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In 1964, 75% of the public held a very favorable view of the military and its leaders. That dropped to 24% when Saigon fell in 1975, surged to 80% after 9/11,...

A significant majority of large investors polled in a new survey say they consider environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concerns when determining which...

The United States has the world’s most capable and technologically advanced military force, built to deter aggression, defend national interests, and...

We examine if the effectiveness of business tax subsidies varies based on whether subsidies are subject to state disclosure laws. State and local business...

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Eureka offers occasional discussions of the policy, political, and economic issues confronting California.

Chester E. Finn Jr. is the Volker Senior Fellow (adjunct) at the Hoover Institution and President Emeritus of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. At Hoover, he...

Valentin Bolotnyy is a Kleinheinz Fellow at the Hoover Institution where he is a member of the State and Local Governance Initiative and the Working Group...

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has rewritten Saudi Arabia’s history to erase Wahhabism’s influence, paving the way for a modernized national identity.

Why have fertility rates plunged around the world in recent decades? Nobel laureate Claudia Goldin advances an explanation, and host Steven Davis asks her...

In Endangering Prosperity, a trio of experts on international education policy compares the performance of American schools against that of other nations. The...

In addition to his Hoover fellowship, Stephen Kotkin is a senior fellow at Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. He is also the...

Drew Endy is a science fellow and senior fellow (courtesy) at the Hoover Institution. He leads Hoover’s Bio-Strategy and Leadership effort, which focuses on...

The “whole child” movement seeks to improve learning by first meeting children’s basic needs for such things as health care, a safe environment, and...

Critical materials are set to become more central to the US economy and its national security in the coming decades. This report examines how a combination of...

Timothy Garton Ash, a senior fellow (adjunct) at the Hoover Institution, is an internationally acclaimed contemporary historian whose work has focused on...

US forces launched bomb and missile strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities, followed soon by an Iran-Israel ceasefire and the beginning of what could be a...

Mani Agarwal is a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution and an Indian career diplomat with eight years of experience. She has served in various capacities...

Dr. Suhani Jalota is a Hoover Fellow at the Hoover Institution and founder of the Myna Mahila Foundation, a research-driven social enterprise with the mission...

James E. Goodby has served in the US Foreign Service, achieving the rank of Career Minister, and was appointed to five ambassadorial-rank positions by...

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Following a surge in global inflation, experts from around the world discuss and debate monetary policy and strategy, examining interest rates, labor markets,...

This essay highlights the space sustainability paradox, where the increasing use of space to support global sustainability goals, like climate monitoring and...

A leading conservative intellectual defends charter schools against the teachers’ unions, politicians, and liberal educators who threaten to dismantle their...

Experts in economic policy debate the 2021 surge in inflation, why the Federal Reserve was slow to respond, and whether rule-like policy is the best approach...

Mike Kuiken is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and serves as a Commissioner on the U.S.-China Economic and...

Rebecca Lester is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. She is also an associate professor of accounting at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and...

Sir Niall Ferguson, MA, DPhil, FRSE, is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a senior faculty fellow of the...

Leading economist John B. Taylor’s straightforward plan to rebuild America’s economic future by returning to its founding principles.  

William and Barbara Edwards programs for journalists The Hoover Institution Journalist Programs allow print, online, and broadcast journalists to take time out...

How should the Fed communicate with the public about monetary policy? Can it do better? Steven Davis puts these questions to Mary Daly, President of the...

Describes the emergency powers held by states at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, discusses how they were implemented, and considers the questions the...

Glenn Tiffert is a distinguished research fellow at the Hoover Institution and a historian of modern China. He co-chairs Hoover’s program on the US, China,...

Amit Seru is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, the Steven and Roberta Denning Professor of Finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business...

The changing Latino vote confounds Democrats, but Republicans can’t take gains for granted.

Jack Goldsmith was a senior fellow (adjunct) at the Hoover Institution. Goldsmith is the Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Law at Harvard University. From 2003...

Matters of Policy & Politics is a Hoover Institution podcast devoted to matters of governance and balance of power at home and abroad. It is hosted by...

Directly engaging DC policy makers and experts with our unique scholarship

The most prestigious and popular historians in the world have appeared together in a public forum for the first time to discuss: the recent controversy...

Our team at the Center for Revitalizing American Institutions carried out an extensive ecosystem scan, conducted a series of interviews and focus groups, and...

The United States faces adversarial powers in China and Russia; that is the first principle of contemporary strategic thinking. Those challenges cast a shadow...

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Significant gifts for the support of this task force are acknowledged from James J. Carroll III Jean Perkins Foundation The Jean Perkins Foundation Working...

How can policymakers better position themselves for policy success? The Education Reform Self-Assessment tool helps policymakers apply the lessons learned from...

Anne Neuberger is a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution. Neuberger is an internationally recognized leader in cybersecurity, risk...

Larry Diamond is the William L. Clayton Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, the Mosbacher Senior Fellow in Global Democracy at the Freeman Spogli...

David Larcker is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Larcker is also the James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting, Emeritus, and...

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp focus many of the structural imperfections of American high schools: unequal educational opportunity for...

Eyck Freymann is a Hoover Fellow at Stanford University and a Non-Resident Research Fellow at the U.S. Naval War College, China Maritime Studies Institute....

Scott W. Atlas, MD is the Robert Wesson Senior Fellow in Scientific Philosophy & Public Policy at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. Dr. Atlas...

Using administrative criminal records from Texas, we show how high temperatures affect the decision-making of police officers, prosecutors, and judges. We find...

Haedar (Haidar) Hadi is the Middle East and North Africa Collections Curator at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives, leveraging two decades of...

In 1879, after Chief Joseph and his band were sent to live in Oklahoma, far from their ancestral land in the Northwest, he said, “Let me be a free man, free...

Michael J. Boskin is the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution and the Tully M. Friedman Professor of Economics at...

Colonel Henry C Brown, representing the US Army, is a National Security Affairs Fellow for the academic year 2022-2023 at the Hoover Institution. Henry is a...

A new data-driven dashboard exposes the financial realities of American governments.

The Hoover Institution offers a selection of e-mail newsletters, alerts, and notifications to keep you updated on the work of our scholars, the release of...

Recounts how medical intervention, including a large-scale vaccination drive, by the American Relief Administration saved millions of lives in Soviet Russia...

A careful look at recent elections suggests neither party should take them for granted.

Frank Dikötter is the Milias Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and chair professor of humanities at the University of Hong Kong. He is the most widely...

The Traditional View (TV) of large deficits and debt is they have large economic costs, save in a recession and early recovery, because they crowd out...

Expert scholars and practitioners examine the relationship between the US federal and state and local governments, in political theory and in practice, applied...

Five years into implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), this paper examines the past, present, and future of school accountability.

David R. Henderson is a research fellow with the Hoover Institution. He is also a professor of economics at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey,...

The Caravan is a periodic online symposium on the contemporary dilemmas of the greater Middle East.

Glenn C. Loury is a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences, Emeritus, at Brown...

Presents key reforms to increase the access and quality of health care, reduce its costs, and empower consumers. Updated for 2020, including facts about...

David Davenport is a research fellow emeritus at the Hoover Institution specializing in constitutional federalism, civic education, modern American...

Paul Gregory is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is Cullen Professor Emeritus in the Department of Economics at the University of Houston, a...