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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...
Elizabeth Cobbs: PBS Documentary Explores The Future Of Automation And The American Dream
Hoover Institution fellow Elizabeth Cobbs discusses her and James Shelley's new PBS documentary, "Cyberwork and the American Dream."
Iran’s Oil Muscle Weakened By US Energy Dominance
America has emerged as a force in the world energy markets and that means geopolitical risks are not what they used to be for commodities despite tensions with Iran bubbling up again.
Toward A World Free From Nuclear Weapons
Achieving a nuclear-free world starts with a joint effort from nuclear-capable countries to mitigate the factors that drive nations to possess these weapons.
Ending China’s Chokehold On Rare-Earth Minerals
The U.S. and allies can break Beijing’s monopoly on elements vital to electronics and national defense.
Annus horribilis: Two futuristic looks at the crash of 2009
In 2005's fictional "Countdown to a Meltdown," The Atlantic magazine's James Fallows describes America's coming economic crisis by looking back from the election of 2016 -- when the 46th president of the United States will be the first since before the Civil War to be neither Democrat nor Republican...
Civil Liability For End-To-End Encryption: Threat Or Fantasy? Part I
Last week, one of us noted Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s question to Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates asking whether the manufacturers of encrypted devices might be liable civilly if FBI Director James Comey’s “going-dark” warnings were to come true and public safety were to be harmed as a result.
Imagining ‘A World Without Nuclear Weapons’
“From Hiroshima to a Nuke-Free World” (editorial, April 13) underscored the need for “bolder action” than the Obama administration has been able to take in recent years to move toward its long-term goal of a world without nuclear weapons, a vision that we share.
Let’s Talk About Nuclear Security — Informally
With the high-profile conclusion of Robert Mueller’s investigation, a U.S. threat to withdraw from a nuclear missile treaty, a worsening political situation in Ukraine, an ongoing conflict in Syria, not to mention recent reports that the FBI began a counterintelligence investigation of President Trump, the citizens of Russia and the United States should worry that their countries are soon reaching a point of no return.
Mattis Calls Out Deniers Of Climate Change, Urges Them To Ensure Next Generation Isn’t ‘Caught Flat-Footed’
Former Defense Department Secretary James Mattis called on those who disagree with the threat of climate change to reconsider their position to protect future generations. The former defense secretary has been making the rounds publicizing the recent release of his book, giving more insight into political views after his exit from the Trump administration early this year.
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.
The Darkside of Our Drone Future: Lessons from History
A History Working Group seminar with James Rogers.
New Hoover Press book examines technology and a ‘disrupted’ society
Beyond Disruption: Technology’s Challenge to Governance, George P. Shultz, Jim Hoagland, and James Timbie present views from some of the country's top experts in the sciences, humanities, and military that scrutinize the rise of post-millennium technologies in today’s global society.
We must do to oil what was done to salt a century ago
Today's huge global energy problems in no small measure reflect the essentially 19th-century business plans that three of the world's largest industries still pursue. . . .
What Are We Waiting For? The Need For Stronger International Nuclear Energy Relationships.
In the weeks after the Fukushima disaster, the then-CEO of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (and one of the authors) made a passionate call for the creation of “a robust, highly capable response team with pre-staged equipment interoperable both domestically and internationally.” In the decade since, the nuclear industry and those who regulate it have come a long way in many countries but, arguably, still haven’t made sufficient progress in cultivating and codifying effective, trusting, and transparent international relationships.
A Hinge of History: Governance in an Emerging New World
Explores how global changes related to technology, demographics, and governance will shape the emerging new world, based on a series of Hoover Institution roundtables and public panel discussions.
GoodFellows: One Nation Under A Groove
In the final episode of the series for 2020, Hoover senior fellows Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster, and John Cochrane reflect on lessons learned from the pandemic, Donald Trump’s future, the ruinous state of the Golden State, how society will differ in 2021, plus what gets them through their daily routines—a mixtape of UK punk, Philly-brand funk, and the soothing sounds of “Sweet Baby James” Taylor.
Hoover Fellows Goodby and Drell Discuss the Threat of Nuclear Weapons and Possible Solutions at Launch of Reykjavik Revisited: Steps toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
STANFORD—Warning that the world is “teetering on the edge of a new and more perilous nuclear era,” former ambassador and Hoover fellow James Goodby renewed the call for the elimination of nuclear weapons in his remarks at the launch of the book Reykjavik Revisited: Steps toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons, Complete Report of October 2007 Hoover Institution/Nuclear Threat Initiative Conference (Hoover Press, 2008) on December 11.
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The event will be televised on C-SPAN’s Book-TV (date to be announced).
A Conservative Answer To Climate Change
Enacting a carbon tax would free up private firms to find the most efficient ways to cut emissions.
Articles On: Taiwan, Hong Kong, South China Sea, and Nuclear Arms
The Chinese Communist Party, through its control of the People’s Liberation Army and the intelligence services, has undertaken a comprehensive military modernization and expansion program that threatens the safety of its neighbors as the Party pursues an increasingly aggressive foreign policy.
Andrei Sakharov: The Conscience of Humanity
Andrei Sakharov holds an honored place in the pantheon of the world's greatest scientists, reformers, and champions of human rights.