Jump to content

Stanford University

  • News & Events
  • About Hoover
  • Hoover Press
  • Hoover in DC
 
Support Hoover

Get Involved

  • Support the Mission of the Hoover Institution
  • Subscribe to the Hoover Daily Report
  • Follow Hoover on Social Media

Make A Gift

Your gift helps advance ideas that promote a free society.

Donate now

Hoover Institution

  • Research
  • Publications
  • Fellows
  • Library & Archives
  • POLICYEd
  •  
  • Research
    • Overview
    • By Topic
    • By Content
    • By Research Team
    • By Region
  • Publications
    • Overview
    • Hoover Publications
    • PolicyEd
    • Books by Fellows
    • Hoover Channels
    • Fellows Blog
    • Economics Working Papers
    • Video Series
    • Podcasts
    • Hoover Institution Press
  • Fellows
    • Overview
    • By Name
    • By Awards
    • By Category
    • By Expertise
  • Library & Archives
    • Overview
    • Reading Room
    • Collections
    • HI Stories
    • News
    • Exhibitions
    • Digital Newsletter
    • About
    • Visit
  • PolicyEd
    • News & Events
    • About Hoover
    • Get Involved
    • Hoover Press
    • Hoover in DC
    • Stanford University
Top
 

Research

  • By Topic
    • Economic Policy
    • Education
    • Energy, Science & Technology
    • Health Care
    • Foreign Affairs & National Security
    • History
    • Law
    • US Politics
    • Values & Social Policy
  • By Content
    • Articles
    • Books
    • Videos
    • Podcasts
    • Essays
    • Testimonies
  • By Research Team
    • China's Global Sharp Power
    • Economic Policy
    • Education Success Initiative
    • Energy Policy
    • History Working Group
    • Middle East and the Islamic World
    • Military History
    • National Security
    • National Security, Tech & Law
    • Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific
    • Technology, Economics & Governance
  • By Research Program
    • Alabama Innovation Initiative
    • Digital Currency & Electronic Payments
    • Governance In An Emerging New World
    • Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue
    • Regulation & Rule of Law
    • Renewing Indigenous Economies
    • Resolution Project
    • Socialism & Free-Market Capitalism
    • Strengthening US-India Relations
  • By Region
    • North America
    • Asia
    • Europe
    • Russia
    • Latin America & Caribbean
    • India/Pakistan/Afghanistan
    • Middle East & North Africa
    • Sub-Saharan Africa

Publications

  • Hoover Publications
    • Hoover Daily Report
    • Defining Ideas
    • Strategika
    • Human Prosperity Project
    • The Caravan
    • China Weekly Alert
    • Governance In An Emerging New World
    • Hoover Digest
    • Eureka
  • Hoover Institution Press
  • Books by Fellows
  • Hoover Channels
    • Military History in the News
    • California on Your Mind
    • Aegis Paper Series
    • Caravan Notebook
    • The Briefing
    • Immigration Reform
    • Advancing a Free Society
  • PolicyEd
  • Economics Working Papers
  • Video Series
    • Uncommon Knowledge
    • GoodFellows
    • Battlegrounds: International Perspectives
    • Policy Briefings
    • PolicyEd
    • American Conversation Essentials
    • The Numbers Game
    • Fellow Talks
    • Hoover Videos
  • Podcasts
    • Matters of Policy & Politics
    • EconTalk
    • The Classicist
    • Law Talk
    • The Libertarian
    • Reasonable Disagreements
    • The Caravan Notebook
    • Secrets of Statecraft
    • The Pacific Century
    • Talks from Hoover
    • China's Global Sharp Power
    • Education Exchange

Fellows

  • By Name
  • By Awards
  • By Category
  • By Expertise

Library & Archives

  • Reading Room
    • Conditions of Use
    • Reading Room Services
    • Using the Chiang Diaries
    • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Collections
    • Digital
    • Geography
    • Subject
    • Oral Histories
    • Audio/Visual
  • News
  • HI Stories
  • Exhibitions
  • Digital Newsletter
  • About
    • History
    • Fellowships
    • Assistant Employment
    • Workshops
  • Visit

    PolicyEd

    • PolicyEd Website
      • Perspectives on Policy
      • Policy Stories
      • Intellections
      • Friedman Fundamentals
      • Policy Briefs
      • Econ1 w/ John Taylor
      • The Numbers Game
      • Blueprint for America

    You are here

    1. Home ›
    2. Peter Berkowitz ›
    3. Values & Social Policy ›
    4. Values ›
    5. US Politics

    Filter By:

    Date

    E.g., 2022-06-23
    to
    E.g., 2022-06-23

    Topic

    • (-) Remove US Politics filter US Politics
      • Elections (120) Apply Elections filter
      • Executive (118) Apply Executive filter
      • Federalism (3) Apply Federalism filter
      • Judicial (8) Apply Judicial filter
      • Legislative (46) Apply Legislative filter
      • State & Local (18) Apply State & Local filter
    • (-) Remove Values & Social Policy filter Values & Social Policy
      • (-) Remove Values filter Values
      • Culture (106) Apply Culture filter
      • Family & Marriage (37) Apply Family & Marriage filter
      • Housing (4) Apply Housing filter
      • Race & Gender (21) Apply Race & Gender filter
      • Religion (15) Apply Religion filter
    • Economic Policy (70) Apply Economic Policy filter
    • Education (12) Apply Education filter
    • Energy, Science & Technology (12) Apply Energy, Science & Technology filter
    • Foreign Affairs & National Security (46) Apply Foreign Affairs & National Security filter
    • Health Care (27) Apply Health Care filter
    • History (113) Apply History filter
    • Law (46) Apply Law filter

    Type

    • Event (3) Apply Event filter
    • News/Press (6) Apply News/Press filter
    • Research (196) Apply Research filter
    Clear

    Search

    Peter Berkowitz

    Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow

    Peter Berkowitz is the Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. In 2019-2021, he served as the Director of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, executive secretary of the department's Commission on Unalienable Rights, and senior adviser to the...

    Seminar featuring Hoover senior fellow Peter Berkowitz
    Peter Berkowitz, the Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, presented a talk titled “The Future of Conservatism” on April 15. The event took place at the Hoover Institution.
    E.g., 2022-06-23
    E.g., 2022-06-23

    Conservatives Can Unite Around the Constitution

    Research | Articles | by Peter Berkowitz
    Friday, January 2, 2009

    After their dismal performance in November, conservatives are taking stock...

    Peter Berkowitz on the John Batchelor Show (20:40)

    Research | Podcasts
    Tuesday, November 11, 2014

    Senior Fellow Peter Berkowitz discusses political pragmatism on the John Batchelor Show.

    Peter Berkowitz: Identity Politics Is A Threat To Society. Is There Anything We Can Do About It At This Point? (17:15)

    Research | Videos
    Thursday, December 27, 2018
    Hoover Institution fellow Peter Berkowitz discusses identity politics and what can be done.

    Notable and Quotable: Peter Berkowitz on the contradictions within conservatism.

    Research | Articles | by Peter Berkowitz
    Wednesday, August 5, 2009

    Both the quest for purity and the quest for unity [among conservatives] are misguided...

    Peter Berkowitz: The Disorder Of Identity Politics & What Is To Be Done?

    Research | Podcasts
    Thursday, December 6, 2018

    Hoover Institution fellow Peter Berkowitz discusses his RealClear Politics article "Liberal Education as an Antidote to Identity Politics."

    Constitutional Conservatism: Liberty, Self-Government, and Political Moderation by Hoover fellow Peter Berkowitz

    News
    Tuesday, February 12, 2013

    Hoover Institution Press released Constitutional Conservatism: Liberty, Self-Government, and Political Moderation, by Peter Berkowitz. Berkowitz contends that constitutional conservatism encompasses a distinguished tradition of defending liberty that stretches from the great eighteenth century British statesman Edmund Burke through the authoritative exposition of the Constitution in The Federalist to the high points of post-World War II American conservatism.

    Berkowitz discusses his recent book on NewsBusters

    Research | Videos
    Tuesday, March 19, 2013

    Peter Berkowitz, the Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, discusses his new book, Constitutional Conservatism.

    Berkowitz discusses liberal bias on college campuses on KQED’s Forum

    Research | Podcasts
    Wednesday, April 4, 2012

    Peter Berkowitz, the Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, discusses whether or not students at the University of California are receiving a biased and compromised education from activist professors.

    Berkowitz discusses his op-ed “Professors Proselytizing Liberalism”

    Research | Videos
    Friday, March 30, 2012

    Peter Berkowitz, the Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, chair of the Koret-Taube Task Force on National Security and Law, and cochair of the the Boyd and Jill Smith Task Force on Virtues of a Free Society, notes, on Wall Street Journal TV, that public colleges are legally obligated to keep the classrooms free of politics and that classrooms should be places where students are free to explore ideas.

    PSU Debate Covers Human Rights and Rules of War

    Research | Articles
    Saturday, March 13, 2010

    Human Rights attorney Scott Horton debated Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Peter Berkowitz on human rights and the rules of warfare in a debate organized by the Pomona Student Union on Mar. 4 at 7 p.m. in Edmunds Ballroom. . . .

    The Plague Of Identity Politics, Part Two

    Research | Articles
    Thursday, November 29, 2018
    I wrote here about an event, hosted jointly by the Heritage Foundation and the Hoover Institution, called: “Identity Politics Is a Threat to Society: Is There Anything We Can Do About It At This Point?” The panel consisted of my friends John Fonte and Peter Berkowitz; my hero Heather Mac Donald; our long-time blog adversary Andrew Sullivan; and Michael Lind, who questioned whether identity politics is a serious new threat.

    The Poverty of Obama's Pragmatism

    Research | Articles | by Peter Berkowitz
    Saturday, November 8, 2014

    During his meteoric rise to the White House, President Obama was touted as a pragmatist -- one who overcomes ideology, transcends partisanship, and focuses on the practical and doable. The stunning repudiation of the president’s leadership on Nov. 4 exhibits the poverty of his brand of pragmatism.

    Tradition--The Beating Heart Of A Democracy

    Research | Articles | by Peter Berkowitz
    Tuesday, January 13, 2015

    Conservatives have enjoyed quite a comeback since the winter of 2009. But the inherent tension in the conservative imperative to blend liberty and tradition ensures that their path forward will be anything but certain.

    A Misguided Resolution To The Culture Wars

    Research | Articles | by Peter Berkowitz
    Monday, October 19, 2015

    Thirty years after the phrase came into vogue, the culture wars are alive and well—and more heated and complex than ever. A comprehensive peace is not in the cards.

    The message from Massachusetts

    Research | Articles | by Peter Berkowitz
    Wednesday, January 20, 2010

    On Tuesday, Massachusetts voters delivered a stunning rebuke to the transformative agenda obdurately pursued by President Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and their minions. . . .

    Faking Left

    Research | Articles
    Monday, May 11, 2009

    Among their many aspirations for his presidency, Barack Obama’s admirers nurse a persistent hope that he might be able to end the culture wars...

    Dowd On America's Dangerous Choice

    Research | Articles | by Peter Berkowitz
    Friday, September 9, 2016

    The 2016 election campaign has proved a trying one for citizens who seek sobriety, integrity, and fidelity to principle in their presidential candidates. The two major party nominees’ glaring deficiencies have provoked cries of despair from many high-minded voters. But that is a luxury the nation can ill afford.

    Liberalism In The Progressive-- And In The Larger-- Sense

    Research | Articles | by Peter Berkowitz
    Saturday, June 8, 2019

    The term “liberalism” ranks among the most contested in our political lexicon. It should also be regarded as among the most vital. In the large sense, liberalism names the modern tradition of freedom. Liberalism so understood was the dominant strand in our nation’s founding. Appreciating the standard accusations against it and why it is worthy of defense is crucial to conserving the best of the American constitutional tradition.

    The New Progressivism: Same as the Old Progressivism?

    Research | Articles | by Peter Berkowitz
    Thursday, January 21, 2010

    To understand the sometimes glaring gaps between candidate Obama’s promises and President Obama’s policies, it is useful to appreciate an old tension in American progressivism. . . .

    Obama's Middle East Gambit

    Research | Articles | by Peter Berkowitz
    Monday, September 28, 2009

    Masters of the art teach that subtlety, indirection, and on occasion mis-direction are crucial to successful diplomacy...

    Pages

    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5
    • 6
    • 7
    • 8
    • 9
    • …
    • next ›
    • last »

    More from Hoover

    Featured Fellow

    H. R. McMaster

    H. R. McMaster is the Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

    Learn More »

    Featured Publication

    Assessing the Nation’s Report Card

    Chester E. Finn, Jr. imparts a rare inside analysis of the evolution of the NAEP program at key moments in its history.

    Learn More »

    Support the Hoover Institution

    Join the Hoover Institution’s
    community of supporters in
    advancing ideas defining a free
    society.

    Find out how »

    colored tree
    Gift icon
    • Research
    • Publications
    • Fellows
    • Library & Archives
    • News & Events
    • About Hoover

    Get Involved »

    Help Advance Ideas Defining a Free Society

    Become engaged in a community that shares an interest in the mission of the Hoover Institution to advance policy ideas that promote economic opportunity and prosperity, while securing and safeguarding peace for America and all mankind.

    The opinions expressed on this website are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Hoover Institution or Stanford University.

    • Twitter
    • YouTube
    • Apple iTunes
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • RSS
    The @ThinkDemocracy and the @NEDemocracy hosted leading democratic scholars for a conversation on the impact of Hoo… t.co/gcWSLTKQcm
    Reply Retweet @HooverInst

    © 2022 by the Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University.

    • Privacy Policy
    • Sitemap (XML)