Hoover Institution Hosts Sixth Annual Summer Policy Boot Camp

The 2022 class of the Hoover Institution Summer Policy Boot Camp. Pictured center in the front row are the Boot Camp’s codirectors Joshua D. Rauh (left) and Scott W. Atlas (right). (Patrick Beaudouin, 2022)

Members of the class of the Summer Policy Boot Camp participated in four days of intensive sessions covering various topics in public policy on the Hoover Institution campus from August 14 to August 18, 2022. (Patrick Beaudouin, 2022)

Senior Fellow and Boot Camp codirector Scott Atlas addressed the 2022 cohort during a welcome dinner in Hoover’s Fairweather Courtyard on August 14, 2022. (Patrick Beaudouin, 2022)

Senior Fellow and Boot Camp codirector Josh Rauh provided opening remarks to the 2022 cohort during a welcome dinner in Hoover’s Fairweather Courtyard on August 14, 2022. (Patrick Beaudouin, 2022)

Participants of the 2022 Summer Policy Boot Camp at a welcome dinner in Hoover’s Fairweather Courtyard on August 14, 2022. Over the next four days, this cohort attended intensive and interactive sessions on various public policy issues led by Hoover Institution fellows. (Patrick Beaudouin, 2022)

On Tuesday, August 16, Hoover Fellow Jacquelyn Schneider gave a presentation on the impact of cyber operations on US national security strategy and international relations. (Hoover Institution, 2022)

On Tuesday, August 16, Senior Fellow Elizabeth Economy lectured on China’s global ambitions and appropriate US responses. (Hoover Institution, 2022)

On Tuesday, August 16, Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow H. R. McMaster gave a presentation on improving strategic competence and building the confidence necessary to overcome new and pernicious threats against the United States. (Hoover Institution, 2022)

On Tuesday, August 16, Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow Victor Davis Hanson described the politics behind President Biden’s policy decisions. (Hoover Institution, 2022)

On Wednesday, August 17, Leonard and Shirley Ely Senior Fellow John F. Cogan discussed federal entitlement programs and the coming fiscal crisis. (Hoover Institution, 2022)

On Wednesday, August 17, Senior Fellow Terry Moe provided remarks on the relationship between school vouchers and educational outcomes. (Hoover Institution, 2022)

In a session on Wednesday, August 17, Senior Fellow Caroline Hoxby talked about expanding college-going opportunities for students of merit from all socioeconomic backgrounds. (Hoover Institution, 2022)

Participants of the 2022 Summer Policy Boot Camp had opportunities to ask questions of Hoover fellows. (Hoover Institution, 2022)

Boot Camp participants engaged in five days of sessions in public policy learning led by Hoover fellows. (Hoover Institution, 2022)

Hoover Institution Summer Policy Boot Camp participants gathered for discussions in the Traitel Building's Fairweather Court. (Hoover Institution, 2022)

Boot Camp participants attended five days of intensive sessions led by Hoover fellows on public policy on topics including economics, national security, technology issues, the quest for racial and social equality, the state of American democracy, and educational reform. (Rod Searcey, 2022)

On Wednesday, August 17, Visiting Fellow John Yoo talked about whether Big Tech can legitimately restrict free speech. (Hoover Institution, 2022)

On Wednesday, August 17, Tad and Dianne Taube Director Condoleezza Rice gave a presentation on global hot spots and great-power rivalries, focusing specifically on Russia, China, and Afghanistan and their current positions in the international system. (Rod Searcey, 2022)

On Wednesday, August 17, a participant asked a question of Tad and Dianne Taube Director Condoleezza Rice during her lecture on global hot spots and great-power rivalries. (Rod Searcey, 2022)

On Thursday, August 18, Senior Fellow Russell Berman gave a lecture on the formulation of US foreign policy, with a particular focus on the Middle East. (Hoover Institution, 2022)

On Thursday, August 18, Virginia Hobbs Carpenter Distinguished Policy Fellow in Journalism Bill Whalen interviewed Robert J. and Marion E. Oster Senior Fellow Shelby Steele on how racial dynamics are shaping politics and policy in America. (Rod Searcey, 2022)

On Thursday, August 18, a participant asked a question of Robert J. and Marion E. Oster Senior Fellow Shelby Steele. (Rod Searcey, 2022)

On Thursday, August 18, newly appointed senior fellow Brandice Canes-Wrone addressed policy representation in the contemporary United States. (Rod Searcey, 2022)

Participants gathered in the Traitel Building’s Welcoming Pavilion during a break between sessions. (Rod Searcey, 2022)

On Thursday, August 18, Milbank Family Senior Fellow Niall Ferguson lectured on whether totalitarian regimes are threatening to displace liberal democracies in the twenty-first century. (Rod Searcey, 2022)