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 pandemic and is today approaching health diplomacy globally.

Hoover Daily Report | October 3, 2025

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.

Hoover Daily Report | October 2, 2025

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 Financial Regulation Working Group launch a landmark collaboration with the European Central Bank to predict what may cause the next global financial crisis.

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 of standing up to the Chinese Communist Party.

Hoover Daily Report | September 29, 2025

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.

Hoover Daily Report | September 26, 2025

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.

Hoover Daily Report | September 25, 2025

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.

Hoover Daily Report | September 24, 2025