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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...
Remembering A Texan's Role In Ending World War II
This month marks the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Japan. Two atomic bombs named ‘Little Boy’ and ‘Fat Man’ were dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 in an effort to end World War II. A Texan, Major James Hopkins, piloted one of the planes on the Nagasaki mission.
The War That Must Never Be Fought: Dilemmas Of Nuclear Deterrence
Shultz, who served as U.S. secretary of state from 1982 to 1989, and Goodby, a former U.S. arms negotiator, make the case for governments to take urgent steps toward abolishing nuclear weapons.
Mansfield Examines Origins Of US Government
Harvey Mansfield, a political philosopher and professor at Harvard, gave a talk on Friday afternoon as part of BC’s John Marshall Project, which studies the citizenship and statesmanship required by a constitutional republic. Mansfield’s talk focused on The Federalist Papers and the way in which James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay formulated their argument for America’s current system of government.
A New Classic
In the London library in St. James’s Square, the books on World War II are somewhat archaically shelved under the classification “European War (II).” This was because when the Great War broke out in 1914, the librarian gave it the designation “European War.”
Another Brutal Review Of Nancy Maclean, Democracy In Chains
As readers will recall, Duke history professor Nancy MacLean wrote a widely-publicized book, Democracy in Chains, that purports to be an intellectual history of the late public choice economist James Buchanan, and his asserted vast influence on current American politics. Critics, most but not all of them libertarians intimately familiar with Buchanan's life and legacy, have been harshly dismissive.
Jim Mattis On Leadership And Staying Mum On Trump
Hoover Institution fellow James Mattis discusses his latest book Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead, and his time as secretary of defense.
Bridge of Spies
The Hoover Archives holds the papers of James Donovan, the key figure in a celebrated Cold War spy swap. Now a new Steven Spielberg film, starring Tom Hanks as Donovan, tells Donovan’s story.
Unstable Majorities
Democratic and Republican lawmakers are farther removed from each other than ever—but they’re also farther removed from the views of most ordinary voters. Hoover fellow Morris P. Fiorina explores this hollow political center.
Why George P. Shultz Was The Best Recent Secretary Of State
When foreign policy scholars list the best secretaries of State of the last half-century, the usual choices are Henry A. Kissinger, the brilliant but amoral strategist who arranged Richard M. Nixon’s opening to China, and James A. Baker III, the deft tactician who helped George H.W. Bush complete the process of ending the Cold War.
Parallels Between Present-Day Iran and Nazi Germany
“History doesn’t repeat itself,” said Mark Twain, “but it does rhyme...”
New nuclear treaty is the latest crusade of George Shultz--at 90
History is made by individuals, and once in a while events come along to remind us of that...
Failed States
This essay series focuses on two critical questions: When should the U.S. intervene in weak states and what form should this intervention take?
A Bomb to Remember
The 1946 nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll were a shocking introduction to the perils of the atomic age. Rare artifacts and records tell the story.
Mattis: We Haven’t Gotten A Military Intervention Right Since Desert Storm
Hoover Institution fellow James Mattis says military interventions must have clear end states, something he says the US has not gotten right since 1991.
Mattis On Moving Pentagon Money To Construction Of Wall: I Don't Comment On Current Policies
Hoover Institution fellow James Mattis talks about his life and lessons he has learned along the way, as well as his latest book Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead.
Distinguished Voices Series With Jim Mattis
Hoover Institution fellow James Mattis discusses his latest book Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead.
A Letter Discovered, An Admonishment Delayed
After defecting from Poland, the Nobel Prize-winning poet Czeslaw Milosz found himself at Berkeley—an opponent of communism, but distrusting both conservatism and the counterculture. A newly discovered letter from the period, written to James Burnham, resonates today for its wise skepticism of ideological certainties.
A Game of Finesse
“Cut and run” or “stay the course” in the Middle East? This is a false choice. We should think instead in terms of a continuum of ways to use both soft power and hard.
Don’t Demonize The Electoral College — Or The Framers — As Racist
To Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, it embodies “a shadow of slavery’s power.” To the New York Times editorial board it represents “a living symbol of America’s original sin.” To filmmaker Michael Moore, it advances a “racist idea.”