Diffusion
The Hoover Institution's Project on Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific Region hosts China's "AI Commons": Three Layers of Open-Weight Diffusion on Wednesday… Herbert Hoover Memorial Building, Room 160
Thursday, April 30, 2026 12:00 PM Pacific Time
Hoover’s “Photographic Albums Revealed”: Looking Back and Ahead
Hoover’s “Photographic Albums Revealed”: Looking Back And Ahead
In conjunction with Eastern Europe and Beyond: Photographic Albums Revealed, the Hoover Institution Library & Archives invites you to a webinar… Zoom
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
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Understanding The Civilian-Military Relationship In American Democracy
The Hoover Institution's Center for Revitalizing American Institutions invites you to join us for an engaging conversation on Understanding the… Hoover Institution, Stanford University
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