ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All
The past few months have been grueling for America’s art and music institutions, which have come under threat as President Donald Trump takes aim at dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across the country. Following Trump’s takeover of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts – and its subsequent cascade of program and artist cancellations following …
Although a certain amount of deceit will always play a partin human affairs, a basic intent to be truthful, along with anassumption that most people can be taken at their word, isrequired for any decent society. No civilization can toleratea constant expectation of dishonest communication withoutfalling apart from a breakdown in trust. Yet, in our …
Accomplishments over the 20 years. Watch the Video here.
Scientists, policy makers, and ordinary people prepare for profound change amid countless unknowns. This excerpt from the new issue of the Stanford Emerging Technology Review (SETR) focuses on artificial intelligence, one of ten key technologies studied in this continuing educational initiative. SETR, a project of the Hoover Institution and the Stanford School of Engineering, harnesses the expertise of Stanford University’s leading …
The Economist has a fantastic article on aid. (The Economist doesn’t have bylines. Henry Curr tweeted the article (x’d it?) and credits Cerian Jones.) At half the dinners I go to, someone says, well, yes, a lot of the USAID money was mis-spent, but what about the poor starving children in Africa? If you are in that situation, this is the …
All wars must end, and the Russo-Ukrainian war is not an exception to the rule. In fact, there is growing interest, most visibly in the United States, to see an end to this conflict, which started in 2014 with Russia’s annexation of Crimea and parts of Eastern Ukraine, and then escalated further in 2022 with …
A documentary video in the Somali Kilil (region) of Ethiopia. Watch the Video here.
This excerpt from the new issue of the Stanford Emerging Technology Review (SETR) focuses on biotechnology and synthetic biology, one of ten key technologies studied in this continuing educational initiative. SETR, a project of the Hoover Institution and the Stanford School of Engineering, harnesses the expertise of Stanford University’s leading science and engineering faculty to create an easy-to-use reference tool for …
The United States’ sudden, although ultimately temporary, suspension of all security assistance to Ukraine in early March raised alarms about Ukraine’s ability to defend itself. A lasting suspension of the aid would certainly have changed the course of the war. But even a complete stop to U.S. assistance would not have reversed the progress that …
When it comes to military force, U.S. President Donald Trump has taken a starkly split stance. On the one hand, Trump is a self-professed skeptic of foreign entanglements. He has rapidly warmed relations with Russia in hopes of ending the war in Ukraine. His “America first” foreign policy is generally critical of military engagement abroad. …