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Hudson Institute

The Hudson Institute is an American think tank based in Washington, D.C.

History

The Hudson Institute was founded on July 20, 1961 by Herman Kahn, Max Singer, and Oscar Ruebhausen with the goal "to think about the future in unconventional ways."[1][2]

On November 15, 1985, the institute hosted a benefit concert with performances by Charles Dutoit and Yo-Yo Ma.[2:1]

In 1989, the institute opened the Center for Global Food Issues under the direction of Dennis Avery.[2:2]

Organization

Name Position Notes
Herman Kahn Co-founder[1:1] RAND Corporation
Max Singer Co-founder -
Oscar Ruebhausen Co-founder Advisor to Nelson Rockefeller
Donald Brennan Founding president Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Tom Bell President[3] Young & Rubicam
Mitch Daniels President[2:3] Government of Indiana, National Resilience, Center for Security Policy
Leslie Lenkowsky President Smith Richardson Foundation
Gail Potter President -
John P. Walters President Office of National Drug Control Policy
Raymond Aron Original member[2:4] -
Daniel Bell Original member -
Freeman Dyson Original member -
Henry Kissinger Original member United States Department of State
Max Lerner Original member -
Hans Morgenthau Original member -
Edwin O. Reischauer Original member -
Elliott Abrams - United States Department of State
Paul Dragos Aligica Fellow[4] Geopolitical Intelligence Services (GIS)
Frank Armbruster Researcher -
David Asher Senior Fellow[5] United States Department of State
Dennis Avery Head of the Center for Global Food Issues United States Department of State
William Bennett Fellow United States Department of Education
Mark Blitz Director of Political and Social Studies (1989-1991); Vice President for Political and Social Studies (1991-1994)[6] United States Information Agency
Matt Boyse Adjunct fellow[7] Geopolitical Intelligence Services (GIS)
William Brown Researcher -
Elaine Chao Distinguished Fellow United States Department of Labor, United States Department of Transportation
Michael Doran Senior Fellow United States National Security Council (NSC)
Marie-Josée Drouin Trustee -
Pete du Pont Trustee Government of Delaware
Harold Furchtgott-Roth Senior Fellow Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Colin Gray Researcher -
Alexander Haig Trustee;[2:5] Senior fellow[3:1] United States Department of State
Ann Marie Hauser Vice President of Public Affairs Senate Republican Conference
Johan Jørgen Holst Staff member Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence
George A. Keyworth II Director of Research[8] Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
Marie-Josée Kravis Senior Fellow (former), Trustee[9] Bretton Woods Committee
Scooter Libby Distinguished Fellow Dick Cheney
Herbert London Trustee -
Robert McDowell Senior Fellow Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Daniel McKivergan Vice President of Government Relations Philanthropy Roundtable
H. R. McMaster Japan Chair Executive Office of the President of the United States
William Eldridge Odom Director of National Security Studies National Security Agency (NSA)
Aparna Pande Director of the Initiative on the Future of India and South Asia[10] Geopolitical Intelligence Services (GIS)
Robert Panero Project director -
Thomas Pepper Researcher Baltimore Sun, The Economist
Mike Pompeo Distinguished Fellow Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Alan Reynolds - -
Garrett Scalera Researcher -
Joel Scanlon Executive Vice President Center for International Private Enterprise
William Schneider Jr. Senior fellow[11] United States Department of State
Riley Walters Deputy director of the Japan Chair[12] Geopolitical Intelligence Services (GIS)
Anthony J. Wiener Staff member -

Funding and clients

Clients and funders of the Hudson Institute have included:[2:6][13][14]

  • Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Banco Nacional de México
  • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Carnegie Corporation of New York
  • Coca-Cola Company
  • Ford
  • General Electric
  • Government of Canada
  • Government of Colombia
  • Gulf and Western
  • Hungarian-American Enterprise Fund
  • Indiana University
  • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
  • Lilly Endowment
  • Martin Marietta
  • Mitre Corporation
  • Mitsubishi
  • Office of Civil Defense (OCD)
  • Office of Economic Opportunity
  • Purdue University
  • Sarah Scaife Foundation
  • Shell
  • Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
  • Time
  • United States Department of Labor
  • Volvo
  • Xerox

Subsidiaries and initiatives

  • Center for Education and Employment Policy
  • Center for Global Food Issues
  • Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)
  • Corporate Environment Program (CEP)
  • Education Excellence Network (EEN)
  • International Baltic Economic Commission (IBEC)
  • Visions of the Future

Activities

The Hudson Institute served as a fiscal sponsor for the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense.[15]

Publications

  1. History. Hudson Institute. Retrieved September 27, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220927180757/https://www.hudson.org/about/history ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. Pickett, N. (1992). A History of Hudson Institute. Hudson Institute. https://web.archive.org/web/20240329205057/https://www.hudson.org/sites/default/files/researchattachments/attachment/1497/neil_pickett_history.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  3. Rojas, A. (1982, August 17). Haig to join Hudson Institute, Princeton. United Press International. http://archive.today/2024.03.29-232248/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/08/17/Haig-to-join-Hudson-Institute-Princeton/2785398404800/ ↩︎ ↩︎

  4. Paul Dragos Aligica. GIS Reports. Retrieved February 18, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.02.18-013036/https://www.gisreportsonline.com/e/aligica-paul-dragos/ ↩︎

  5. Eban, K. (2021, June 3). The Lab-Leak Theory: Inside the Fight to Uncover COVID-19’s Origins. Vanity Fair. https://web.archive.org/web/20210603100523/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/06/the-lab-leak-theory-inside-the-fight-to-uncover-covid-19s-origins ↩︎

  6. Mark Blitz CV. Claremont McKenna College. Retrieved March 30, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240330221959/https://www.cmc.edu/sites/default/files/govt/CV/MBlitz.pdf ↩︎

  7. Matt Boyse. GIS Reports. Retrieved February 18, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.02.18-020845/https://www.gisreportsonline.com/e/boyse-matt/ ↩︎

  8. Hagerty, J. R. (2017, September 1). Reagan Science Adviser Jay Keyworth Promoted “Star Wars” Research Drive. Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/reagan-science-adviser-jay-keyworth-promoted-star-wars-research-drive-1504274401 ↩︎

  9. Marie-Josée Kravis. Hudson Institute. Retrieved March 31, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240331002028/https://www.hudson.org/experts/225-marie-josee-kravis ↩︎

  10. Aparna Pande. GIS Reports. Retrieved March 30, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240330230127/https://www.gisreportsonline.com/e/pande-aparna/ ↩︎

  11. William Schneider. Hudson Institute. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240329221610/https://www.hudson.org/experts/369-william-schneider ↩︎

  12. Riley Walters. GIS Reports. Retrieved February 18, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.02.18-071745/https://www.gisreportsonline.com/e/walters-riley/ ↩︎

  13. Hudson Institute. Devex. Retrieved March 30, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240330224930/https://www.devex.com/organizations/hudson-institute-95504 ↩︎

  14. Hudson Institute. InfluenceWatch. Retrieved March 30, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240330225259/https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/hudson-institute/ ↩︎

  15. Sponsors / Donors. Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense. Retrieved May 28, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.05.29-040043/https://biodefensecommission.org/sponsors-donors/ ↩︎