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The George P. Shultz Energy Policy Working Group pursues what the former secretary of state called “a balanced approach” towards sustaining the economic, environmental, and security dimensions of energy policy. In today’s emerging geopolitical era—arguably the most dangerous since 1962—the working group aims to shape a constructive agenda for assessing how our energy choices can best strengthen America and the West.

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The Arsenal of Democracy: Technology, Industry, and Deterrence in an Age of Hard Choice
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The Arsenal Of Democracy: Technology, Industry, And Deterrence In An Age Of Hard Choices

A historically grounded guide to deterring war with China through industrial production, emerging military technologies, institutional reform, and cooperation with allies.

November 1, 2025 By Eyck Freymann, Harry Halem

via Hoover Institution Press

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Mobilizing For A Free, Open, And Secure Indo-Pacific: A Strategic Reassessment
September 16, 2025 By C. Raja Mohan, Arzan Tarapore, Lavina Lee, Satoru Mori, Stacie L. Pettyjohn with Admiral James O. Ellis Jr.

via Hoover Institution Press

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A Neighborhood Between Civilizations
May 6, 2025 By James Timbie, Admiral James O. Ellis Jr.

via Hoover Institution Press

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In today’s climate, the elements and implications of nuclear deterrence are different, though the character is the same. My view is, you don’t deter nations, but rather individuals.

Adm. James O. Ellis Jr. (Ret.)

Annenberg Distinguished Visiting Fellow

The defense of our republic is a non-partisan issue. We’re part of the world and we need a budget that reflects the world we want in the future for young Americans.

The Hon. James Mattis

Davies Family Distinguished Fellow

Three transformational technologies, artificial intelligence, the information revolution, and new manufacturing methods, all come together to affect national security. They have enabled the development of smart inexpensive lethal systems that can be produced in large numbers, strike with great precision, and they threaten legacy systems.

Dr. James Timbie

Annenberg Distinguished Visiting Fellow

We are, without question, in a close-run race with China’s increasingly capable military. We must not take comfort in an assumed technological gap.

Adm. Gary Roughead (Ret.)

Robert and Marion Oster Distinguished Military Fellow

We will be safer and more prosperous in a world where global differences are managed, and global challenges met, by agreed rules rather than by the exercise of power alone.

The Hon. Marise Payne

Distinguished Visiting Fellow

What we learn from, whether it’s Gaza or Ukraine, is that the nature of war doesn’t change. It’s always a political interaction. It’s always that visceral relationship between human beings fighting with each other.

Gen. Sir Nicholas Carter (Ret.)

Distinguished Visiting Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue

The Hoover Institution Global Policy and Strategy Initiative’s Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue, done in partnership with the Annenberg Foundation, seeks to identify opportunities for strengthening and expanding cooperation across America’s network of alliances and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific. The initiative consists of a series of substantive bilateral and multilateral strategic dialogues with policy experts, academics, and current and former senior government officials from the region. This multiyear initiative has reliably adjusted to the changing security landscape. The Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue is designed as a confidential and rigorous experience that enables participants to build lasting relationships.

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Convening of the January 2024 Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue
March 28, 2024
January 2024 Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue
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Convening of the May 2023 Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue
December 14, 2023
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Condoleezza Rice: Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue
May 17, 2023 interview with Condoleezza Rice

via Sunnyland

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Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue At Sunnylands
December 14, 2021
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Maritime Strategy

Through research and convenings across government, industry, and academia, the Global Policy and Strategy Initiative aims to identify emerging maritime security challenges and think through strategies to navigate them. Areas of work include reforming policy to meet the changing character of maritime warfare, building resiliency in critical supply chains traded through this domain, and enhancing the effectiveness of our maritime alliances and partnerships.

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The Middle East: A Seaward Imperative
June 10, 2025 By Admiral Gary Roughead

via The Caravan

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The Changing Character Of Maritime Choke Points: Who Throttles Whom?
June 10, 2025 By Admiral James O. Ellis Jr.

via The Caravan

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The Arsenal Of Democracy: Technology, Industry, And Deterrence In An Age Of Hard Choices
November 1, 2025 By Eyck Freymann, Harry Halem

via Hoover Institution Press

The Arsenal of Democracy: Technology, Industry, and Deterrence in an Age of Hard Choice
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Mobilizing For A Free, Open, And Secure Indo-Pacific: A Strategic Reassessment
September 16, 2025 By C. Raja Mohan, Arzan Tarapore, Lavina Lee, Satoru Mori, Stacie L. Pettyjohn with Admiral James O. Ellis Jr.

via Hoover Institution Press

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Don’t Abandon AUKUS
September 2, 2025 By Admiral Gary Roughead, Marise Payne, Nicholas Carter, General Jim Mattis

via Foreign Affairs

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A Large Number Of Small Things: A Porcupine Strategy For Taiwan
December 7, 2021 By James Timbie, Admiral James O. Ellis Jr.

via Texas National Security Review

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Getting The Quad Right Is Biden’s Most Important Job
March 10, 2021 By General Jim Mattis, Michael Auslin, Joseph Felter

via Foreign Policy

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Nuclear Security

We face a new nuclear era in which there is a nuclear dimension to many of the tensions and conflicts worldwide. Inspired by the work of former US Secretary of State George Shultz—and President Reagan’s and General Secretary Gorbachev’s joint affirmation that nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought—the GPS Initiative seeks to understand the implications of the changing global architecture on nuclear strategies, and to offer tools that support the nuclear policy decisions now before the United States and our allies.

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Nuclear Arms Control in the First Year of the Second Trump Administration
January 13, 2026 By Edward M. Ifft with James Goodby

via Hoover Institution Press

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Issues In Negotiations: Looking Toward An End To The War In Ukraine
August 6, 2024 By Edward M. Ifft, James Goodby

via Hoover Institution Press

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Central Asia And The War In Ukraine
December 14, 2023 By Nancy Lubin with James Goodby

via Hoover Institution Press

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Technology, Complexity, Uncertainty, And Deterrence
May 22, 2023 By James Timbie, Admiral James O. Ellis Jr.

via Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs

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Beyond New START
January 27, 2023 By Edward M. Ifft with James Goodby

via Hoover Institution Press

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Stumbling Forward: Russia’s War in Ukraine and Germany’s Search for a New Security Policy
December 19, 2022 By Stephan Kieninger with James Goodby, Steven Pifer, Rose Gottemoeller

via Hoover Institution Press

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Putin Invades Ukraine: Early Considerations for Arms Control and International Order
December 19, 2022 By Robert Legvold with James Goodby
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