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Condoleezza Rice Makes A Brilliant Case For School Choice
Hoover Institution Director and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice defended the need for school choice in the U.S., stating that the lack of school freedom primarily negatively impacts low-income minority students.
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Scholars Explore Essential Questions About Firms At Inaugural Corporate Governance Working Group Conference
Scholars from across America discussed fundamental questions about the role and function of the corporation at the inaugural Corporate Governance Working Group Conference at Hoover on May 30–31.
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Issues Affecting American Democracy | Elections 2024
To inform citizens as they gear up for the 2024 elections, the Hoover Institution is offering "New Issues Affecting Democracy," a non-partisan companion of fellows' insights into key policy issues. A few recent highlights are featured below. Click the button below to explore more content.
Internet Policy And Free Speech: A Conversation With Rep. Ro Khanna
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Silicon Valley) joins Jane Bambauer and Eugene Volokh to discuss Internet policy and free speech.
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The Political Reaction To Immigration
Join Steven Davis and Harvard's Marco Tabellini as they delve into the political reactions to immigration, exploring whether economic or cultural concerns drive backlash and how these reactions shape policy outcomes. Plus, a heartfelt tribute to the influential economist Alberto Alesina.
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Hanushek: How Can We Raise America’s Abysmal Post - Covid Student Results
Hoover Institution fellow Rick Hanushek discusses how to overcome the COVID learning losses.
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Yuval Levin Counsels Civic Renewal Through Constitutional Repair
The disunity that plagues America imposes high costs on the nation. A diverse citizenry must work together despite partisan differences to advance the common good, but disunity produces dysfunction.
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Jacquelyn Schneider: Can AI Predict Chinese President Xi's Military Plans?
Hoover Institution fellow Jacquelyn Schneider offers an in-depth look at the project developing an artificial intelligence model that might help predict Chinese President Xi Jinping's military moves.
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Hamas And Al-Qaida: The Concerns Of Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi
Since Hamas’s “Operation al-Aqsa Flood” attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, the global jihadi movement has been divided over how to respond. While the Islamic State has reiterated its unequivocal stand against Hamas, al-Qaida has staked out a position of nearly unlimited support and sympathy. The contrast could not be starker.
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Juneteenth Is Our Second Independence Day
On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, and freed the last enslaved people in the Confederacy. When we celebrate their freedom, we celebrate America itself.
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Featured Fellows
Featured Work:
The Antisemitism Of The Left
The hatred of Jews has ancient origins. Today the hatred goes by the abstract and antiseptic modern term “antisemitism.” It persists in pockets of the right.
June 23, 2024
Peter Berkowitz
Featured Work:
Ending Bailouts, At Last
In 2008, we had a financial crisis. Our government responded once again with bailouts. Bailouts keep existing business going, and most of all protect creditors from losses.
June 14, 2024
John H. Cochrane
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Environmental Liabilities, Borrowing Costs, and Pollution Prevention Activities: The Nationwide Impact of the Apex Oil Ruling
The 2008 Apex Oil court decision reduced the circumstances under which specific environmental clean-up obligations were dischargeable in Chapter 11, potentially affecting the securities prices, credit conditions, and pollution practices of corporations not in Chapter 11.
February 17, 2022
Ross Levine
Featured Work:
The Paramount Importance Of Allies
I just got back from a 10-day trip to South Korea and Japan. I returned home with many new impressions which I will share in future columns. My biggest takeaway, however, was the paramount importance of allies for advancing U.S. national interests.
June 27, 2024
Michael McFaul
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Timothy Garton Ash: “We Need Ukraine To Win”
Hoover Institution fellow Timothy Garton Ash says the possibility of a Russian victory not only threatens peace in Europe but also risks emboldening authoritarian regimes across the globe.
June 18, 2024
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Strategika
An online journal that analyzes ongoing issues of national security in light of conflicts of the past.
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The Caravan
The Caravan is a quarterly publication on the contemporary dilemmas of the Greater Middle East
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California on Your Mind
Analysis, politics, and the economics of the Golden State
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Doing “The Best Things First,” With Bjorn Lomborg
Offering cost-benefit analyses of many of the top-line policies of industrial and developing nations, Dr. Lomborg discusses which policies we should prioritize and which we should pay less attention to or end. Lomborg also asserts the benefits of economic growth and says that by spending on technology, we can solve all kinds of big problems, including hunger.
The Boiling Moat: Can Taiwan Stay Afloat? Matt Pottinger On The Future Of Taiwan
Embracing a ‘Warrior Ethos’: Strategic Insights for Taiwan’s Defense.
Turkey: A Strained & Critical Alliance: Insights From Ahmet Üzümcü
In this episode of Battlegrounds, H.R. McMaster and Ahmet Üzümcü discuss the vital role of Turkey in advancing peace and prosperity in a time of economic distress; strained relations between Ankara and Washington over Turkey’s acquisition of Russian air defense systems; disagreements over US support for Syrian Kurdish forces in the fight against ISIS in Syria; and more, on Wednesday June 26, 2024.
Nicolas Sarkozy's 'Certain Idea of France'
Recorded on June 4, 2024. President Nicolas Sarkozy on the weight of history on his shoulders when he ruled France from 2007 to 2012.
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