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Peter Berkowitz is the Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Since 2019, he has been serving on the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff in the office of the secretary. He is a 2017 winner of the ...
Preemptive Strike Or Preventive War?
With the troubles bubbling over on the Korean Peninsula, as the North Korean regime approaches possession of nuclear weapons and missiles capable of striking the United States, two words, preemptive and preventive, have gained increasing currency. While similar in meaning, their context is crucial in understanding their applicability to the current crisis. And here, as is so often the case, history is a useful tool in thinking through the possibilities.
The Great Terror at 40
As his classic work is republished, Robert Conquest reflects on how it threw open the doors of the Gulag’s secrets.
Clouds over Technopolis
Technology is marvelous, and marvelously oversold. By Niall Ferguson.
Champion of Liberty
The accomplishments of Milton Friedman—and why we still miss him. By Stephen Moore.
Leaving The Middle East?
With the exception of President George H. W. Bush, every U.S. president since the end of the Cold War has promised American retrenchment from the Middle East. They all have failed to make good on their promises.
Leaving The Middle East: The Fallacy Of A False Dichotomy
In classical logic, the false dichotomy, or false dilemma, is defined as an argument where only two choices are presented yet more exist, or a spectrum of possible choices exists between two extremes. False dilemmas are usually characterized by “either this or that” language but can also be characterized by the omission of choices. This insidious tactic has the appearance of forming a logical argument, but under closer scrutiny it becomes evident that there are more possibilities than the either/or choice that is presented.
Urging More From Our NATO Allies
The United States should never expect to achieve full burden-sharing with the European members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Even in the most balanced alliances, the most powerful member will pay some premium for ensuring its credibility and effectiveness. The United States can strive plausibly to minimize but not eliminate the massive degree of free riding and strategic incoherence that has become politically untenable and strategically unwise.
The Legacy of Gary Becker (1930–2014)
He used economics to help us understand human behavior.
Rethinking Watergate
FISA-gate is as scandalous as Nixon’s break-in. Why won’t the press say so?
Why Europe Gets No Respect
The continent is ossifying into irrelevance.
A License To Hate
Why America’s progressives flaunt their abusive disdain for Trump voters.
Where Hard Power Meets Soft
The Bush administration always insisted that encouraging democracy abroad was critical for international security. Europeans—surprise!—now agree. By Amichai Magen.
May the Best Ideas Win
Eisenhower took office at a time of wars both cold and hot. One of his first actions was a complete rethinking of foreign policy. Our next president could learn from Ike’s example. By J. William DeMarco.
From the Prison to the Castle: The Legacy of Václav Havel
The man who inspired the Velvet Revolution. By Iva K. Naffziger.
The Man Who Mobilized America
At the outbreak of World War II, the United States found itself with a weak, outmoded military and a civilian population utterly unprepared for the shock of total war. Serving as undersecretary of war, Judge Robert P. Patterson mobilized the nation. An appreciation by Keith E. Eiler.
Father of The Godfather
John Podhoretz on Francis Ford Coppola: A Filmmaker's Life by Michael Schumaker
Mapping the Archipelago
Alexander Rose on Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum
Slouching Toward Byzantium
Robert Conquest on the United Nations, the European Union, and the decline of the West.
The Happy Cold Warrior
Arnold Beichman at 90. A celebration by Hoover media fellow David Brooks.
Teller Reflects
One of the century’s intellectual giants reflects on America’s past—and future. An interview with Hoover fellow Edward Teller by Lee Munson.