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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...
What Obama Isn't Saying
The apolitical politics of progressivism. . . .
Beware false prophets
There exists in human nature a strong propensity to depreciate the advantages, and to magnify the evils, of the present times...
A Lack Of Ideas Has Consequences
Something has gone missing from American politics. Since the beginning of the new administration in January, public debate focused on general ideas has largely disappeared.
Private Effort to Create Courses Draws Praise — and Charges of 'Buying' Curricula
On a humid day in June, a few dozen young historians and political scientists have gathered in a sunlit, high-ceilinged, book-lined seminar room along the University of Virginia's central quadrangle...
The Roots of Obama Worship
Barack Obama has now been center stage for two years—one as a presidential candidate (and president elect) and one as president. . . .
A War President and His Party
Will Democrats be able to keep from criticizing Obama on Afghanistan? . . .
Conservatism And Executive Power
How should conservatives think about executive power? For the last seven years, conservatives have largely criticized President Obama for asserting presidential and administrative power in lieu of — even contrary to — federal statutes.
I’m OK—You’re a Selfish, Partisan Hypocrite
A Hoover/ Economist survey of political attitudes finds voters in no mood for postpartisan lovey-dovey. By James W. Ceaser.
Postpartisan Preening
“Beyond politics,” the latest mantra in Washington, is at best astoundingly naive. By Harvey C. Mansfield.
Giving ‘Realism’ a Bad Name
The demise of idealism in Barack Obama’s Washington
Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot
Congressional Medal of Honor winner and Hoover fellow James Bond Stockdale reflects on the highest ideals of the ancient Greeks and the unlikely way in which he encountered those ideals--during his seven years of confinement and torture in a North Vietnamese prison.
Area 45: California: Back In Blackouts Again?
James Sweeney explains the differences between crises present and past, and suggests ways California can better balance population and environmental concerns.
No Thanks to Gratitude
The Rise and Fall of Liberalism: Chapter 1 of 5
James Piereson describes the liberalism that came out of the New Deal as being very optimistic about the future, the role of the U.S. in the world, and the function of the federal government in perfecting our democracy...
Can Government Save the Family?
A symposium with Sen. John Ashcroft, David Blankenhorn, James Dobson, Gov. John Engler, William Galston, Kay James, D. James Kennedy, Rep. Steve Largent, Dan Quayle, Paul Weyrich
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.
The United States, China, And Taiwan—A Strategy To Prevent War
The Hoover Institution hosts The United States, China, and Taiwan—A Strategy to Prevent War on Thursday, April 15 from 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. PT. Robert Blackwill and Philip Zelikow introduce their recent report on the growing danger of war between China and the United States over Taiwan and propose a new US strategy to prevent it. Following their presentation, Hoover Institution fellows General James Mattis (ret.) and Admiral James Ellis (ret.) will offer remarks.
Policy Seminar with Niall Ferguson
Niall Ferguson, the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, focused on a global history of several pandemics and discussed “1918, 1957, 2020: Big Pandemics and their Economic Consequences."