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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...
EPA's New Overseer Of 'Scientific Integrity': The Blind Leading The Blind
Life in the Twilight
The Benefits Of Nuclear Power
It won’t solve our energy problems, but our energy problems can’t be solved without it.
Information: The New Pacific Coin of the Realm
History informs and rhymes, and the admonition of Isaiah Bowman is as valid today as it was in 1946. A participant in the World War I peace conference in Paris and the president of the Johns Hopkins University, whose Applied Physics Laboratory produced breakthrough innovations during World War II and the Cold War (and today), Bowman understood international challenges and appreciated the role of technology in defining national power. He also understood that it is not one sector or particular endeavor that underpins national security—it is the collective responsibility of society.
A Letter from the Conveners
Sharp changes are afoot throughout the globe. Demographics are shifting, technology is advancing at unprecedented rates, and these changes are being felt everywhere. How should we develop strategies to deal with this emerging new world? We can begin by understanding it.
Big Trouble on the High Seas
China and Japan can't seem to stop sparring over disputed islands in the East China Sea—and the vast oil reserves underneath. By Jim Fanell.
The New Model Army
Tiny weapons that creep and crawl and think for themselves: this is our future. By Gabriella Blum.
The Problem With Nordhaus
Economist’s insistence on a global carbon tax ignores other approaches to handling climate change.
Big Brother Is Watching
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis suggested some 70 years ago that personal privacy—the right to be left alone—is the right we Americans value most. Alas, in the information age that right is constantly being eroded. By Hoover fellow Charles J. Sykes.
The Virtue of Prosperity
Is the impact of the new technocapitalist economy a net plus or net minus for society as a whole? Hoover media fellow Dinesh D’Souza on the moral conundrum of success.
The Energy Revolution
Since the oil embargo of 1973, individuals, corporations, and other organizations have found ways to radically reduce energy use.
Secrecy and Security
When teenagers have proven they can hack into Pentagon computers, how can we ever hope to protect our vital national secrets? Hoover fellow Bruce Berkowitz outlines a security regime for the information age.
The Next Convergence
Hoover fellow Michael Spence ponders India, China, and the one essential element in economic growth: innovation. An interview with Peter Robinson.
Hoover Fellow Profile: Jacquelyn Schneider On US Cyber Security And Strategy
Jacquelyn Schneider is a Hoover Fellow at the Hoover Institution. In this interview, Schneider discusses the role of cyber operations, unmanned weapons, and artificial intelligence in the US military; cyber threats from adversaries including China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran; and present and future challenges to America’s cybersecurity.
Energy Independence Isn’t Very Green
Conflicting priorities are confusing policy
Breaking the Oil Habit
Setting a direction for energy independence
Keeping the Information Edge
Reforming intelligence for the age of terror
COVID-19 and Future Pandemics
On April 8, 2019, we gathered around the circular table in the Annenberg Conference Room at the Hoover Institution for another discussion from our research project on Governance in an Emerging New World. This session was led by Dr. Lucy Shapiro, a professor of biology at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
What Is To Be Done? Safeguarding Democratic Governance In The Age Of Network Platforms
Once upon a time, only the elite could network globally. David Rockefeller—the grandson of the oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller—was a pioneer networker. According to a recent report, “He recorded contact information along with every meeting he had with about 100,000 people world-wide on white 3-by-5-inch index cards. He amassed about 200,000 of the cards, which filled a custom-built Rolodex machine, a 5-foot high electronic device.”
Marijuana on the Ballot
Medical science won't support smoking