Hoover Daily Report

Today, a new episode of the UnArchived video series explores how new technologies are disrupting longstanding theoretical foundations of warfare; Matthew Kahn takes a look at the business plan for state-owned supermarkets in New York City; and Šumit Ganguly notes the consequences for both the US and India of a new Trump administration rule that is likely to curb foreign enrollment in American colleges.   Hoover Daily Report | July 27, 2026

This Friday, Jonathan Gienapp and Jane Calvert discuss the significance of newly discovered Revolutionary-era documents seeking a diplomatic resolution of the American colonies’ issues with Great Britain; Yasuyuki Todo argues that closer trade ties with Japan would help protect the US from supply-chain disruptions; and Russell Berman offers his assessment of how Germany’s national government should handle a possible AfD victory in September state elections. Hoover Daily Report | July 24, 2026

Today, H.R. McMaster honors the sacrifices of recently fallen US troops and explains why, in his view, Congress should authorize additional funding for the Iran war; Michael Auslin recounts the civic contributions and legacy of the “Rabbi of the Revolution”; and Michael McFaul warns of the twin dangers of domestic polarization and US unilateralism on the world stage. Hoover Daily Report | July 23, 2026

Today, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins shares his plans to make initial public offerings more attractive and less burdensome to firms seeking capital. Jakub Grygiel outlines five possible pathways for US security strategy concerning Europe. And Bill Whalen asks if Gavin Newsom can straddle opposing political personas as he weighs a run for president. Hoover Daily Report | July 22, 2026

Today, John Cochrane reflects on the economic wisdom and legacy of Alexander Hamilton; H.R. McMaster and Drew Endy each testify before different congressional committees on their areas of expertise; and a new episode of Today’s Battlegrounds places McMaster in conversation with Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Radek Sikorski. Hoover Daily Report | July 21, 2026

Today, Glenn Tiffert speaks to congressional members about the impact of multidomain US-China competition on working American families; Eyck Freymann and coauthors consider how the US and its allies should define and approach “critical” economic dependencies on adversary nations; and a new short video from the Stanford Emerging Technology Review explains how embracing cutting-edge energy technologies promises to bolster the US economy as well as national security.  Hoover Daily Report | July 20, 2026

Today, Eyck Freymann and coauthors explain how the United States and its allies can prevail in the emerging quantum technology race; H.R. McMaster argues that sustained economic pressure will be critical to weakening Iran’s ability to threaten its neighbors and compel negotiations; Keith Whittington and Benjamin Keener examine the Supreme Court’s closely divided birthright citizenship ruling and the competing interpretations of the 14th Amendment; and Keith Rockwell explains why mounting tensions over trade, sovereignty, and industrial policy have left the World Trade Organization in need of fundamental reform. Hoover Daily Report | July 17, 2026

Today, H.R. McMaster speaks to Japan’s former national security advisor about trade, cooperation, and confronting aggression in the Indo-Pacific. Russell Berman writes about Benjamin Rush: doctor, Declaration signer, and one-time rival to George Washington. And Andy Hall describes how he has used AI to evaluate clauses in contracts and predict which ones may lead to disputes down the road. Hoover Daily Report | July 16, 2026

Today, Condoleezza Rice argues that policymakers must respond to the enduring geopolitical, economic, and technological forces reshaping the world rather than the politics of the moment; Joshua Rauh and Gregory Kearney argue that Illinois’s growing pension obligations are steadily crowding out spending on education and other essential public services; and John Cochrane explains why debates over tariffs often miss the underlying economics of trade. Hoover Daily Report | July 15, 2026

Today, Jim Mattis writes of a founding father who was driven by his ideals to fight for American independence, and by all accounts died before he could achieve even more good for his country. Tom Clark says the key to court reform is having Congress crank out more legislation. And Dan Berkenstock and coauthor Walter Manuel ask how the US will be able to ensure space remains neutral and navigable for all if China returns humans to the moon before we do. Hoover Daily Report | July 14, 2026

Today, the GoodFellows ask if President Trump is in a slump, and what he can do to turn things around. Ross Levine writes about Adam Smith’s suggestion that may have been able to prevent the Revolutionary War, and Ronnen Harary, co-founder of Spin Master, speaks to Russ Roberts about the unique and enduring impact of designing original toys and selling them around the globe. Hoover Daily Report | July 13, 2026

This Friday, Niall Ferguson breaks down the resumption of hostilities with Iran, the state of the Ukraine war, and his key takeaways from the recent NATO summit; Michael McFaul reports on European attitudes toward the United States while offering his own view of the 2026 NATO Summit; and John Cochrane and Amit Seru share their advice for Kevin Warsh, grounded in an analysis of what the Fed’s financial regulators got wrong in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Hoover Daily Report | July 10, 2026  

Today, Glenn Loury reflects on the radicalism and ambition of Gouverneur Morris’s signature contribution to the US Constitution, the line “We the People”; Andrew Hall examines trends in Democratic party fundraising emails focused on billionaires and AI; and Eyck Freymann explains the national security stakes of three interconnected technology races in quantum computing, communications, and sensing.  Hoover Daily Report | July 9, 2026

Today, Douglas Irwin examines why the long-standing "most favored nation" principle is giving way to new concerns over economic security and China's rise; Hoover celebrates America’s 250th anniversary with a new anthology featuring many of the Institution's leading voices; and in a new episode of Economics, Applied,Steven J. Davis explores a policing strategy with two researchers that dramatically reduced homicides in Baltimore. Hoover Daily Report | July 8, 2026

Today, Stephen Kotkin reviews the wide-ranging accomplishments of entrepreneur, statesman, and scientist Benjamin Franklin; Andrew Roberts speaks with a media veteran about the mechanics of modern media and public relations and their powerful role in today’s politics; and Jon Hartley speaks with Dr. Mehmet Oz about his current service within the Department of Health and Human Services.  Hoover Daily Report | July 7, 2026

Today, H.R. McMaster notes the importance of studying US history to sustaining a healthy national pride and productive citizenship; Eric Wakin relates the story of one American’s long odyssey through the Soviet Gulag before his eventual return home; and Joshua Rauh and Benjamin Jaros bring their case against California’s wealth tax ballot measure to the pages of The New York Times. Hoover Daily Report | July 6, 2026

Today, Joshua Rauh and Gregory Kearney consider how principles articulated by James Madison offer lessons for American governance and fiscal responsibility today; Michael Auslin explains why John Adams initially thought today, July 2, would hold the place in American history now occupied by the Fourth of July; and Scott Atlas makes the case for abolishing the National Institutes of Health to improve the functioning of American science.  Hoover Daily Report | July 2, 2026

Today, Condoleezza Rice speaks with accomplished business leader Indra Nooyi about her Only in America story; Philip Zelikow explains how Americans can learn from both their successes and their failures to imagine astonishing possibilities for the nation’s future; and Joshua Rauh joins Bill Whalen for a comprehensive and research-based discussion of the likely consequences for California’s economy should voters approve a wealth tax on billionaire residents. Hoover Daily Report | July 1, 2026

Today, Victor Davis Hanson reflects on the enduring principles of the Declaration of Independence and the constitutional order, and revisits Thomas Jefferson’s complicated vision for the republic; Scott Atlas argues for fundamentally redefining the FDA’s role in medicine; and John Cochrane explores how modern central banks think about inflation. We also celebrate Thomas Sowell’s 96th birthday by revisiting the ideas of one of America’s most influential economists and public intellectuals. Hoover Daily Report | June 30, 2026

Today, Peter Berkowitz analyzes the complex diplomatic and political situation in which the Trump administration currently finds itself; Joshua Rauh compiles some of his work on fiscal policy issues, including wealth tax proposals; and Dan Wang teams up with a former senior China policy official to examine what the US government needs to do—and not do—to sustain American competitiveness in the artificial intelligence race. Hoover Daily Report | June 29, 2026

This Friday, Joshua Rauh explains the likely consequences for the California economy and state budget should voters adopt a wealth tax on billionaires, drawing on his recent research into the proposal; David Leal examines how Andy Burnham managed to displace Keir Starmer at the head of Britain’s ruling Labour party; and a new Liberty Amplified essay sheds light on the bleak conditions for women and girls in Afghanistan, now back under Taliban control. Hoover Daily Report | June 26, 2026

Today, Amy Zegart chronicles the lesser-known Founding-era history of George Washington’s intelligence network and espionage activities; Chester Finn provides a roundup of civics resources ahead of America’s 250th birthday celebrations; and Simone D’Amico and coauthors provide policy recommendations to keep the orbital space around Earth safe and usable for many years ahead.  Hoover Daily Report | June 25, 2026

Today, Paul Peterson argues that partisan primaries are a significant problem in American politics; Max Lamparth lays out some of the economic opportunities and deployment challenges issued by artificial intelligence; and John Cochrane uses his weekly rant to point out what a recent G7 report gets wrong about global economic growth.  Hoover Daily Report | June 24, 2026

Today, Hoover announces the launch of a new series featuring fellows reflecting on the legacy of American founders; Condoleezza Rice kicks off this series with an essay on Alexander Hamilton; and Victor Davis Hanson pushes back against criticisms of the Iran deal, arguing that the United States retains the upper hand against a weakened Iranian regime.  Hoover Daily Report | June 23, 2026

Today, Michael McFaul argues that the Iran war and recent peace deal amount to serious American foreign policy blunders; Matthew Turpin asks how the Trump administration’s decision-making processes enabled the Iranian regime to survive the war and score a “psychological victory”; and Peter Berkowitz draws on a recent papal encyclical to explore how liberal education and virtuous citizenship can endure in the age of AI.  Hoover Daily Report | June 22, 2026

This Friday, Zachary Shore explains why the pursuit of wisdom in decision-making depends on a nonideological understanding of history; H.R. McMaster joins a popular British podcast to discuss the Iran deal and President Trump’s approach to foreign policy; and a new episode of China Considered explores China’s position in the Middle East in the wake of the Iran war.  Hoover Daily Report | June 19, 2026

Today, the GoodFellows convene to discuss the US-Iran memorandum of understanding; Victor Davis Hanson pens an essay on misconceptions surrounding the Iran war reverberating through US politics; and Hoover scholars share a new interactive atlas of education worker pension funding, allowing Americans to better understand how much of their state's education spending is allocated toward school worker pensions. Hoover Daily Report | June 18, 2026

Today, Maurice Obstfeld argues the only byproduct of the Trump administration’s trade agenda are numerous, costly disruptions. The Free Speech Unmuted team explores a bizarre case that asks whether sending a digitally altered, sexually explicit image of a cartoon character to a public office holder is protected speech, or a heinous crime. And David L. Leal explores whether the UK’s local council elections last month can hint at what is to come for future parliamentary elections. Hoover Daily Report | June 17, 2026

Today, Hoover invites those in the Bay Area to a special public event honoring individuals who fled authoritarian regimes in search of liberty, featuring Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado; Andrew Roberts speaks with author Tomiwa Owolade about the limits of applying American ideas on race in Britain; and Amy Zegart and Emerson Johnston report updated findings on the talent pipeline powering Chinese AI firm DeepSeek, identifying important problems and realities for US policymakers to address.  Hoover Daily Report | June 16, 2026

Today, Frank Dikötter describes the rise of the Chinese Communist Party and the steps the US and its allies must continue to take to counter the aggressive aims of this regime; Rose Gottemoeller explores how new military technologies are changing the logic of nuclear deterrence; and Michael McFaul compiles the political, military, and technological evidence that, more than four years in, Ukraine is winning its defensive war against Russia.  Hoover Daily Report | June 15, 2026

This Friday, John Cochrane and Amit Seru call on Kevin Warsh’s Federal Reserve to focus on reforming financial regulations; Mike Kuiken and Randy Schriver point out how China is benefiting and learning from the wars in Ukraine and Iran, with an eye toward Taiwan; and Eric Hanushek places a recent uptick in student achievement scores in the context of education outcomes so far this century.  Hoover Daily Report | June 12, 2026

Today, Steven Koonin lays out the challenges and trade-offs involved in attempting to regulate the development of frontier AI models; H.R. McMaster speaks with the prime minister of Greece about security cooperation and economic development in the Eastern Mediterranean; and Elizabeth Economy discusses the Chinese Mao-era Long March sketches held at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Hoover Daily Report | June 11, 2026

Today, in the first episode of Only in America, Condoleezza Rice speaks with Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang about his remarkable rise to the commanding heights of global technology; Steven Davis argues that restoring open trade and reforming the international trading system are vital to US security and prosperity; and Michael Auslin examines why the Superman franchise isn’t participating in the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations this year.   Hoover Daily Report | June 10, 2026

Today, John Cochrane writes of another concern newly minted Fed Chair Kevin Warsh will face: uncertain forecasting. Andy Hall finds that beyond all the doom-and-gloom projections of its effects; video content creators are loving AI. And H.R. McMaster speaks with a leading legislator in the Merz coalition governing Germany, who discusses the future of US-Germany relations amid a changing international order. Hoover Daily Report | June 9, 2026

Today, Hoover shares a trailer for a major new documentary interview series; Ross Levine channels the wisdom of Adam Smith in a letter discussing the foundational role of justice in any free society; Matthew Turpin points out several underappreciated recent developments within China that call into question narratives about the PRC’s “unstoppable” ascendance; and on the latest EconTalk, Russ Roberts and guest Luke Burgis explore how individuals become themselves in the context of community influences.  Hoover Daily Report | June 8, 2026

This Friday, Tom Church explains the true impact of Social Security on the federal budget deficit; Victor Davis Hanson notes the policy choices leaders in Sacramento could make to get California back on track in terms of affordability and economic dynamism; Bill Whalen reviews the results we have so far from California’s primary elections held this past Tuesday; and John Cochrane makes the case for focusing economic policy more on expanding opportunity than on reducing inequality via redistribution.  Hoover Daily Report | June 5, 2026

Today, Timothy Chu and Drew Endy draw lessons on utilizing science to advance the national interest from the life of President Trump’s uncle, Professor John Trump; Victor Davis Hanson charts the Jacksonian themes of the second Trump administration’s foreign policy; and David Henderson explains why the energy shock we’re experiencing today differs from that of the 1970s. Hoover Daily Report | June 4, 2026

Today, Condoleezza Rice argues the US achieved tangible gains with it and Israel’s joint air war against Iran. Niall Ferguson says the global AI race needs a Kissinger-like figure to reach some form of détente. John Cochrane walks us through the first challenge that awaits Kevin Warsh as Fed chair. Steven Davis asks a pair of scholars why drug misuse deaths in the US have risen tenfold since 1979. And Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer examine how privacy concerns interact with the First Amendment, looking at recording the police, selling the rights to your life story, and Hulk Hogan suing Gawker. Hoover Daily Report | June 3, 2026

Today, Victor Davis Hanson analyzes how the war in Iran has gone so far, and lays out the two major paths the Trump administration could choose from here; Barry Strauss lists ten lessons he’s taken away from the war, as well as a few concerns the conflict has raised regarding America’s capacity for serious strategic commitments; and H.R. McMaster speaks with Finnish ambassador to Germany Kai Sauer about Finland’s role on the front lines of NATO collective defense.   Hoover Daily Report | June 1, 2026

Today, Joshua Rauh, Benjamin Jaros, and John Doran explain their research into the proposed California billionaire wealth tax and the measure’s likely impact on the state’s budget issues; Michael McFaul offers readers a debrief of his recent trip to China; and a new edition of Strategika compiles lessons learned so far from the Iran war, drawing on the expertise of contributors with many decades of experience analyzing US national security challenges.   Hoover Daily Report | June 1, 2026

This Friday, the Liberty Amplified column at Freedom Frequency spotlights the civil rights abuses that have accompanied El Salvador’s successful dismantling of criminal organizations in recent years; Stephen Kotkin answers five more geopolitical questions from Peter Robinson and reflects on what Americans need to remember about the nation’s role in the world; and Brandice Canes-Wrone speaks with Michael Auslin before a Hoover audience about the latter’s new comprehensive history of the Declaration of Independence. Hoover Daily Report | May 29, 2026

Today, Josiah Ober analyzes the challenge of designing artificial intelligence systems that will protect and advance human values and dignity; H.R. McMaster takes the stage in Germany to offer historical perspective on current challenges in the transatlantic relationship; and Raghuram Rajan argues that some concern is warranted regarding the high levels of debt supporting the continued development and deployment of AI tools with uncertain economic and political impacts. Hoover Daily Report | May 28, 2026

Today, Niall Ferguson reminds readers of the wild roller-coaster ride Americans have been on over the course of the war in Iran, before identifying the most consequential decision President Trump has made during the conflict; John Cochrane provides an economist’s perspective on narratives of AI job-loss doom; and a group of Hoover scholars examines whether the claimed fiscal premise of the proposed California wealth tax actually justifies the measure.  Hoover Daily Report | May 27, 2026

Today, Herb Lin and Maria Langan-Riekhof write about how governments can avoid the strategic surprises that come with rapid technological advances. Timothy Garton Ash offers eight ways free nations can hasten Vladimir Putin’s demise. And author Sebastian Junger discusses his own brush with death in a life spent observing the deaths and near misses of others engaged in conflict. Hoover Daily Report | May 26, 2026

Today, Kevin Warsh officially becomes the chair of the Federal Reserve. Zachary Shore offers a voting system solution to overcome the impact of gerrymandering. And Lanhee Chen and Brian Miller suggest solutions to lower the cost of drugs for ordinary Americans. Friday, May 22, 2026

Today, Gary Roughead explains why speed of adaptation, not sheer scale of military might, will be critical in future military conflicts; Elizabeth Economy speaks with a former senior US diplomat about the importance of engaging allies in America’s geopolitical competition with China; and Matthew Kahn points out the issues in California’s state-centric model of wildfire risk reduction, as well as superior market-driven policy options.  Hoover Daily Report | May 21, 2026

Today, Condoleezza Rice shares leadership lessons from her time in government as well as her perspective on Russia, China, and the future of the international system; defense entrepreneur Palmer Luckey joins Peter Robinson on Uncommon Knowledge to discuss transformations underway in US military procurement; and John Cochrane lays out some of the policy challenges and opportunities Kevin Warsh will encounter when he’s sworn in to lead the Federal Reserve. Hoover Daily Report | May 20, 2026

Today, Elizabeth Economy writes of China’s reluctance to fill in any gaps created by foreign policy shifts under way in Washington during the second Trump administration. John Cochrane recaps a new Hoover book drawn from work discussed at the annual monetary policy conference. And Orin Kerr explores a new ruling on the admissibility of evidence at Luigi Mangione’s state murder trial, that conflicts with a ruling made at his federal trial. Hoover Daily Report | May 19, 2026

Today, David Leal explains why making it harder to vote in federal elections won’t necessarily have the effect that both supporters and opponents believe it will; a new essay at Freedom Frequency makes the case for pursuing a democratic transition in Cuba; and Matt Turpin outlines a plan of action for Western nations opposed to Chinese trade practices in the wake of last week’s Trump-Xi summit that yielded no major breakthroughs in the world’s most consequential bilateral relationship. Hoover Daily Report | May 15, 2026

This Friday, Hoover celebrates renowned economist John B. Taylor with a new book examining his impactful and multifaceted career; Joshua Rauh speaks with House members about the urgency of improving America’s fiscal situation; and a new book by Rose Gottemoeller pushes back on revisionist narratives to remind readers that following the Cold War, the United States and Russia successfully collaborated on a number of important security issues.  Hoover Daily Report | May 15, 2026