The fourth education policy brief to be released by the Hoover Education Success Initiative in 2020, it comprehensively examines the past, present and future of school choice at the federal, state, and local levels, making recommendations on how state governments should proceed amidst uncertainty.
In this interview, Michael Auslin, the Payson R. Treat Distinguished Research Fellow in contemporary Asia, discussed the publication of America in the World 2020, a new special edition of the Great Decisions book series, published by the Foreign Policy Association (FPA). The volume of essays, coedited by Auslin and Noel V. Lateef, FPA president, is directed towards informing citizens about US foreign policy and features contributions by eleven Hoover fellows.
The new conventional wisdom in these unconventional times is that advanced-economy governments can take advantage of today's ultra-low interest rates to borrow and spend without limit in order to support the economy. But the fact is that there is always a limit, and it may come into view sooner than many realize.
One of the big questions on the table today is whether Trumpism will survive President Trump's time in the White House. The short answer is: maybe as a political force, but not as an ideology. In fact, when it comes to Trumpism as a set of policies or beliefs, I am inclined to quote Gertrude Stein, who said of her childhood home in Oakland, California, “There is no there there.”
Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses the intemperate language of condemnation from the left, including accusing the president of being a dictator or a Nazi.
Time and time again, all sides have stated that Kosovo was a one-time thing and not a formal legal precedent. Invoking it in the case of Nagorno-Karabakh demonstrates an unwillingness to recognize this reality.
Ignorance of Civics is a major contributor to our nation’s current problems and divisions, said Dr. David Davenport, guest speaker at the Coronado Roundtable’s November meeting. Election year 2020 provided a stress test for our system of government, largely because Americans, especially younger Americans, are woefully ignorant of how it works.
