SIEPR Tackles International Security On November 2, economists and security experts, including a Treasury undersecretary, went to the Bechtel Conference Center for a high-level talk, discussing a wide range of issues ranging from computer Christopher Fish 8 Nov 2007
Fukuyama Visits Stanford Political scientist Francis Fukuyama graced the halls of Encina on Thursday, November 1, 2007. Speaking to a crowd of roughly 100 students and faculty, Fukuyama shared his views on governance Christopher Fish 8 Nov 2007
Statesmen Call for Nuclear Disarmament On October 24-25, the Hoover Institution hosted a summit focused on the eventual abolition of nuclear weapons. Initially the brain-child of former Secretaries of State George Shultz, William Perry, and Christopher Fish 8 Nov 2007
The Impossible Victory On the morning of Sunday October 7th, the front page of the Sports section of the Los Angeles Times read “Unfathomable” above a picture of Stanford Free Safety Bo McNally Christopher Fish 25 Oct 2007
Natalie Portman Pushes Microfinance Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman, famous for her role in V for Vendetta and the Star Wars trilogy, urged a packed audience on Tuesday October 2 to support microfinance efforts in Christopher Fish 25 Oct 2007
World News in Brief Former Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto’s return from exile on Oct. 18 was rocked by an assassination attempt that left over a hundred people, including dozens of her security personnel, Christopher Fish 25 Oct 2007
Pakistan Moving Slowly Towards Democracy Pakistan is a country of many firsts in the Muslim world. It is the first Muslim nation with a nuclear weapon. It is also the first Muslim nation with a jkabaker 25 Oct 2007
Armenia: Between Iraq and a Hard Place As coalition and Iraqi forces struggle to fight insurgents and terrorists in Iraq, the Democratic-controlled Congress has decided now would be a good time to infuriate one of our most Christopher Fish 25 Oct 2007
Editor’s Note: Educating Ourselves We’re likely all familiar with Mark Twain’s advice to never let your schooling get in the way of your education. At Stanford, there can be no doubt that Christopher Fish 25 Oct 2007
Republicans Again on Defense for Congress in 2008 Democrats hold a razor-thin majority in the United States Senate, with only forty-nine Democratic senators and two independents that caucus with the Democrats. Similarly, they won 233—around 54%—of tford 25 Oct 2007
Stanford Hosts its Second Annual Roundtable On October 13, the Stanford community gathered in a packed Maples Pavilion for the culminating event of Homecoming Weekend: the second annual Stanford Roundtable, titled “Courting Disaster: The Fight for Christopher Fish 25 Oct 2007
Neoconservatism: An Interview with Douglas Murray Stanford Review editor Daniel Slate interviews Douglas Murray, the author of Neoconservatism: Why We Need It. The SR: Thank you for talking with the Review today. You argue in your Christopher Fish 14 Oct 2007
The Case Against Rumsfeld Stanford’s Hoover Institution has predictably attracted considerable and sustained criticism for inviting former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to be a “Distinguished Visiting Fellow” and work on a large, Christopher Fish 14 Oct 2007
Give Rumsfeld a Chance Despite the vitriolic opposition generated by Donald Rumsfeld’s appointment as a Hoover Institution Distinguished Visiting Fellow, the former secretary of defense should be given a chance to speak. As Christopher Fish 14 Oct 2007