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Seeking to improve the human condition by advancing ideas that promote economic opportunity and prosperity while securing and safeguarding peace for America and all mankind.

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The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father Of Xi Jinping

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The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping
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Crisis Cycle: Challenges, Evolution, And Future Of The Euro

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Crisis Cycle: Challenges, Evolution, and Future of the Euro
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A Deep Peek Into DeepSeek AI’s Talent And Implications For US Innovation
By Amy Zegart, Emerson Johnston

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Medicare Drug Price Regulation: Small Savings, Large Innovation Losses
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Sanctions As A Tool Of Economic Statecraft: Designing, Integrating, And Implementing To Advance Vital Interests
By H.R. McMaster, Leopoldo López, Fiona Clunan, Thomas Johnstone

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A Neighborhood Between Civilizations
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A Nation At Risk +40

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China Refocuses Its Science And Technology Ecosystem On Innovation And Security
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2026 Fellowship Opportunities

Applications are now open for the 2026 Hoover Fellowship Programs with opportunities for early- to mid-career scholars. For more information on the Hoover Fellows program and National Fellows program, click the links below.

Core Institutional Priorities
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
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Strategika

Strategika

An online journal that analyzes ongoing issues of national security in light of conflicts of the past.

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The Prospects For Peace In Ukraine
Strategika Issue 97
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The Strategic And Military Pathways To A Peaceful Ukrainian Settlement
Strategika Issue 97
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The Caravan

The Caravan

The Caravan is a quarterly publication on the contemporary dilemmas of the Greater Middle East

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The Maritime Middle East And Challenges For American Strategy
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The Middle East: A Seaward Imperative
Indo-Pacific
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California on Your Mind

California on Your Mind

Analysis, politics, and the economics of the Golden State

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Newsom's Congressional Redistricting Fight With Texas
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Will Pelosi Choose Her House Or Her Home?
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More Videos & Podcasts

Free Speech Unmuted

Free Speech And Doxing

Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer dive into the debate about “doxing” — putting someone’s personal info out in public, usually to call them out or put pressure on them.

Capitalism and Freedom in the Twenty-First Century

Liz Truss (Former UK Prime Minister) On Politics And The Economy In The United Kingdom

Former UK primer minister Liz Truss joins John Hartley in a conversation about her pro-growth economic vision, free speech in the UK, and Great Britain’s role on the world stage.

Uncommon Knowledge

From Pearl Harbor To Hiroshima: Two Historians On How America Fought And Won The Pacific In WWII

Jonathan Horn and Ian Toll examine the most contested decision of World War II: the use of atomic weapons against Japan.

GoodFellows

Boss Time: Summits, Cold Wars, And Universities, With Condoleezza Rice

What to expect from this week’s Putin–Trump summit in Alaska? Hoover Institution Director Condoleezza Rice joins GoodFellows for a spirited conversation about Vladimir Putin’s motives, the present US-Sino competition, and more.

Library & Archives
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A World-Class Library & Archives

Founded by Herbert Hoover in 1919, the Hoover Institution Library & Archives is home to some of the world's most renowned collections documenting war, revolution, peace, and political, economic, and social change in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. 

Free and open to all, discover how to search the collections, arrange a research visit, or explore exhibitions by clicking below.

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Exhibitions | Now On View

The exhibitions Un-Presidented: Watergate and Power in America (February 12–August 11, 2024) and Hoover@100: Ideas Defining A Century (ongoing) are open and free to all visitors to Hoover Tower, at the heart of Stanford University campus.

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Research Services

Planning an onsite visit to the reading room? Conducting your research from afar? Staff are ready to connect you with the most relevant materials through reference consultations, assisting with registration and material requests, digitization, and more.

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The Collections

Acquiring, preserving, and making accessible collections of enduring value, including more than one million library volumes and over six thousand archival collections.

Digital First Initiative

Our aim is to make full archival collections accessible to researchers around the world through the digitization of textual, graphical, sound, and moving-image materials.

Engagement & Outreach

Building connections to our collections by sparking curiosity in audiences interested in the meaning and role of history through exhibitions, classes, tours, and special programing.

Poll

This week in 2004, Google’s initial public offering on the Nasdaq exchange occurred, with the stock soaring 18% in its first day of trading. The “next Google”?

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