Politics

1. US Pressure to Impose ‘Greenland Tariff’

Former Ambassador to Russia and Hoover Institution fellow, Michael McFaul, called it a "tragic day for global security," and noted that "the world is now a more dangerous place."

Ask not whether President Trump’s nomination of Hoover Institution fellow Kevin Warsh to be chairman of the Federal Reserve is “political.” It obviously is, since the nomination is made by a politician.

To safeguard America’s growth, innovation, and prosperity, the United States must preserve its human capital and sustain a cognitively capable workforce in the face of an aging population.

Civilization depends on secure property titles, not sincere apologies.

The 2025 shutdown of the federal government—the longest in history—ended without a resolution to the impasse over extending the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced subsidies.

Allison Okamura on the role of robotics in emerging technology.

Bianna Golodryga speaks with former NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller about the war in Ukraine and the expiration of New START, the last remaining nuclear arms treaty between the US and Russia, which she helped negotiate.

Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson says there is “no coherent principle” to the left’s ongoing “utterly hypocritical” “insurrectionary movement” in Minnesota.

Following the 2023 Covenant School shooting in Nashville, in which the shooter was killed by responding police officers, the shooter's parents inherited the shooter's copyright interest in various writings (including the shooter's manifesto). They then assigned it "to a trust to be held for the benefit of the Covenant Parents' children," and the Covenant Parents argued that this should keep the writings from being released.

AI, Space, and the Frontiers of Governance

Some excerpts from Judge David Stras's opinion yesterday dissenting from denial of rehearing en banc in Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice v. Bird (see here for the panel opinion)

Europe faces an unprecedented challenge: AI task completion capabilities have been doubling every seven months since 2019, and this trend has accelerated to every four months in the 2024- 2025 period (Kwa et al., 2025), while democratic policymaking operates on three- to five-year cycles. This fundamental mismatch threatens to shift power irreversibly from democratic governments towards corporations and undermine democratic control over increasingly powerful technologies. The period from 2026 to 2030 represents a critical window to transform governance itself before AI potentially reaches advanced-level intelligence. This brief proposes a comprehensive strategy for policy innovation, sketchi..

The international humanitarian system entered 2025 facing a crisis of legitimacy, morale, and funding. By mid-2025, global humanitarian aid had collapsed by 43%, from $36.9 billion in the previous year to $20.8 billion1, driven by the dismantling of USAID2 and compounded by cuts from Germany, France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. This policy analysis examines the drivers, impacts, and implications of these unprecedented cuts, proposing structural reforms for a more equitable system. The analysis documents cascading impacts across health, food security, gender programming, and displacement responses. Critical data infrastructure has collapsed or reduced capacity, undermining needs-..

The Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) is a place-based economic agenda that Montenegro, as the first non-EU country to adopt a strategy based on this framework, is now updating for the 2026–2031 period. This new iteration elevates S3 to a national ‘umbrella’ strategy, utilizing comprehensive quantitative and qualitative mapping to identify the country’s economic, scientific, and innovative strengths. This report serves as an analytical foundation for the upcoming Entrepreneurial Discovery Process (EDP), where stakeholders collaborate to finalize Montenegro’s strategic priority domains. The analysis identifies five preliminary priority areas for Montenegro’s 2026–2031 S3 strate..

Welcome to the February 2026 issue of the Human Medicines Highlights newsletter. With this first issue of the year, we take the opportunity to highlight a message from our Executive Director, Emer Cooke, regarding the many achievements in 2025, a special year that marked EMA’s 30th anniversary. We also bring you the latest news on medicine approvals and other relevant topics of interest

Biomethane and bioethanol are increasingly central to the EU’s strategy to reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels and strengthen long-term energy security. Despite steady progress in renewable energy deployment, the EU energy system remains largely fossil-based. However, bioenergy is largely domestically produced and accounts for around 60% of renewable energy consumption. Within this context, renewable gases and liquid biofuels are gaining policy and market relevance. This briefing examines the role of biomethane and bioethanol in Europe’s energy transition, focusing on where these fuels are produced, their end-uses, and how policy frameworks shape their uptake. Biomethane, a renewa..

The European Health and Digital Executive Agency (hereinafter “HaDEA”) appointed Verian, in collaboration with European Health Management Association (EHMA), ifok GmbH, European Academy of Paediatrics (EAP) and the European Regional and Local Health Authorities (EUREGHA), to carry out a Service Contract to identify obstacles to vaccination of practical, physical, and administrative nature and develop recommendations (HaDEA/2021/OP/0010). This document is an annex to the final report and contains all the material published on the project website.

Biomethane and bioethanol production capacities are anchored in climate neutrality objectives and renewable energy targets. EU policies, targets, and strategies define the overall direction of travel, while national implementation largely determines the pace and scale of deployment. Production outcomes differ across Member States, with Italy, France, Denmark and Germany accounting for a substantial share of EU output. The UK, operating under a separate regulatory framework, shows comparable production patterns in line with EU average in which sustained policy signals underpin bioenergy deployment. Biomethane production has entered a phase of sustained growth, driven by upgrading biogas and g..

Hoover Institution fellow Glenn Loury answers subscribers questions.

Hoover Institution fellow Joshua Rauh discusses America's most consequential fiscal questions. From California's proposed wealth tax to the hidden mechanics of pension accounting to the mathematics of federal debt, Rauh demonstrates how discerning analysis can reveal what political narratives obscure.

Recent regional special elections have seen Democratic candidates win a number of special election races.

President Donald Trump promises a more muscular approach to drug cartels, terrorist networks, and hostile states. Historically, the most potent strategies for doing so relies less on troops than on finance—through sanctions, financial surveillance, and dollar dominance.

What “bottom up” inspiration needs to blossom, spread, and endure.