Hoover Daily Report | June 19, 2026

Hoover Daily Report | June 19, 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 [https://www.hoover.org/publications/hoover-daily-report/friday-june-19-2026]

Hoover Daily Report | June 18, 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 [https://www.hoover.org/publications/hoover-daily-report/thursday-june-18-2026]

Hoover Daily Report | June 17, 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 [https://www.hoover.org/publications/hoover-daily-report/wednesday-june-17-2026]

Hoover Daily Report | June 16, 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 [https://www.hoover.org/publications/hoover-daily-report/tuesday-june-16-2026]

Hoover Daily Report | June 15, 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