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The Hudson Institute is a right-leaning U.S. think tank, founded in 1961 in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, by the futurist Herman Kahn and other colleagues from the RAND Corporation. 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." It is the organization about which the phrase "think tank" was originally coined. Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic - President George Walker Bush (R) - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from...
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Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
// Mayoral Election (vote for one) Ann Gallelli (D,CT) 44% Gregory Schmidt (A) 56% Trustee Election (vote for two) Leo Wiegman (D,CT) 25% Sally Odlandt (D,CT) 23% Thomas Brennan (A) 26% Susan Konig (A) 26% SOURCE: Village of Croton on Hudson Certified Results Croton-on-Hudson is a...
Future studies reflects on how today’s changes (or the lack thereof) become tomorrow’s reality. ...
Herman Kahn, May 1965 Herman Kahn (February 15, 1922 – July 7, 1983) was a military strategist and systems theorist employed at RAND Corporation, USA. // Born in Bayonne, New Jersey, Kahn grew up in the Bronx, then in Los Angeles following his parents divorce. ...
Alternate meanings: See RAND (disambiguation) The RAND Corporation is an American think tank first formed to offer research and analysis to the U.S. military. ...
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The institute moved to Indianapolis, Indiana in 1984, and in 2004 to Washington, DC. The current president is Herbert London. Nickname: Location in the state of Indiana Coordinates: , County Marion Founded 1821 Government - Mayor Bart Peterson (D) Area - City 372 sq mi (963. ...
Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ...
Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United...
Herbert (Herb) London is an American conservative activist, professor, academic and author. ...
The Institute is registered in the United States as a non-profit organization.[1]
Policy positions
The Hudson Institute's experts try to work toward a broad view of society and change, looking for the interplay between culture, demography, technology, markets, and political leadership. Map of countries by population Population growth showing projections for later this century Demography is the statistical study of human populations. ...
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 that became the model for national welfare reform in the mid-1990s. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ...
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The three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania The terms Baltic countries, Baltic Sea countries, Baltic states, and Balticum refer to slightly different combinations of countries in the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea. ...
Capitalism generally refers to an economic system in which the means of production are all or mostly privately[1][2] owned and operated for profit, and in which investments, distribution, income, production and pricing of goods and services are determined through the operation of a free market. ...
Official language(s) None Capital Madison Largest city Milwaukee Area Ranked 23rd - Total 65,498 sq mi (169,790 km²) - Width 260 miles (420 km) - Length 310 miles (500 km) - % water 17 - Latitude 42°30N to 47°3N - Longitude 86°49W to 92°54W Population Ranked...
Welfare reform is the name for a policy change in countries with a state-administered social welfare system to reduce dependence on welfare, as demanded by political conservatives. ...
The Institute has taken positions critical of environmentalism. 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. For the psychology topic, see Environmental psychology. ...
The Hudson Institute is developing programs to propose the political and economic transformation of Muslim nations. For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ...
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.[1] Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) is a global pharmaceutical company and one of the worlds largest corporations. ...
The Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) is a multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation. ...
Dupont, DuPont, Du Pont, or du Pont may refer to: // E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, the worlds third largest chemical company Du Pont Motors Gilbert Dupont, a French stock brokerage part of retail banking network Crédit du Nord ST Dupont, a French manufacturer of fine...
Sandoz is the generics subsidiary of Novartis, one of the Big Pharma pharmaceutical companies. ...
Novartis International AG is a multinational pharmaceutical company based in Basel, Switzerland. ...
ConAgra Foods, Inc. ...
Cargill, Incorporated is a privately held, multinational corporation, and is based in the state of Minnesota in the United States. ...
Procter & Gamble Co. ...
Fundraising efforts use testimonials from what the Institute calls its "family of generous supporters and friends", among them, Henry Kissinger, who provides a testimonial: Henry Alfred Kissinger (born Heinz Alfred Kissinger on May 27, 1923) is a German-born American diplomat, and 1973 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. ...
- "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."[2]
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.
Hudson Institute Leadership - Herbert London (President)
- Kenneth R. Weinstein (CEO)
- Deborah L. Hoopes (Vice President & Chief Financial Officer)
- Grace Paine Terzian (Vice President for Communications)
Herbert (Herb) London is an American conservative activist, professor, academic and author. ...
Ken Weinstein Kenneth R. Weinstein is the Chief Executive Officer of Hudson Institute. ...
Grace Terzian Grace Paine Terzian is the Vice President for Communications at the Hudson Institute. ...
Notable trustees, fellows and advisors In 1990 fellow Bruce Chapman founded another think tank, the Discovery Institute. Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ...
Chapmans portrait as Secretary of State of Washington Bruce K. Chapman (born 1940) is the director and founder of the Discovery Institute, a Christian think tank, with links to the religious right. ...
The Discovery Institute is a think tank structured as a non-profit foundation, founded in 1990 and based in Seattle, Washington, USA. The stated mission of the organization is to make a positive vision of the future practical. ...
Politicians who have been affilitated with Hudson include former U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle and Governor of Indiana Mitch Daniels. Dick Cheney 46th and current Vice President (2001- ) The Vice President of the United States is the second-highest executive official of the United States government, the person who is a heartbeat from the presidency. ...
James Danforth Dan Quayle (born February 4, 1947) was the 44th Vice President of the United States under George H. W. Bush (1989-1993). ...
List of Indiana Governors Jonathan Jennings Dem. ...
Mitchell Elias Mitch Daniels, Jr. ...
Other members include:
Zeyno Baran is the Director of the Center for Eurasian Policy and a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, a think tank in Washington D.C.. From January 2003 until joining the Hudson Institute in April 2006, she worked as the Director of International Security and Energy Programs for the...
Professor Anne Bayefsky is a preeminent human rights scholar and activist. ...
Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour, PC, OC, KCSG (born 25 August 1944, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a former financier, newspaper magnate, and biographer. ...
Robert Heron Bork (born March 1, 1927) is a conservative American legal scholar who advocates the judicial philosophy of originalism. ...
Rudolph Ely Rudy Boschwitz (b. ...
Pierre Samuel Pete du Pont, IV (born January 22, 1935) is an American lawyer and politician from Rockland, in Brandywine Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, near Wilmington. ...
Joseph Epstein is a Chicagoan essayist, short story writer, and editor, best known as a former editor of the Phi Beta Kappa Societys American Scholar magazine or for his recent essay collection, Snobbery: The American Version. ...
For other persons named Alexander Haig, see Alexander Haig (disambiguation). ...
Dr. Bernadine Patricia Healy (b. ...
Roy Emile Alfredo Innis (born June 6, 1934, in St. ...
Donald Kagan (born 1932) is a Yale historian specializing in ancient Greece, notable for his four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War. ...
I. Lewis Scooter Libby Irve Lewis Scooter Libby, Jr. ...
Betsy McCaughey Ross (born 1949) was the lieutenant-governor of the state of New York from 1994 to 1998, during the first term of governor George Pataki. ...
John OSullivan, (April 25, 1942-)is Editor-in-Chief of the prestigious international affairs magazine, The National Interest, Editor-at-Large of the prominent magazine the National Review, and a senior Fellow at the Nixon Center. ...
William Eldridge Odom (born 1932) was a U.S. general. ...
Richard Norman Perle (born 16 September 1941 in New York City) is an American political advisor and lobbyist who worked for the Reagan administration as an assistant Secretary of Defense and worked on the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee from 1987 to 2004. ...
Irwin M. Stelzer (born 1932) is an American economist. ...
Richard Weitz is a Senior Fellow and the Associate Director of the Hudson Institute’s Center for Future Security Strategies. ...
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References - ^ Stauber, John and Sheldon Rampton. Trust Us, We’re Experts - How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles with Your Future. Penguin Putnam, 2001. ISBN 1-58542-139-1.
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