Politics

Transformative approaches to Mexico, Cuba, and China in our neighborhood.

In the Western Balkans, the private sector can play a meaningful role in promoting economic development through information and communication technology and digitalization.

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

Maritime chokepoints are critical arteries of the global economy: when they close, energy, food, and trade can be disrupted worldwide. The Black Sea and the Turkish Straits show that keeping them open during wartime requires enforceable rules, capable regional partners, and sustained allied vigilance

In September 2025, Nepal's government banned 26 popular social media platforms, alleging the companies had failed to comply with new regulations aimed at curbing misinformation and online hate speech. Critics, however, viewed the move as an attempt to suppress viral videos showcasing the lavish lifestyles of politicians and their "nepo kids." Mass protests followed, and within days, Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli resigned.

Why history rhymes.

Who Caused Unaffordability?

Why policymakers should not rush to regulate AI.

Over time, even successful organizations can slide into an overreliance on outdated frameworks and lose a willingness to revisit long-held practices. The Federal Reserve is one such institution.

His insight led to a system that defends rights while it shares and controls power.

Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson says Iran’s leadership is increasingly divided as political factions seek renewed negotiations with the US while the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps pushes for continued conflict. And then Hanson talks about newly released documents which raise serious questions about Anthony Fauci’s honesty, financial interests, and conduct during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses the political and cultural shifts reshaping America. Hanson talks about Christopher Nolan’s take on “The Odyssey,” the war with Iran, Gavin Newsom’s record in California, and whether democratic socialism is a genuine grassroots movement or a project driven by urban elites.

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.