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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...
The Gravest Danger: Nuclear Weapons by Sidney D. Drell and James E. Goodby; New volume from Hoover Institution Press
Sidney Reilly, the real James Bond
Bruce Held, director of the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, will present The Real James Bond: Sidney Reilly and the Origins of Modern Espionage on Thursday, September 6, 2012, at the Kavli Auditorium, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Some of Sidney Reilly’s letters (he was a British espionage agent who became the model for the fictional spy character James Bond) are housed at the Hoover Institution Library and Archives, as well as some material about him collected by Robin Bruce Lockhart.
Hoover Institution Acquires the Papers of James Fulton Leonard, Jr.–US Ambassador to the United Nations
The Hoover Institution Library & Archives has acquired the papers of James Fulton Leonard, Jr. an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 1977 to 1979.
Panel discussion on Deterrence: Its Past and Future
On Monday, September 12, 2011, the Hoover Institution hosted a panel discussion on the publication of Deterrence: Its Past and Future (edited by George P. Shultz, Sidney D. Drell, and James E. Goodby). Drawn from the third in a series of conferences on the nuclear legacy of the cold war at the Hoover Institution on November 11–12, 2010, this report examines the importance of deterrence, from its critical function in the cold war to its current role.
Hoover Institution's current exhibit, will be open extended hours from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm on Monday, October 10, 2011
“A Century of Change: China 1911–2011,” the Hoover Institution's current exhibit, will be open extended hours from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm on Monday, October 10, 2011—the centennial anniversary of the Chinese Revolution of 1911.
In NAFTA at 20, Boskin provides a unique perspective to the history and effectiveness of NAFTA
The Hoover Institution Press today released NAFTA at 20, edited by Hoover senior fellow and renowned economist Michael Boskin. NAFTA at 20 offers a unique compilation of perspectives from US, Canadian, and Mexican economists, historians, and policy makers of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and examines its conception, creation, outcomes so far, and future.
Hoover Announces National Security Affairs Fellows for 2005-6
Hoover Institution Bipartisan Working Group Releases National Security Strategy For The Future
The Hoover Institution today released Pragmatic Engagement Amidst Global Uncertainty: Three Major Challenges, a national security strategy written by the Hoover Institution’s Working Group on Foreign Policy and Grand Strategy.
Conference on Nuclear Nonproliferation at Hoover Institution
The key security challenges facing the United States and other nations as a program of nuclear warhead reductions unfolds were discussed at a conference titled “A World without Nuclear Weapons: End State Issues” on September 29.
Nuclear Deterrence videos
“Global Hotspots: Briefings from Insiders”
On Thursday, May 3, 2012, David Brady, deputy director and Davies Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, hosted a conference titled “Global Hotspots: Briefings from Insiders” featuring special guests from different countries. To begin, Oliver “Buck” Revell from the FBI gave remarks titled “The Most Significant Threats to the American People.” His Excellency M. K. Narayanan, past head of India Security, discussed “India’s Worries, Capabilities, Military and Intelligence Cooperation with the United States.” Joseph Felter, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and former national security affairs fellow (2008–9), gave a talk during the luncheon.
Hoover Institution’s Commentary on Nuclear Nonproliferation
For informed, reasoned discussion regarding nuclear threats facing the world and opportunities to address these threats, the Hoover Institution has compiled the work of its scholars on the subject into one comprehensive, easy-to-access section.
Sidney Drell receives Heinz Award for efforts to limit nuclear threat while assuring defense
Sidney Drell is one of five recipients of the Heinz Family Foundation's $250,000 Heinz Awards for his efforts to limit 'the threat of nuclear annihilation while assuring our nation's adequate defense.
Stanford University Libraries presents an Estonian Cultural Evening at Stanford University
Although a small country, Estonia has rich culture and history, both of which will be celebrated through film at Stanford on Nov. 19. This free event aims to bring together Stanford faculty, staff, and students, local Estonians as well as other people interested in Estonian heritage. You can find more information or register for the event here.
Sessions from NAFTA at 20 conference available online
“NAFTA at Twenty,” a conference on the twentieth anniversary of the North American Free Trade Agreement, was hosted by the Hoover Institution at Stanford University on December 9, 2013. The conference brought those who negotiated NAFTA for Canada, the United States and Mexico together with leading scholars who have studied NAFTA’s effects.
From Hoover Press: Implications of the Reykjavik Summit on Its Twentieth Anniversary: Conference Report
At their October 1986 meeting in Reykjavik, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev agreed on the need to eliminate nuclear weapons. That historic meeting ultimately led to the end of the cold war. “Since that time, the nature of the nuclear threat in the world has changed, but the twenty-year-old lessons of Reykjavik may well help us achieve the goal of a modern world free of nuclear weapons,” said former secretary of state George P. Shultz.
Learning from Experience: A Symposium Celebrating the Life, Work, and Ninety-Fifth Birthday of George P. Shultz
In December 2015, the Hoover Institution celebrated the ninety-fifth birthday of George P. Shultz, former secretary of state, secretary of labor, and secretary of the Treasury; Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient; and the Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow at the Hoover Institution.
Goodbye, nuclear bomb
The very men who turned the U.S. into a nuclear power during the Cold War are now working to eliminate these weapons of mass destruction from the face of the earth. George Shultz, William Perry and James Goodby explain in an interview with Helsingin Sanomat why we should seek a nuclear-weapons free world.
Summer 2013 Board of Overseers’ Meeting at Hoover
The Hoover Institution hosted its annual Board of Overseers’ summer meeting during July 9–11, 2013.
The program began on Tuesday evening with before-dinner remarks by Paul D. Clement, a partner at Bancroft PLLC. Clement served as the forty-third solicitor general of the United States from June 2005 until June 2008. He has argued more than sixty-five cases before the US Supreme Court. During Clement’s speech, titled “Federalism in the Roberts Court,” he talked about the revitalization of federalism in the Rehnquist court “imposing some limits on the federal government’s power vis-a-vis the states.”
America and the Future of War: The Past as Prologue Examines What History Suggests about the Future Possibilities and Characteristics of War
The Hoover Institution Press today released America and the Future of War: The Past as Prologue, by Williamson Murray, explains why America must remain prepared to use its military power to deal with an unstable, uncertain, and fractious world.