The Hoover Institution and the Genesis Prize Foundation hosted a conversation entitled "Democratic Leadership, Israel, and the Middle East 2015" from 5 to 7:30 p.m. eastern time.

The Hoover Institution, joined by co-sponsors The Administrative Conference of the United States and the Stanford Law School, hosted a presentation by Francis Fukuyama at its new Washington, D.C. office on January 15, 2015, followed by two panels to react to two specific themes from the book.

A two-day conference honoring physicist and Nobel Peace Prize–winner Andrei Sakharov was held at the Hoover Institution during December 10–11, 2014. Convened by former secretary of state George P. Shultz and physicist Sidney Drell, it drew a wide range of distinguished participants—from scientists, historians, and journalists to religious figures, military leaders, entrepreneurs and diplomats—as well as Professor Tatiana Yankelevich, daughter of Elena Bonner, Sakharov’s wife and also a staunch defender of human rights.