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Gorbachev And The Hoover Institution
Hoover Institution director Condoleezza Rice reflects on Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s visits to the Stanford campus in 1990 and 1992 and his special connection to the Hoover Institution and its Library & Archives.
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US Cyber Strategy
Hoover Fellow, Jacquelyn Schneider, provides an overview to the evolution of US cybersecurity and places particular significance on developing strategies which can adapt over time to the ever-changing landscape of digital threats.
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Issues Affecting American Democracy | Elections 2024
To help inform citizens as they gear up for the 2024 elections, the Hoover Institution is offering "Issues Affecting American Democracy," a non-partisan compendium of fellows' insights into key policy issues. A few recent highlights are featured below. Click the button below to explore more content.
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Emergency Podcast: The Supreme Court’s Social Media Cases
Jane and Eugene discuss Moody v. Netchoice and Murthy v. Missouri.
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The Supreme Court’s Trump-Immunity Decision Was A Public Service
While the result of the Court’s decision may be to preserve Trump’s freedom from jail, its greater consequence is to protect the liberty of us all.
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This NATO Summit Is A Big Win For Biden
The alliance’s resurgence since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a signature achievement.
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Can We Predict Police Misconduct?
Can big data and machine learning predict police misconduct? Join Steven Davis and Jen Ludwig as they delve into Jens’s research on this issue.
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Who’s Afraid Of Oklahoma’s Catholic Charter School?
[Subscription Required] A wrongheaded ruling is an invitation for review by the US Supreme Court.
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A Republic, If We Can Teach It: Fixing America's Civic Education Crisis
The Civic Education Crisis: How We Got Here, What We Must Do is a call to action, an effort to save our republic through better civic education. America faces a crisis in civic education that imperils the long-term health of the country.
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Quantum Computing Must Remain At Forefront Of National Security Efforts
Artificial Intelligence, otherwise known as AI, is the technology topic de jour, having overshadowed quantum computing as what to discuss when showing off defense technology chops. All will…
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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.
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The Senior Moment With Jonah Goldberg
The Dispatch’s Jonah Goldberg joins Good Fellows to discuss his differences with Niall Ferguson’s Soviet America essay, the Biden/Trump gerontocracy, and the European elections. Also, can someone help Niall choose a dog?
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Israel At War: A Conversation With Meir Finkel
In this episode of Battlegrounds, H.R. McMaster and Meir Finkel discuss the Israeli campaign to destroy Hamas in Gaza, the broader regional conflict, and how the wars in the Middle East might evolve in the coming months and years, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024.
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Zero-Sum Thinking: Roots And Policy Implications
Zero-sum thinking is the idea that one group’s gain is another’s loss. Who holds zero-sum views? Why? How does it shape their policy preferences? Tune in, as Steven Davis probes these questions with Sandra Sequeira, drawing on her recent research.
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