Editing Hoover Institution (section)

===21st century===
[[File:Secretary Tillerson Participates in a Q&A Session at Stanford University (24883290627).jpg|thumb|Former [[United States Secretary of State|Secretaries of State]] [[Condoleezza Rice]] and [[Rex Tillerson]] during a Hoover forum in January 2018]] 
In 2001, Hoover Senior fellow [[Condoleezza Rice]] joined the [[Presidency of George W. Bush|George W. Bush administration]], serving as National Security Advisor from 2001 to 2005 and as Secretary of State from 2005 to 2009. In 2006, [[George W. Bush|President George W. Bush]] awarded the [[National Humanities Medal]] to the Hoover Institution.<ref>{{Cite web |title=President Bush Awards the 2006 National Humanities Medals |url=https://www.neh.gov/news/press-release/2006-11-08 |access-date=June 20, 2022 |website=The National Endowment for the Humanities |language=en |archive-date=September 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913233159/https://www.neh.gov/news/press-release/2006-11-08 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In August 2017, the David and Joan Traitel Building was inaugurated. The ground floor is a conference facility with a 400-seat [[auditorium]] and the top floor houses the Hoover Institution's headquarters.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.stanford.edu/2017/10/19/hoover-opens-new-david-joan-traitel-building/|title=Hoover opens new David and Joan Traitel Building|last=Martinovich|first=Milenko|date=October 19, 2017|work=Stanford News|access-date=June 20, 2022|archive-date=June 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620232144/https://news.stanford.edu/2017/10/19/hoover-opens-new-david-joan-traitel-building/|url-status=live}}</ref>

At any given time, as of 2017, the Hoover Institution has as many as 200 resident scholars known as fellows. They are an interdisciplinary group studying political science, education, economics, foreign policy, energy, history, law, national security, health and politics. Some have joint appointments as lecturers on the Stanford faculty.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.stanford.edu/2017/10/20/hoover-scholars-tackle-urgent-issues/|title=Through research and education, Hoover scholars tackle some of the most urgent issues of our time|last=Martinovich|first=Milenko|date=October 20, 2017|work=Stanford News|access-date=June 20, 2022|archive-date=June 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630165534/https://news.stanford.edu/2017/10/20/hoover-scholars-tackle-urgent-issues/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[First presidency of Donald Trump|first Trump administration]] maintained relations with the institution during his presidency, and several Hoover employees became senior advisors or were hired for jobs in his administration, including Secretary of Defense [[James N. Mattis]], who was the Davies Family Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Hoover from 2013 to 2016, where he studied leadership, national security, strategy, innovation, and the effective use of military force.<ref>See [https://www.defense.gov/About/Biographies/Biography/Article/1055835/james-n-mattis/ "James N. Mattis" ''U.S. Department of Defense''  (2023)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618181519/https://www.defense.gov/About/Biographies/Biography/Article/1055835/james-n-mattis/ |date=June 18, 2023 }}.</ref>

In March 2019, Mattis returned to his post at Hoover.<ref>See "Former Secretary Of Defense, General Jim Mattis, US Marine Corps (Ret.), Returns To The Hoover Institution At Stanford University" [https://www.hoover.org/press-releases/former-secretary-defense-general-jim-mattis-us-marine-corps-ret-returns-hoover online press release March 19, 2019] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618182811/https://www.hoover.org/press-releases/former-secretary-defense-general-jim-mattis-us-marine-corps-ret-returns-hoover |date=June 18, 2023 }}.</ref> Distinguished Visiting Fellow [[Kevin Hassett]] became the first chairman of  Trump's [[Council of Economic Advisors]] (CEA). The CEA chief principal economist, Josh Rauh, took leave from his Hoover Institution fellowship. After the third CEA chairman [[Tyler Goodspeed]] resigned in 2021, he went to Hoover.<ref>See "Hoover Institution Board of Overseers Holds Meetings in Washington, DC, Featuring Senior Trump Administration Officials" ''News from the Hoover Institution'' February 24, 2020 [https://www.hoover.org/news/hoover-institution-board-overseers-holds-meetings-washington-dc-featuring-senior-trump online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618181521/https://www.hoover.org/news/hoover-institution-board-overseers-holds-meetings-washington-dc-featuring-senior-trump |date=June 18, 2023 }}</ref>

In February 2020, the Hoover board of trustees brought in senior Trump economic officials for off-the-record forecasts. According to ''[[The New York Times]]'', "The president’s aides appeared to be giving wealthy party donors an early warning of a potentially impactful contagion at a time when Mr. Trump was publicly insisting that the threat was nonexistent." The board members spread the bad news and the stock market had a selloff.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Kelly|first1=Kate|last2=Mazzetti|first2=Mark|date=2020-10-14|title=As Virus Spread Early On, Reports of Trump Administration Briefings Fueled Sell-Off|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/14/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-investors.html|access-date=2020-10-15|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=October 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015023337/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/14/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-investors.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2020, [[Condoleezza Rice]] succeeded [[Thomas W. Gilligan]] as director.<ref name=":1" />

In November 2020, [[Scott Atlas]], a Hoover fellow, was known for opposing public health measures as a major Trump advisor during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], and was condemned by a [[Stanford University]] faculty vote in November 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 20, 2020 |title=Stanford faculty votes to condemn Scott Atlas, White House coronavirus adviser and Hoover Institution fellow |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/11/20/stanford-faculty-votes-to-condemn-scott-atlas-white-house-coronavirus-adviser-and-hoover-institution-fellow |access-date=June 20, 2022 |website=The Mercury News |language=en-US |archive-date=September 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913233205/https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/11/20/stanford-faculty-votes-to-condemn-scott-atlas-white-house-coronavirus-adviser-and-hoover-institution-fellow/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In January 2021, during Stanford University faculty senate discussions on closer collaboration between the university and the Institution in 2021, Rice "addressed campus criticism that the Hoover Institution is a partisan think tank that primarily supports conservative administrations and policy positions" by sharing "statistics that show Hoover fellows contribute financially to both political parties on an equal basis", according to the university's newsletter.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=University |first=Stanford |date=January 29, 2021 |title=Stanford's relationship to the Hoover Institution highlights Faculty Senate discussion |url=https://news.stanford.edu/report/2021/01/29/stanfords-relationship-hoover-institution-highlights-faculty-senate-discussion/ |access-date=June 19, 2022 |website=Stanford Report |language=en |archive-date=September 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913233201/https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2021/01/stanfords-relationship-hoover-institution-highlights-faculty-senate-discussion |url-status=live }}</ref>

According to ''[[DeSmog]]'', the Hoover Institution accepts [[scientific consensus on climate change]], but has long opposed [[climate action]].<ref name=desmog>{{cite web |url=https://www.desmog.com/hoover-institution/|title=Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace |publisher=DeSmog |accessdate=September 22, 2024 }}</ref> Some Hoover fellows downplay [[climate change]].<ref name=desmog />