Politics

On the latest GoodFellows: Is economic strangulation the key to achieving Iranian cooperation, or another misstep in the Persian Gulf? Is a sequel to “Woke 1” in the works? And does playing the race card in the aftermath of a former Cambridge University professor's suicide make his death even more tragic – and distract from another tragedy: declining academic tragedy?

The recent earthquakes in Venezuela and Colombia have created urgent humanitarian needs that will require sustained international support. As recovery advances, the US-Colombia Strategic Alignment Coalition outlines how both countries, with US support, can build a cooperation agenda.

Luke Nichter — a Hoover Institution Griffin Fellow and Presidential Studies chair at Chapman University — on Washington archives, court fights over Watergate’s records, and history's importance.

Israel dominates the daily news in this 2026 midterm election year—almost always in a boring, fatiguing, negative light. Tens of thousands of innocents may be slaughtered, ethnically cleansed, butchered, and tortured by the world’s dictators, yet an overwhelming and obsessive abhorrence is reserved for tiny, democratic Israel.

Today, a few small recent economic news items add up to a bigger picture.

Hoover Institution fellow Mike Kuiken said,"Over the last half decade, China has been able to consolidate data, find ways to label it and refine it, and hoover up new data and make sure it's quickly made available to entities."

How does market-based capitalism foster prosperity and freedom? How can it go wrong?

Keynesian fiscal stimulus promises to support an economy in recession, but decades of research raise questions about how much growth that spending actually produces. The evidence on stimulus checks, government purchases, and infrastructure shows that the payoff depends heavily on how and when the money is spent, while the debt can persist long after the crisis ends.

Hoover Institution fellow Anne Neuberger discussed the promise and challenges of rapidly advancing AI technologies and the importance of ensuring such systems reflect democratic values and human rights principles.

Hoover Institution fellow Vivek Lall met US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor on Monday to discuss expanding US-India cooperation in aerospace, defense, energy, and advanced technologies.

Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson says Jason Arday’s rise to a prestigious professorship at Cambridge University unraveled amid allegations of plagiarism and fabricated claims in his memoir. Hanson says Arday’sdeath raises difficult questions about the institutions that elevated him. Hanson notes that the scandal exposes the consequences of abandoning academic merit and placing someone in a position he was never qualified to hold.

Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses the rise of socialist candidates in Florida's primary elections, specifically targeting establishment Democrats like Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Jared Moskowitz.

Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson breaks down the radical transformation happening inside America — and who's driving it.

Hoover Institution fellow Michael McFaul, who closely observed Russia's transition after the collapse of the Soviet Union, talks about how democracy died in Russia.