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James Ceaser is the Harry F. Byrd Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, director of the Program for Constitutionalism and Democracy, and was a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of several books on American politics and American political thought, including...
Random Thoughts
Random thoughts on the passing scene.
Keystone Kops Government
What has gone wrong with the U.S. government in the past month? Just about everything, from the fundamental to the ridiculous.
Placing ISIS' Persecution Of The Copts In Context
The murder of 21 Christians by ISIS in Libya brought condemnation from around the world. Their murder puts them in a long history of persecution of the Coptic church, writes Samuel Tadros.
Political Islam: Will It Bury Us?
Said to have “no place in the modern world,” Islamist extremists may bury that modern world.
Defend the Offender
A healthy society strikes this deal: to be tolerated yourself, you must tolerate what offends you.
Aux Armes!
The French are now on the front lines of the struggle against radical Islam. Can they hold it back?
The Sea the Sharks Swim In
Islamist extremists prey on their own people even as they draw strength from them.
Know Thy Enemy
Identifying the ideological foundations of hostile Islamism may enable us to defeat it.
The American Way of Satire
Why don’t US publications skewer religion the way Charlie Hebdo does? For one thing, most Americans don’t think of religion as a menace.
On The FISA Court And “Rubber Stamping”
In preparing for a lecture that I need to give that includes a discussion of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, I once again came across the (true) claim that the FISA court (FISC) denies only a miniscule fraction of the requests made of it by the Justice Department.
Samuel Tadros On The John Batchelor Show (9:22)
Samuel Tadros, a contributor to the Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on Islamism and the International Order, weighs in on the turbulent changes in Egypt and the effects on the Coptic Christians.
Beyond Human Rights Rituals A Case for State-Nation Specific Negotiation Of UNDRIP Implementation
Tod Lindberg, research fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution, argues that Posner’s historical analysis is essentially wrong, “International human-rights law is good and useful not because it compels, which it mostly can’t, but because it inspires.”
“You Built Your Own Monument”
General James Mattis speaks to his fellow vets.
The Woolsey File
A former CIA boss battles terror and political correctness. . . .
Acemoglu on why nations fail
In this podcast Russell Roberts, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and EconTalk host, discusses, with Daron Acemoglu of MIT and author (with James Robinson) of Why Nations Fail, the ideas in the book: why some nations fail and others succeed, why some nations grow over time and sustain that growth and others grow and then stagnate. Acemoglu draws on an exceptionally rich set of examples over space and time to argue that differences in institutions—political governance and the inclusiveness of the political and economic system—explain the differences in economic success across nations and over time.
Pacific Century: Suing China?
Can the US Hold China Responsible for the Pandemic?
Red Star Rising
It is the purpose of this column to help bring the latest pieces of open source information about changes in the PRC's military, economy, diplomatic and cultural arena to the readers of NIP.
William Perry To Educate Public On Nuclear Weapons, Threats In New Stanford Online Course
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense and Professor Emeritus William J. Perry has long been educating people about the threat of nuclear disaster. His latest effort is a free online course that includes some of the world’s foremost nuclear experts.
Groundbreaking Diplomacy: An Interview With George Shultz
Hoover Institution fellow George Shultz reflects on his tenure as Secretary of State in the Reagan Administration and the process of making foreign policy and conducting diplomacy during the decade leading up to the fall of the Soviet Union.
Blueprint for America
Scholars at the Hoover Institution—professors, thinkers, and practitioners of global renown in their respective fields—offer a series of policy ideas that would shore up the long-term foundations of American strengths.