Afghanistan’s foreign minister, Mohammad Haneef Atmar, described the recent escalation of attacks by Taliban fighters on Afghan forces, as well as the prospects for ongoing peace negotiations involving both sides of this ongoing conflict and international stakeholders, including the United States.
The Hoover Institution presents an online virtual speaker series based on the scholarly research and commentary written by Hoover fellows participating in the Human Prosperity Project on Socialism and Free-Market Capitalism. Watch a video of the discussion below.
The hype of a presidential campaign — on steroids this year with a pandemic and an economic crisis — means a silly season is upon us. Among the silliness are claims that President Trump is similar to some other Republican president, such as Richard Nixon or Ronald Reagan, or a controversial losing candidate from the past, namely Barry Goldwater or George Wallace.
The Hoover Institution advances the principles of freedom through the wide-ranging policy scholarship of an interdisciplinary group of Hoover fellows and through access to one of the greatest library and archival collections on war, revolution, and peace assembled in the modern era.
Hoover Institution fellow John Yoo discusses how President Trump’s executive actions compare to President Obama’s, the consequences of President Trump’s foreign policy, and whether Trump understands the limits of his presidential power.
Some parents are fighting back as teachers unions push to keep classrooms closed, arguing that the school reopenings are being hijacked by an agenda that appears to be more about political gamesmanship than the science behind the coronavirus.
Democrats disgorge so much political poison these days that it’s easy to overlook just how unprecedented, irresponsible and dangerous Barack Obama’s John Lewis speech was.
As negotiations for another giant spending bill proceed in Washington, President Trump faces a choice. Does he do another deal giving Speaker Nancy Pelosi most of what she wants, perhaps splitting the GOP in the process? Or does he press his own economic agenda and, if the Speaker blocks it, take that to the voters in November?
[Subscription required] As the White House stonewalls Chinese tech, Michael Auslin, a fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution, calls in the FT for a modern-day JP Morgan to ...
