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The Hoover Institution’s Technology Policy Accelerator (TPA) is a Stanford-based research and convening program that produces analysis to help U.S. government and business leaders understand how emerging technologies reshape geopolitics, society, and the economy, with an explicit focus on national security and strategic risk. TPA operates as a cross-sector hub connecting Silicon Valley and Washington, academia and industry, and “science and strategy,” and it supports policy-relevant outputs including research, briefings to government leaders, congressional testimonies, and public engagement.
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War Crimes In Ukraine: The Pursuit Of International JusticeIn this episode of Battlegrounds, H.R. McMaster and David Schwendiman discuss the evolution of human rights law, international criminal justice, inve…
Matters Of Policy & Politics: Goodbye, Mask Mandate . . . Now What?The efficacy of mask-wearing, the nuances of the BA.2 variant, lessons from past lockdowns, and a California bill that would silence COVID dissenters in Califo…
Books by Hoover FellowsChina's Global Sharp Power Weekly AlertThis weekly newsletter collects articles, reports and other media from across the world to illustrate the actions and behaviors of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The newsletter arose from the need to provide transparency to the citizens of liberal democracies of the scope and
Pacific Century: Bridge Colby Denies China TaiwanA discussion with Bridge Colby on “Strategy of Denial.”
India And The United States: Expanding Indo-Pacific Cooperation To The Middle EastDuring the Obama administration, the United States began deprioritizing the Middle East, turning its attention increasingly to the Indo-Pacific and the challenge of rising Chinese power. Biden administration officials have stated that they intend to continue the process. As a res
The Erosion of Border Control and Its Threat to National SovereigntyThe disaster unfolding on America’s southern border since 2020 is both a humanitarian tragedy and a threat to our national security. Hundreds of migrants have died while trying to cross the border, and federal agents have apprehended tens of thousands of unaccompanied children.
GoodFellowsReinvigorating Economic Governance: Advancing a New Framework for American ProsperityThe authors set forth a new framework to revitalize the governance of economic policy based on our nation’s foundational system of natural liberty. If we choose to liberate the power of the individual, encourage the promulgation and dissemination of new ideas, and ensure the fide
What Caused Gas Prices JumpTPA announced “Nerds of the Roundtable,” a monthly speaker series featuring student-led conversations with Hoover fellows and scholars on technology and policy questions; the page includes a schedule beginning with an event on September 8, 2026 about the moon.
Hoover Institution’s Technology Policy Accelerator and Stanford HAI fund three new AI-and-geopolitics research projectsTPA and Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) announced funding for three policy research projects examining foundation models/agents and geopolitical challenges, described as addressing nuclear proliferation monitoring, U.S.-China competition, and political influence in foundation models (with $100,000 policy research grants mentioned).
The Hoover Institution awarded $2.5M Hewlett Foundation grant for the Tech Futures LabHoover announced that TPA received a $2.5 million grant from the Hewlett Foundation to launch the Tech Futures Lab, an initiative intended to anticipate strategic technological surprises and strengthen resilience through planning and risk management.
2026 edition of the Stanford Emerging Technology Review (SETR) is now availableHoover announced release of the 2026 SETR report describing implications of ten frontier technologies and highlighting new crosscutting themes including technical standards.
Hoover announced the launch of TPA, describing its mission to support more informed policymaking by producing insights on how emerging technologies reshape geopolitics, society, and the economy; the announcement also names specific major initiatives in the TPA portfolio (e.g., SETR, Bio-Strategies and Leadership, Tech Track 2, Project for Accelerating Defense Tech Innovation, and Leadership for Responsible Space Policy).