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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...
Faith in Our Fathers
The Great Charter inspired America to create a founding document—and established the very idea of “founders.”
Beware false prophets
There exists in human nature a strong propensity to depreciate the advantages, and to magnify the evils, of the present times...
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.
James Mattis Gives The Country A Warning
Making the click-through worthwhile: A warning from former secretary of defense James Mattis about what really threatens our country; House Democrats conclude that what the country really needs right now is high-profile hearings about the payments to Stormy Daniels; and Bill de Blasio loses interest in his day job.
General James Mattis: Verify Then Trust Before Agreeing To Any Peace Deal With The Taliban In Afghanistan
Hoover Institution fellow James Mattis talks about his new book Call Sign Chaos: Learning To Lead. Mattis explores the life lessons he never forgot from his time in jail, why he chose to join the Marines, learning to delegate responsibility to lower ranking personal in the military, why he was not in agreement with the Obama Administration's decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan and Iraq, and much more.
'The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan' by James Mann: A look at how the president helped end the Cold War
Did Ronald Reagan truly engineer the end of the Cold War, or was he just a bumbler who watched Mikhail Gorbachev at work?...
Postpartisan Preening
“Beyond politics,” the latest mantra in Washington, is at best astoundingly naive. By Harvey C. Mansfield.
The Businessman and the Intellectual
Despite endless debate about the issues, the presidential contest comes down to character. By James W. Ceaser.
Declinism
Three centuries of gloomy forecasts about America
Opine
This week, Richard Epstein, the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor in the Law School, is of the opinion...
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.
Woolsey discusses the next steps for Egypt on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360
James Woolsey, a member of the Task Force on Energy Policy, discusses what will happen in Egypt and hopes Egypt is prepared to avoid a fate similar to that of Iran.
Ajami and Woolsey discuss what's next for Egypt on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360
Fouad Ajami, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and cochair of the Working Group on Islamism and the International Order, and James Woolsey, a member of the Task Force on Energy Policy, discuss what will happen in Egypt, who will be the next leader, how will the military council work, and how the Egyptians can keep the new government from slipping into the hands of radicals.
Rereading Vietnam
In 1943, at the age of 18, George Everette "Bud" Day of Sioux City, Iowa, enlisted in the Marines...
Parallels Between Present-Day Iran and Nazi Germany
“History doesn’t repeat itself,” said Mark Twain, “but it does rhyme...”
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?
A Vietnam Experience: Ten Years of Reflection
Admiral Stockdale looks back at his ten years in Vietnam. Ranging in subject from methods of communication in prison to military ethics to the principles of leadership, the thirty-four selections contained in this volume are a unique record of what their author calls a "melting experience," a pressure-packed existence that forces one to grow.
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."