Section: Hoover Institution (USA)
“My Ukrainian Village Is No More”
Survivors confirm that the Russian offensive is following a familiar path of destruction and massacre. …read more Source:: Hoover...
China is pushing divisive political messages online using fake U.S. voters
A Chinese influence campaign called “Spamouflage” is posing as American voters on social media to fuel divisions before the 2024 U.S. presidential election. According to Graphika, the operation involves fake accounts criticizing both Democrats and Republicans, using hot-button topics like U.S. support for Ukraine and reproductive...
Taiwan Is Trying To Learn From The Wars In Gaza And Ukraine
Every war is a chance for other armies to learn. The fighting in Ukraine and Israel offers lessons aplenty. Among the most avid students is Taiwan, which fears it might be the next target of attack. …read more Source:: Hoover...
What Ukraine Gains from the Kursk Incursion
The operation reinforces the view that Putin is weak and Zelenskyy is far from defeated. …read more Source:: Hoover...
NATO And The War In Ukraine
NATO has been assisting Ukraine in its fight against Russia since February 2022, when Vladimir Putin sent in his troops to dismember the country. The war has drawn NATO countries closer in their resolve to deter Russia and defend against it if necessary, and also in their commitment to help Ukraine. …read more Source:: Hoover...
The Quiet Before The Storms In Ukraine, Gaza, And Taiwan?
There are three current hot or cold wars: on the Ukrainian border, in the regions surrounding Israel, and in the strategic space between Taiwan and mainland China. All three conflicts could not only expand within their respective theaters but also escalate to draw in the United States. …read more Source:: Hoover...
Modi’s Kyiv Trip Signals A Subtle Shift
In July, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Moscow and greeted Russian President Vladimir Putin with a bear hug. The same day, Russia launched deadly airstrikes across Ukraine, hitting the country’s largest children’s hospital and killing at least 41 people. A …read more Source:: Hoover...
NATO And The War In Ukraine
Join the Commonwealth Club World Affairs Peninsula Chapter and the Los Altos Library on September 4, 2024, as Hoover Institution fellow Rose Gottemoeller discusses how NATO should be thinking about future challenges, especially as China builds up the military threats in Asia. …read more Source:: Hoover...
The Crumbling Foundations Of American Strength
When Russia’s invasion of Ukraine appeared imminent in early 2022, U.S. intelligence officials were so confident that Russian tanks would roll quickly to victory that staff evacuated the U.S. embassy in Kyiv. Based on traditional measures of power, the intelligence assessment made sense. In 2021, Russia ranked fifth in the world in defense...
The Hoover Institution Briefing On National Security | August 2024
Welcome to the Hoover Institution’s briefing on national security. In this issue we are looking at the importance of public and private funding of quantum computing in a technological race with China and Russia; a change in the established military doctrine; Narendra Modi’s third term at the helm of Indian politics—but with coalition...
