Hoover Daily Report
The Hoover Daily Report (HDR) is a compendium of links to commentary and analysis by Hoover’s fellows and affiliated scholars in newspapers, journals, blogs, and broadcast media. The HDR highlights the breadth and depth of Hoover’s scholarship and its impact on policy formation. To subscribe to the Hoover Daily Report, visit Hoover.org/HDR The opinions expressed on this channel are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Hoover Institution or Stanford University. © 2025 by the Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University. 🌐 Follow us on social media: • Facebook: facebook.com/HooverInstStanford • LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/hoover-institution-at-stanford-university • Instagram: @hooverinstitution • TikTok: @hooverinstitution • X: @HooverInst
Episodes
This Friday, Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton joined CBS News for an in-depth discussion on the challenges and opportunities presented by the Trump administration’s Israel-Hamas peace deal; Elizabeth Economy offers a succinct analysis of the significance of two upcoming meetings between President Trump and China’s Xi Jinping; and Tom Church and Daniel Heil use the financial facts of the government shutdown to draw attention to ...
Today, Steven J. Davis provides a comprehensive economic analysis of the Trump administration’s trade policies; the Hoover Institution invites you to a celebration of Thomas Sowell’s remarkable intellectual and public policy impact; and Michael McFaul explains the motivations behind his forthcoming book, Autocrats vs. Democrats.
Hoover Daily Report | October 9, 2025
Today, Hoover’s Bio-Strategies and Leadership Initiative releases a new report on securing biology in an age of new threats; Victor Davis Hanson examines the historical forces behind the rise and decline of the post-WWII international system; and Eugene Volokh testifies before members of the United States Senate on the use of government authority to persuade or pressure individuals or other private actors.
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Today, Barry Strauss documents the ways in which Israel’s own history, stretching back millennia, can inform how it handles relations with its neighbors and its continuing campaign to punish those responsible for the October 7 attacks. Contributors to the Middle East and Islamic World Working Group argue Israel has done America huge favors with its post–October 7 campaigns around the Middle East. And Eugene Volokh and Larry Diamond...
Today, Condoleezza Rice announces the launch of the Hoover Institution’s new Substack publication, Freedom Frequency; Peter Berkowitz considers the “least bad option” for achieving peace in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank; and Eugene Volokh analyzes the First Amendment implications of the Trump administration’s proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence” with American universities.
Hoover Daily Report | October 6, 2025
This Friday, Condoleezza Rice joins the Bold Names podcast from The Wall Street Journal to offer her perspective on the multi-domain geopolitical competition between the United States and China; Dan Wang joins GoodFellows to discuss the argument of his new book Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future; and Elizabeth Economy speaks with a leading expert on China’s health system about how that country handled the COVID-19 pand...
Today, David R. Henderson discusses a new book analyzing the economic history of the Great Depression; Lee Ohanian and Bill Whalen break down the politics of California’s Proposition 50 ballot measure, which would allow the State Assembly to redraw the state’s congressional districts; and Mike Kuiken warns of America’s dangerous dependence on China for computer chips that are critical to many industries.
Today, H.R. McMaster explores the intent of a rare gathering of all of America’s flag officers in a Quantico, Virginia, Marine base auditorium to hear from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Glenn Tiffert and Kevin Gamache find there is an increasing amount of US-Iranian research cooperation occurring today, even as Iran launches increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks on global research institutions. And scholars from Hoover’s Financ...
Today, Michael McFaul explains the importance of diplomacy to the successful conduct of US foreign policy; Miles Maochun Yu argues against the idea that Communist Party–controlled China can be integrated into the post–World War II global order; and a new piece for the Hoover site reviews highlights from the Institution’s ninth Summer Policy Boot Camp, held in August.
Hoover Daily Report | September 30, 2025
Today, Amit Seru, while noting the promise of a public digital dollar, cautions against handing cryptocurrency business interests the keys to the future of the US currency system; H.R. McMaster analyzes President Trump’s speech last week to the UN and shares his experience helping to prepare the president for a similar address eight years ago; and Matthew Turpin highlights a very recent and revealing story showing the consequences ...
This Friday, Eugene Volokh previews his forthcoming article on the First Amendment’s protections for “addictive” speech, press, and religious activity; Barry Strauss speaks with Andrew Roberts about two centuries of ancient Jewish revolt against the Roman empire; and Joshua Rauh explains why addressing entitlement spending will be key to restoring America’s fiscal balance and preserving the nation’s prosperity.
Today, Niall Ferguson explains how drones are rapidly changing warfare; economist Arthur Laffer joins Jon Hartley for a discussion of tax policy and the 50-year history of his “Laffer curve” concept; and Condoleezza Rice speaks with US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon about the 2025 edition of the authoritative “Education at a Glance” report.
Today, Richard Epstein provides a legal analysis of the Trump administration pressuring ABC to drop Jimmy Kimmel from its programming; Michael McConnell offers an overview of a case on tariffs now before the Supreme Court; and Eyck Freymann discusses his new book The Arsenal of Democracy and its innovative contributions to scholarship on American security in a launch event recorded at the Hoover Institution.
Today, Eugene Volokh explores the reach of the Federal Communications Commission in the wake of Jimmy Kimmel’s temporary removal from his show by ABC. Michael McFaul argues Russia is an unreliable ally and offers his view on how best to end the invasion of Ukraine. And Michael D. Bordo explores the fiscal policies that contributed to sky-high inflation in Britain in 1975.
Today, Peter Berkowitz previews his new book on Israel’s recent political history and its relationship with the United States; the GoodFellows discuss turning points in Ukraine as well as America’s domestic political climate; and Jennifer Burns tells The Wall Street Journal why she believes American capitalism will continue to deliver prosperity 50 years from now, even as she anticipates a shake-up in the state’s relationship to th...
This Friday, Niall Ferguson tells students that academic freedom and constitutional governance will endure as long as citizens keep up their efforts to maintain them; Scott Atlas analyses the social and mental health challenges facing Gen Z as well as possible remedies; and David Berkey reflects on editing 100 issues of Strategika, Hoover’s premier publication dedicated to revitalizing military history in academia.
Today, H.R. McMaster examines the foreign influence and interference opportunities presented to America’s adversaries seeking to exploit the assassination of Charlie Kirk. A new survey coauthored by Hoover fellows Amit Seru and David Larcker finds CEOs are increasingly using informal networks of advisors and even paid professional coaches to help formulate strategy and make decisions. And Oliver Melton discusses the importance of s...
Today, Steven J. Davis speaks with Harvard economist Claudia Goldin about her recent paper examining drivers of the global decline in fertility; Hoover History Lab student contributors present policy considerations for dealing with the “senior bulge” and an aging population; and Bill Whalen examines how recent developments in national politics may shape the political fight over California’s congressional redistricting ballot measur...
Today, Josiah Ober receives a 2025 Balzan Foundation prize for his work connecting the attributes of ancient Athenian democracy to the present day. Eugene Volokh chronicles a courtroom loss for former New York congressman George Santos, who became the subject of a late-night talk show host’s prank. And Adm. James O. Ellis Jr., Arzan Tarapore, and coauthors explore how the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue can evolve to meet the chall...
Today, H.R. McMaster and Michael McFaul each offer their expert analyses of Russia’s recent drone incursion into Poland, as well as their perspectives on an effective American and NATO policy response; Niall Ferguson pushes back on the claim that America is currently sliding into dictatorship; and a new publication from Hoover’s Tennenbaum Program for Fact-Based Policy separates Social Security myths from facts.
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