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The Hudson Institute is an American, non-profit, conservative think tank founded in 1961, in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, by futurist, military strategist, and systems theorist Herman Kahn and his colleagues at the RAND Corporation.[1] It moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1984 and to Washington, D.C., in 2004.[2]
The Institute promotes public policy change in accordance with its stated values of a "commitment to free markets and individual responsibility, confidence in the power of technology to assist progress, respect for the importance of culture and religion in human affairs, and determination to preserve America's national security."[1]
Its current president is Herbert London.[1]
Policy positions
According to its mission statement the Hudson Institute "challenges conventional thinking and helps manage strategic transitions to the future through interdisciplinary and collaborative studies in defense, international relations, economics, culture, science, technology, and law. Through publications, conferences and policy recommendations, we seek to guide global leaders in government and business."[1]
In the 1970s, Hudson’s scholars advocated a turn away from the "no-growth" policies of the Club of Rome; in the early 1990s, it advised the newly-liberated Baltic nations on becoming market economies; it assisted in drafting the Wisconsin welfare reform law.
The Institute has taken positions critical of environmentalism[3]. Dennis Avery, as Director of the Hudson's Center for Global Food Issues, has written in opposition to those who favor the adoption of organic agricultural methods.[4]
It was described by US foreign policy scholars John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt as “closely associated with neoconservatives”.[5]
The Hudson Institute is developing programs to propose the political and economic transformation of Muslim nations.[citation needed]
Funding
The Hudson Institute is supported by donations from companies and individuals. Corporate contributors include Eli Lilly and Company, Monsanto, DuPont, Dow-Elanco, Sandoz, Ciba-Geigy, ConAgra, Cargill, and Procter & Gamble.[6]
Fundraising efforts use testimonials from what the Institute calls its "family of generous supporters and friends", among them, Henry Kissinger, who provides a testimonial: "Hudson Institute is today one of America's foremost policy research centers, in the forefront of study and debate on important domestic and international policy issues, known and respected around the globe, a leader in innovative thinking and creative solutions to the challenges of the present and the future."[7]
Some question the institute's position on many issues. An example is their view of food production and the large sums they receive from food companies. The New York Times commented on Dennis Avery's attacks on Organic farming: "The attack on organic food by a well-financed research organization suggests that, though organic food accounts for only 1 percent of food sales in the United States, the conventional food industry is worried."[4]
Hudson Institute Leadership
Notable trustees, fellows and advisors
In 1990 fellow Bruce Chapman founded another think tank, the Discovery Institute.
Politicians who have been affilitated with Hudson include former U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle and Governor of Indiana Mitch Daniels.
Other members have included:
Notes
- ^ a b c d The Hudson Institute, "Mission Statement", accessed April 15, 2008.
- ^ The Hudson Institute, "Frequently Asked Questions", accessed April 15, 2008.
- ^ The Hudson Institute, [1], The Hudson Institute, accessed August 10, 2008.
- ^ a b Marian Burros, "Eating Well; Anti-Organic, And Flawed", The New York Times, accessed December 14, 2007.
- ^ The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy, John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M Walt, Allen Lane (UK Edition), p130
- ^ John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton, Trust Us, We’re Experts - How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles with Your Future (New York: Penguin Putnam, 2001). ISBN 1-58542-139-1.
- ^ The Hudson Institute, "Meet our Family of Generous Supporters and Friends", accessed April 15, 2008.
- ^ Joseph M. Giglio Hudson Institute Biography.
- ^ Robert H. McKinney Hudson Institute Biography.
- ^ Max Singer Hudson Institute Biography.
- ^ Walter P. Stern Hudson Institute Biography.
- ^ Allan R. Tessler Hudson Institute Biography.
- ^ Curtin Winsor Hudson Institute Biography.
Further reading
- Blum, Ruthie. "Who's Right?" The Jerusalem Post, February 17, 2005: 13. (Free summary from fee-based archive.)
- Hadar, Leon T. "Special Report: The 'Neocons': From the Cold War to the 'Global Intifada' ". The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs 9.11 (Apr. 1991): 27. (Archived.)
- Hutchinson, Bill, with Michael McAuliff. "Cheney Eyed Israeli Strike on Iranian Nuclear Reactor - Mag". The New York Daily News, September 24, 2007, Nation/World: 7. (Archived.)
- Kirkpatrick, David D. "Lack of Resolution in Iraq Finds Conservatives Divided". The New York Times, April 19, 2004: A21.
- Lynch, Frederic R. "Workforce Diversity: PC's Final Frontier? - Political Correctness - Demystifying Multiculturalism - Cover Story". National Review, February 21, 1994: 32. (Accessed via findarticles.com.)
- Remnick, David. "Letter from Moscow: The Tsar's Opponent: Garry Kasparov Takes Aim at the Power of Vladimir Putin". The New Yorker, October 1, 2007: 65.
- White, Andrew. "New York in the 1960s". The American Prospect, October 22, 2001: 40. [Book rev. of The Ungovernable City: John Lindsay and His Struggle to Save New York, by Vincent J. Cannato (New York: Basic Books, 2001).]
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