Hoover Daily Report | May 21, 2026

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 [https://www.hoover.org/publications/hoover-daily-report/monday-june-1-2026]

Hoover Daily Report | May 29, 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 [https://www.hoover.org/publications/hoover-daily-report/friday-may-29-2026]

Hoover Daily Report | May 28, 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 [https://www.hoover.org/publications/hoover-daily-report/thursday-may-28-2026]

Hoover Daily Report | May 27, 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 [https://www.hoover.org/publications/hoover-daily-report/wednesday-may-27-2026]

Hoover Daily Report | May 26, 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 [https://www.hoover.org/publications/hoover-daily-report/tuesday-may-26-2026]