69-625: Hudson Institute is an American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1961 in Croton-on-Hudson, New York , by futurist Herman Kahn and his colleagues at the RAND Corporation . Kahn was a physicist and military consultant known for envisioning nuclear war scenarios. The institute's research branched out from the military into various areas including economics, health, education, and gambling. Kahn died in 1983 and
138-488: A Conservative Party. They soon merged it into the state Democratic Parties. All of the major American political parties support republicanism and the basic classical liberal ideals on which the country was founded in 1776, emphasizing liberty, the rule of law, the consent of the governed , and that all men were created equal. Political divisions inside the United States often seemed minor or trivial to Europeans, where
207-657: A balanced budget. They argue that low taxes produce more jobs and wealth for everyone, and, as President Grover Cleveland said, "unnecessary taxation is unjust taxation". A recent movement against the inheritance tax labels such a tax as a " death tax ." Fiscal conservatives often argue that competition in the free market is more effective than the regulation of industry and is the most efficient way to promote economic growth . The Republican Party has taken widely varying views on protectionism and free trade throughout its history. Others, such as some libertarians and followers of Ludwig von Mises , believe all government intervention in
276-505: A custom-built office space on Pennsylvania Avenue , near the U.S. Capitol and the White House . The new LEED-certified offices were designed by FOX Architects . The Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe presided over the opening of the new offices. Vice President Mike Pence used the institute as his venue for a major policy speech concerning China on October 4, 2018. In 2021, Pompeo and Elaine Chao , Secretary of Transportation in
345-491: A major role in U.S. politics and culture since 1776, they also argue that an organized conservative movement with beliefs that differ from those of other American political parties did not emerge in the U.S. at least until the 1950s. The recent movement conservatism has its base in the Republican Party , which has adopted conservative policies since the 1950s; Southern Democrats also became important early figures in
414-600: A monarchy, an established church, or a hereditary aristocracy. American conservatism is best characterized as a reaction against utopian ideas of progress and European political philosophy from before the end of World War II . Russell Kirk saw the American Revolution itself as "a conservative reaction, in the English political tradition, against royal innovation". In the 2022 book The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism , Matthew Continetti noted that
483-749: A more militaristic , interventionist foreign policy aimed at promoting democracy abroad, which stands in stark contrast to Paleoconservatisms more isolationist foreign policy. Neoconservatives often name communism and Islamism as the biggest threats to the free world. They often oppose the United Nations for interfering with American unilateralism. National conservatism focuses on upholding national and cultural identity . National conservatives strongly identify with American nationalism , patriotism , and American exceptionalism , while opposing internationalism , globalism , and multiculturalism . The movement seeks to promote national interests through
552-572: A new think tank that was less hierarchical and bureaucratic. Along with Max Singer, a young government lawyer who had been Kahn's RAND colleague, and New York attorney Oscar Ruebhausen, Kahn founded the Hudson Institute on July 20, 1961. Kahn has been described as Hudson's driving intellect while Singer developed the institute's organization. Ruebhausen was an advisor to New York governor Nelson Rockefeller . Hudson's initial research projects largely represented Kahn's personal interests, which included
621-508: A professor of history at Mount Holyoke College , wrote: Here was no lover of government by plutocracy, no dreamer of an America filled with factions and hard-packed cities. Here was a man who loved America as it was and had been, one whose life was a doughty testament to the trials and glories of ordered liberty. Here ... was the model of the American conservative. Herman Kahn#The Year 2000 Herman Kahn (February 15, 1922 – July 7, 1983)
690-538: A project on the implications of the digital era for American society. In 1990, Daniels quit to become vice president of corporate affairs at Eli Lilly and Company . He was succeeded as CEO by Leslie Lenkowsky, a social scientist, and former consultant to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan . Under Lenkowsky, Hudson emphasized domestic and social policy. During the early 1990s, the institute did work concerning education reform and applied research on charter schools and school choice . Also in 1990, Hudson Institute spun off
759-614: A smaller government is known as starve the beast . Activist Grover Norquist is a well-known proponent of the strategy and has famously said, "My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub." The argument in favor of balanced budgets is often coupled with a belief that government welfare programs should be narrowly tailored and that tax rates should be low, which implies relatively small government institutions. Neoconservatism emphasizes foreign policy over domestic policy. Its supporters, mainly war hawks , advocate
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#1732851215919828-446: A steady flow of "prescription and prejudice". Kirk's use of the word "prejudice" here is not intended to carry its contemporary pejorative connotation: a conservative himself, he believed that the inherited wisdom of the ages may be a better guide than apparently rational individual judgment. Through much of the 20th century, a primary force uniting the varied strands of conservatism, and uniting conservatives with liberals and socialists,
897-534: A study of human experience. On this point we are, without reservations, on the conservative side. According to Peter Viereck , American conservatism is distinctive because it was not tied to a monarchy, landed aristocracy, established church, or military elite. Instead American conservatives were firmly rooted in American republicanism , which European conservatives opposed. They are committed, says Seymour Martin Lipset , to
966-627: A subsidiary non-profit organization that took the name the Discovery Institute . At the initiative of Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson , two members of Hudson were in the small planning group that designed the Wisconsin Works welfare-to-work program. Hudson also helped fund the planning and evaluated the results. A version was adopted nationwide in the 1996 federal welfare-reform legislation signed by President Bill Clinton . In 2001, President George W. Bush 's initiative on charitable choice
1035-556: 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". Another employee of the institute, Michael Fumento , was revealed to have received funding from Monsanto for his 1999 book Bio-Evolution. Monsanto's spokesman said: "It's our practice, that if we're dealing with an organization like this, that any funds we're giving should be unrestricted." Hudson's CEO and President Kenneth R. Weinstein told BusinessWeek that he
1104-488: Is one of two major political ideologies of the United States with the other being liberalism . Conservative and Christian media organizations and American conservative figures are influential, and American conservatism is a large and mainstream ideology in the Republican Party and nation. As of 2021, 36 percent of Americans consider themselves conservative, according to polling by Gallup, Inc. Conservatism in
1173-714: Is the Senior Fellow and Director. Hudson offers two annual awards, the Herman Kahn Award and the Global Leadership Awards. Past Hudson Institute honorees include Nikki Haley , Paul Ryan , Mike Pence , Mike Pompeo , Ronald Reagan , Henry Kissinger , Rupert Murdoch , Dick Cheney , Joseph Lieberman , Benjamin Netanyahu , David Petraeus , and Shinzo Abe . Hudson Institute is funded by donations from individuals, foundations, and corporations. Notable funders of
1242-731: The United States Army in May 1943, serving during the Burma campaign in World War II in a non-combat capacity as a telephone lineman . He received a Bachelor of Science at UCLA and briefly attended Caltech to pursue a doctorate before dropping out with a Master of Science due to financial constraints. He joined the RAND Corporation as a mathematician after being recruited by fellow physicist Samuel Cohen . Kahn's major contributions were
1311-408: The environment . Social conservatives —many of them religious—often oppose abortion and same-sex marriage . They often favor prayer in public schools and government funding for private religious schools . Like most political ideologies in the United States , conservatism originates from republicanism , which rejects aristocratic and monarchical government and upholds the principles of
1380-452: The nuclear family . There are two overlapping subgroups of social conservatives: the traditional and the religious. Traditional conservatives strongly support traditional codes of conduct, especially those they feel are threatened by social change and modernization. Religious conservatives focus on conducting society based on the morals prescribed by fundamentalist religious authorities, rejecting secularism and moral relativism . In
1449-508: The " Doomsday Machine ", a device which would immediately cause the destruction of the entire planet in the event of a nuclear attack. Both the name and the concept of the weapon are drawn from the text of On Thermonuclear War . Louis Menand observes, "In Kahn’s book, the Doomsday Machine is an example of the sort of deterrent that appeals to the military mind but that is dangerously destabilizing. Since nations are not suicidal, its only use
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#17328512159191518-450: The 1776 U.S. Declaration of Independence ("that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness") and of the U.S. Constitution , which established a federal republic under the rule of law . Conservative philosophy also derives in part from the classical liberal tradition of
1587-475: The 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, which advocated laissez-faire economics (i.e. economic freedom and deregulation ). Louis Hartz argues that socialism has failed to become established in the United States because of Americans' widespread acceptance of an enduring, underlying Lockean consensus. While historians such as Patrick Allitt (born 1956) and political theorists such as Russell Kirk (1918–1994) assert that conservative principles have played
1656-904: The 1970s for reasons including increased competition from other think tanks for government grants. It turned to grants from corporations such as IBM and Mobil . In his 1982 book The Coming Boom , Kahn argued that pro-growth tax and fiscal policies, information technology , and developments by the energy industry would make possible an unprecedented prosperity in the Western world by the early 21st century. Kahn also foresaw unconventional extraction techniques like hydraulic fracturing . Within 20 years, Hudson had offices in Bonn , Paris , Brussels , Montreal and Tokyo . Other research projects were related to South Korea , Singapore , Australia and Latin America . After Kahn's sudden death at age 61 on July 7, 1983, Hudson
1725-680: The 1980s preached traditional moral and religious social values. The history of American conservatism has been marked by tensions and competing ideologies. During the era of Ronald Reagan , a coalition of ideologies was formed that was known as "the Three Leg Stool " — the three legs being social conservatives (consisting of the Christian right and paleo-conservatives ), war hawks (consisting of interventionists and neoconservatives ), and fiscal conservatives (consisting of right-libertarians and free-market capitalists ), with overlap between
1794-592: The American conservative movement has been fractured for a century. Political conservatives have emphasized an identification with the Founding Fathers of the United States and the U.S. Constitution . Scholars of conservative political thought "generally label John Adams as the intellectual father of American conservatism". Russell Kirk points to Adams as the key Founding Father for conservatives, saying that "some writers regard him as America's most important conservative public man". In 1955, Clinton Rossiter ,
1863-597: The Hudson Institute, where she accepted the institute's Global Leadership Award. In response to the award event, the Foreign Ministry of China imposed sanctions on the institute, its Board of Trustees Chair Sarah May Stern, and its President and CEO John P. Walters . European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen chose the Hudson Institute to host a major address in October 2023 where she defended Israel's right to defend itself following Palestinian terror attacks . In
1932-822: The Institute include the Silicon Valley Community Foundation , the Sarah Scaife Foundation , and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation . As of 2021, the organization reported revenue of over $ 37m with under $ 20m in expenses and an endowment of $ 81m. Hudson Institute has accepted $ 7.9m from Donors Trust . It has received $ 25,000 from Exxon Mobil since 1998 and less than $ 100,000 from Koch family foundations , both of which actively minimize climate change. The New York Times commented on Dennis Avery's attacks on organic farming: "The attack on organic food by
2001-484: The Southern " Bible Belt " and in recent years played a major role in the political coalitions of George W. Bush and Donald Trump . Fiscal conservatism has ideological roots in capitalism , limited government , free enterprise , and laissez-faire economics. Fiscal conservatives typically support tax cuts , reduced government spending , free markets , deregulation , privatization , minimal government debt , and
2070-584: The Soviet Union had to be convinced that the United States had second-strike capability in order to leave the Politburo in no doubt that even a perfectly coordinated massive attack would guarantee a measure of retaliation that would leave them devastated as well: At the minimum, an adequate deterrent for the United States must provide an objective basis for a Soviet calculation that would persuade them that, no matter how skillful or ingenious they were, an attack on
2139-461: The Trump administration, joined the institute. In January 2021, John P. Walters was appointed president and CEO of the Hudson Institute. Walters succeeded Kenneth R. Weinstein , who became the first Walter P. Stern Distinguished Fellow. Former U.S. attorney general William P. Barr joined as a distinguished fellow in 2022. On March 30, 2023, President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan attended an event held by
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2208-574: The United States Defunct Newspapers Journals TV channels Websites Other Economics Gun rights Identity politics Nativist Religion Watchdog groups Youth/student groups Miscellaneous Other [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Conservatism in the United States is based on a belief in individualism , traditionalism , republicanism , and limited federal governmental power in relation to U.S. states . Conservatism
2277-557: The United States is not a single school of thought. According to American philosopher Ian Adams, all major American parties are " liberal and always have been. Essentially they espouse classical liberalism , that is a form of democratized Whig constitutionalism plus the free market . The point of difference comes with the influence of social liberalism ". American conservatives tend to support Christian values , moral absolutism , and American exceptionalism , while opposing abortion , euthanasia , and some LGBT rights (depending on
2346-464: The United States would lead to a very high risk if not certainty of large-scale destruction to Soviet civil society and military forces. In 1962, Kahn published a 16-step escalation ladder. By 1965 he had developed this into a 44-step ladder. In 1961, Kahn, Max Singer and Oscar Ruebhausen founded the Hudson Institute , a think tank initially located in Croton-on-Hudson, New York , where Kahn
2415-541: The United States, " conservative " is often used very differently from the way it is used in Europe. Following the American Revolution , Americans rejected the then core ideals of European conservatism, which were based on landed nobility , hereditary monarchy , established churches , and powerful armies. Conservatives in the United States historically view individual liberty within the bounds of conservative values as
2484-491: The United States, this translates into hard-line stances on moral issues, such as opposition to abortion , LGBT rights , feminism , pornography , comprehensive sex education , and recreational drug use . Religious conservatives often assert that America is a Christian nation , calling for laws that enforce Christian morality . They often support school prayer , vouchers for parochial schools , and restricting or outlawing abortion . Social conservatives are strongest in
2553-408: The United States. In the book, he claimed that Japan would pursue obtaining nuclear weapons and that it would pass the United States in per-capita income by 1990, and likely equal it in gross national product by 2000. During the mid-1970s, when South Korea 's GDP per capita was one of the lowest in the world, Kahn predicted that the country would become one of the top 10 most powerful countries in
2622-685: The belief in America's "superiority against the cold reactionary monarchical and more rigidly status-bound system of European society". In terms of governmental economic policies, American conservatives have been heavily influenced by the classical liberal or libertarian tradition as expressed by Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman , and a major source of influence has been the Chicago school of economics . They have been strongly opposed to Keynesian economics . Traditional ( Burkean ) conservatives tend to be anti-ideological, and some would even say anti-philosophical, promoting, as Russell Kirk explained,
2691-590: The development of the nuclear strategy of the United States. Kahn was born in Bayonne, New Jersey , as one of three sons to Yetta (née Koslowsky) and Abraham Kahn, a tailor. His parents were Jewish immigrants from Poland . He was raised in the Bronx , then in Los Angeles following his parents' divorce in 1932. Raised Jewish, he later identified as an atheist. Kahn graduated from Fairfax High School in 1940 and enlisted in
2760-691: The divide between the left and the right led to violent polarization, starting with the French Revolution . In 2009, Emory University history professor Patrick Allitt wrote that attitude, not policy, are at the core of differences between liberals and conservatives: Certain continuities can be traced through American history. The conservative 'attitude' ... was one of trusting to the past, to long-established patterns of thought and conduct, and of assuming that novelties were more likely to be dangerous than advantageous. No American party has ever advocated traditional European ideals of "conservatism" such as
2829-584: The document contains a list called "One Hundred Technical Innovations Very Likely in the Last Third of the Twentieth Century". The first ten predictions were: In Kahn's view, capitalism and technology held nearly boundless potential for progress, while the colonization of space lay in the near, not the distant, future. Kahn's 1976 book The Next 200 Years , written with William Brown and Leon Martel, presented an optimistic scenario of economic conditions in
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2898-502: The domestic and military use of nuclear power and scenario planning exercises about policy options and their possible outcomes. The use of the word scenario in such exercises had been adapted from Hollywood storytelling as a more dignified word than "screenplay", and Kahn was an enthusiastic practitioner. Kahn and his colleagues made pioneering contributions to nuclear deterrence theory and strategy during this period. Hudson's detailed analyses of "ladders of escalation" and reports on
2967-416: The economy is wasteful, corrupt, and immoral. Fiscal conservatism advocates restraint of progressive taxation and expenditure. Fiscal conservatives since the 19th century have argued that debt is a device to corrupt politics; they argue that big spending ruins the morals of the people, and that a national debt creates a dangerous class of speculators. A political strategy employed by conservatives to achieve
3036-493: The era, we are, without reservations, on the libertarian side. The profound crisis of our era is, in essence, the conflict between the Social Engineers, who seek to adjust mankind to scientific utopias, and the disciples of Truth, who defend the organic moral order. We believe that truth is neither arrived at nor illuminated by monitoring election results, binding though these are for other purposes, but by other means, including
3105-423: The fundamental trait of democracy . They typically believe in a balance between federal government and states' rights . Apart from some right-libertarians , American conservatives tend to favor strong action in areas they believe to be within government's legitimate jurisdiction, particularly national defense and law enforcement while opposing government intervention in social issues such as healthcare and
3174-476: The idea of a "winnable" nuclear exchange in his 1960 book On Thermonuclear War for which he was one of the historical inspirations for the title character of Stanley Kubrick 's classic black comedy film satire Dr. Strangelove . In his commentary for Fail Safe , director Sidney Lumet remarked that the Professor Groeteschele character is also based on Herman Kahn. Kahn's theories contributed to
3243-448: The institute moved to Indianapolis the year after. The institute helped design Wisconsin 's influential workfare program in the mid-1990s. Hudson relocated to Washington, D.C., in 2004. It has been noted for work with governments and industries including defense and agribusiness . Hudson Institute was founded in 1961 by Herman Kahn , Max Singer, and Oscar M. Ruebhausen . Kahn was a Cold War icon, often interviewed in magazines, who
3312-677: The likely consequences of limited and unlimited nuclear exchanges, eventually published as Thinking About the Unthinkable in 1962 and On Escalation: Metaphors and Scenarios in 1965, were influential within the Kennedy administration. They helped the institute win its first major research contract from the Office of Civil Defense at the Pentagon. Meanwhile, in popular culture, Dr. Strangelove in 1964 borrowed many lines from Kahn's On Thermonuclear War, and
3381-755: The methods of Kahn, Hudson and RAND also inspired the 1967 satirical book The Report From Iron Mountain , depicting a supposedly secret study on the dangers of peace. Kahn did not want Hudson limited to defense-related research, and along with Singer, he recruited a staff from diverse academic backgrounds. Hudson also involved a wide range of consultants for analysis and policy, including French philosopher Raymond Aron , African-American novelist Ralph Ellison , political scientist Henry Kissinger , conceptual artist James Lee Byars , and social scientist Daniel Bell . Its focus expanded to include geopolitics , economics, demography , anthropology , science and technology, education, and urban planning . Kahn in 1962 predicted
3450-476: The movement's history. In 1937, Southern Democrats formed the congressional conservative coalition , which played an influential role in Congress from the late 1930s to the mid-1960s. In recent decades, Southern conservatives voted heavily Republican. Conservatism in the United States is not a single school of thought. Barry Goldwater in the 1960s spoke for a " free enterprise " conservatism. Jerry Falwell in
3519-519: The politicians). They tend to favor economic liberalism , and are generally pro- business and pro- capitalism , while opposing communism and labor unions . They often advocate for a strong national defense , gun rights , capital punishment , and a defense of Western culture from perceived threats posed by communism , Islamism and moral relativism . American conservatives may question epidemiology , climate change , and evolution more frequently than moderates or liberals . In
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#17328512159193588-516: The preservation of traditional cultural values , restrictions on illegal immigration , and strict law and order policies. In the United States, there has never been a national political party called the Conservative Party. Since 1962, there has been a small Conservative Party of New York State . During Reconstruction in several states in the South in the late 1860s, the former Whigs formed
3657-628: The rise of Japan as the world's second-largest economy and developed close ties to politicians and corporate leaders there. Hudson Institute used scenario-planning techniques to forecast long-term developments and was noted for its future studies. In 1967, Hudson published The Year 2000 , a bestselling book commissioned by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Many of the predictions proved correct, including technological developments like portable telephones and network-linked home and office computers. In 1970, The Emerging Japanese Superstate
3726-730: The several strategies he developed during the Cold War to contemplate "the unthinkable" – namely, nuclear warfare – by using applications of game theory . Kahn is often cited (with Pierre Wack ) as a father of scenario planning . Kahn argued for deterrence and believed that if the Soviet Union believed that the United States had a second strike capability then it would offer greater deterrence, which he wrote in his paper titled "The Nature and Feasibility of War and Deterrence". The bases of his work were systems theory and game theory as applied to economics and military strategy. Kahn argued that for deterrence to succeed,
3795-614: The sides . In the 21st century United States, types of conservatism include: In February 1955, in the first issue of National Review , William F. Buckley Jr. explained the standards of his magazine and articulate the beliefs of American conservatives: Among our convictions: It is the job of centralized government (in peacetime) to protect its citizens' lives, liberty and property. All other activities of government tend to diminish freedom and hamper progress. The growth of government (the dominant social feature of this century) must be fought relentlessly. In this great social conflict of
3864-507: The speech, she voiced EU solidarity with Israel and drew parallels between acts of terror by Hamas and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin . The speech was coordinated with the White House as President Joe Biden urged Congress to approve additional aid to support Ukraine and Israel as key allies of the United States. The Institute provides several briefing services, such as the Keystone Defense Initiative, where Rebecca Heinrichs
3933-543: The world by the year 2000. In his last year, 1983, Kahn wrote approvingly of Ronald Reagan 's political agenda in The Coming Boom: Economic, Political, and Social and bluntly derided Jonathan Schell 's claims about the long-term effects of nuclear war. On July 7 that year, he died of a stroke, aged 61. His wife was Rosalie "Jane" Kahn. He and Jane had two children, David and Debbie. Along with John von Neumann , Edward Teller and Wernher von Braun , Kahn
4002-404: The year 2176. He also wrote a number of books extrapolating the future of the American, Japanese and Australian economies and several works on systems theory, including the well-received 1957 monograph Techniques of System Analysis . In 1970, Kahn published the book The Emerging Japanese Superstate in which he claimed that Japan would play a large role in the world equal to the Soviet Union and
4071-475: Was an American physicist and a founding member of the Hudson Institute , regarded as one of the preeminent futurists of the latter part of the twentieth century. He originally came to prominence as a military strategist and systems theorist while employed at the RAND Corporation . He analyzed the likely consequences of nuclear war and recommended ways to improve survivability during the Cold War . Kahn posited
4140-406: Was an inspiration for the character "Dr. Strangelove" in the eponymous film by Stanley Kubrick released in 1964. After Kubrick read Kahn's book On Thermonuclear War , he began a correspondence with him which led to face-to-face discussions between Kubrick and Kahn. In the film, Dr. Strangelove refers to a report on the Doomsday Machine by the "BLAND Corporation". Kahn gave Kubrick the idea for
4209-426: Was based on Hudson's research into social-service programs administered by faith-based organizations. Other Hudson research from this period included 1987's "Workforce 2000", the "Blue Ribbon Commission on Hungary " (1990) "International Baltic Economic Commission" (1991–93), on market-oriented reforms in the newly independent states of Eastern Europe, and the 1997 follow-up study "Workforce 2020". In 1997, Lenkowsky
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#17328512159194278-650: Was delivered to the House Armed Services subcommittee without disclosing that Huntington Ingalls had paid for part of the report. Hudson acknowledged the misconduct, describing it as a "mistake". The institute, which publishes frequent reports concerning China, has received funding from the Taiwanese government as have other prominent think tanks. Defunct Newspapers Journals TV channels Websites Other Economics Gun rights Identity politics Nativist Religion Conservatism in
4347-500: Was living at the time. He recruited sociologist Daniel Bell , political philosopher Raymond Aron and novelist Ralph Ellison (author of the 1952 classic Invisible Man ). In 1967, Herman Kahn and Anthony J. Wiener published The Year 2000: A Framework for Speculation on the Next Thirty-Three Years , which included contributions from staff members of the Hudson Institute and an introduction by Daniel Bell . Table XVIII in
4416-675: Was opposition to communism, which was seen not only as an enemy of the traditional order but also the enemy of Western freedom and democracy. Between 1945 and 1947, it was the Labour government in the United Kingdom, which embraced socialism, that pushed the Truman administration to take a strong stand against Soviet Communism . Social conservatism in the United States is the defense of traditional family values rooted in Judeo-Christian ethics and
4485-494: Was published. After the Club of Rome 's 1972 report The Limits to Growth produced alarm about the possibility that population growth and resource depletion might result in a 21st-century global "collapse", Hudson responded with its own analysis, The Next 200 Years , which concluded instead that scientific and practical innovations were likely to significantly improve worldwide living standards. Hudson struggled with funding problems in
4554-503: Was purported to have the highest IQ on record and partly inspired the 1964 movie Dr. Strangelove . In 1960, while employed at the RAND Corporation, Kahn had given a series of lectures at Princeton University on scenarios related to nuclear war . In 1960, Princeton University Press published On Thermonuclear War , a book-length expansion of Kahn's lecture notes. Major controversies ensued, and Kahn and RAND parted ways. Kahn moved to Croton-on-Hudson, New York , intending to establish
4623-664: Was restructured. Recruited by the City of Indianapolis and the Lilly Endowment , Hudson relocated its headquarters to Indiana in 1984. In 1987, Mitch Daniels , a former aide to Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) and President Ronald Reagan , was appointed CEO. William Eldridge Odom , former director of the National Security Agency , became Hudson's director of national security studies; economist Alan Reynolds became director of economic research. Technologist George Gilder led
4692-516: Was succeeded by Herbert London . After the September 11 attacks , Hudson emphasized international issues such as the Middle East , Latin America , and Islam . On June 1, 2004, Hudson relocated its headquarters to Washington, D.C. In 2012, Sarah May Stern became chairman of the board of trustees, and remains so to the present. In 2016, Hudson relocated from its McPherson Square headquarters to
4761-426: Was uncertain if the payment should have been disclosed. "That's a good question, period," he said. The New York Times suggested Huntington Ingalls Industries had used the Hudson Institute to enhance the company's argument for more nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, at a cost of US$ 11 billion each. The Times alleged that a former naval officer was paid by Hudson to publish an analysis endorsing more funding. The report
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