Politics

This brief highlights the emergence of world models and outlines a first-of-its-kind governance and policy agenda for the technology.

When industrial organization economists study markets, they rarely conclude that a policy that subsidizes government owned enterprises to enter a competitive market (such as grocery market) is a good use of $. Despite this logic, Mayor Mamdani is intent on pursuing his goal.

Doctoral programmes, obviously, almost invariably take longer than four years. How students admitted to American doctoral programmes will cope with this new rule remains entirely unclear.

Religious minorities in Iraq and Iran occupy the political borderlands, dreaming of safety and autonomy.

For centuries commanders won wars by concentrating overwhelming mass at a single decisive point, but today lethal yet inexpensive drones shatter that logic by delivering persistent, precise strikes across multiple fronts at once — requiring the United States to blend mass with flexibility, rapidly adapting while preserving the core strengths of troops, logistics, and combined arms.

If no place on Earth is truly untouched, what does "wilderness" really mean? Cal Flyn joins Russ Roberts to explore the surprising history of the world's wildest places—and why we still long to escape civilization.

For nearly eighty years after World War II, Japan defined security by what it refused to become. It would not wage war. It would not project military power. It would not possess offensive weapons. It would rely on the United States to fight while Japan concentrated on defending its homeland. Article 9 of the Constitution became not merely a legal constraint but a national identity.

From Louis XIV to the eve of World War I, Conrad Black explores the leaders, empires, and pivotal decisions that forged the modern world.

Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson says we had Hasan Piker yesterday addressing Democratic socialists in a Mao Zedong suit, and he was listing all of the evils of the United States, and you want to say, "Wait, Mr. Piker. You don't know anything about this country.

Hoover Institution fellow Glenn Loury talks withSteven Teles, political scientist at Johns Hopkins University and a force at that university’s new initiatives, the Agora Institute and the School for Government and Policy.

Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses the Trump administration's response to the challenge of Iran.

Hoover Institution fellow Glenn Loury talks with Andrew Day, senior editor of The American Conservative, about the war in Iran and suggests that we could have avoided the war and its casualties entirely, were it not for pressure brought to bear by our regional ally, Israel.

Hoover Institution fellow Dan Wang discusses the leadership and accomplishments of Deng Xiaoping.

(29:38) Hoover Institution fellow Lanhee Chen discusses the November elections and what issues, including the war in Iran and the economy, might impact the elections.

Hoover Institution fellow Abbas Milani discusses the war in Iran.

Hoover Institution fellow Thomas Dee said, "It may be that phones were never fundamentally the problem or alternatively, it may be that phone bans do not go far enough. We hear from some schools that things like online bullying have simply shifted from phones to laptops and other devices.”

The new Tech Futures Lab at Stanford’s Hoover Institution aims to help scholars, technologists, and policymakers anticipate and prepare for strategic surprises from AI and other emerging technologies.

The process that produced a new British prime minister was constitutional but chaotic and cringeworthy.

Hoover Institution fellow Glenn Loury is having a livestream on Friday, July 24 at 1PM ET to answer questions aboutthe ethics of AI,academic integrity(also involving AI, of course), the phonics ofunconventionally spelled names, the difference betweenheterodoxy and contrarianism, and balancing the need for bothindividuality and socialization in children.

Hoover Institution fellow Vivek Lall'sB20 Task Forces will play a pivotal role in shaping global economic policies and fostering collaboration among G20 nations.

Hoover Institution fellow Jacob Lightreportedthat, since 1996, there have been more than 50 million course sections at 1,019 US colleges. In it, computer science’s share of enrollment fell for the first time in roughly two decades.

Hoover Institution fellow Andrew Roberts' Napoleon the Greatis a riveting and exuberant narrative of the mercurial French warring-machine.

Hoover Institution fellow Daron Shaw said,“The best estimates I’ve seen suggest the GOP could retain the House even if the Democrats win the national vote by 2 to 3 points, but if Democrats win by 6 to 7 points, they probably take the House.”

Hoover Institution fellow Norbert Holtkamp said, “Fermilab is honored to receive this support for advancing artificial intelligence as part of DOE’s Genesis Mission. This investment strengthens our ability to accelerate scientific discovery, develop next‑generation technologies, and drive innovation at the frontiers of particle physics and advanced technology.”