Larry Diamond

The tour, which involved meetings with Taiwan's vice president and Japan's defense minister, was primarily aimed at encouraging and supporting three of America's principal allies in the Asia-Pacific region to continue hardening themselves against coercion, interference, and intimidation by China.

Our meetings in Taiwan and Japan reinforced our sense that both countries are moving in the right direction to enhance their defenses, deterrence, and resilience in the face of rapidly mounting threats and military deployments from the People's Republic of China, senior fellow Larry Diamond said of the tour's aims.

Time is of the essence in meeting this challenge, and the support and partnership of the United States is crucial to both countries and the region.

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Ambassador to Russia, is one of America's foremost experts on Russia, U.S. foreign policy, and the global struggle between democracy and authoritarianism.

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Both our guests are senior fellows at the Hoover Institution and the Freeman Spogli Center for International Studies at Stanford University, where their work has helped shape our understanding of democracy, authoritarianism, and America's role in the world.

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Today in Hoover history, former president of Taiwan speaks at Hoover.

This afternoon, October 8th, Tsai Ing-wen, former president of Taiwan, spoke at Hoover with director Condoleezza Rice and senior fellow Larry Diamond.

The event covered democracy in Taiwan and that nation's resilience in the face of aggressive threats from neighboring communist China.

That's your Hoover Daily Report for Thursday, October 8, 2026.

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The American political sociologist Larry Diamond, who studied this era deeply, noted that Nigerian cabinet meetings essentially devolved into grand bazaars.

The resources of the entire state were carved up and auctioned off to political loyalists.

I wanna break down the actual mechanics of this corruption because the numbers in the text are just staggering.