Hudson Institute is a conservative American think tank based in Washington, D C It was 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.
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Hudson Institute was founded in 1961 by Herman Kahn, Max Singer, and Oscar M Ruebhausen.
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Kahn did not want Hudson Institute to restrict itself to defense-related research, and along with Singer recruited a full-time professional staff with widely different academic backgrounds.
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Hudson Institute regularly involved a broad range of outside notables in their analytic projects and policy deliberations.
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Hudson Institute's focus expanded to include geopolitics, economics, demography, anthropology, science and technology, education, and urban planning.
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Hudson Institute used scenario-planning techniques to forecast long-term developments and became renowned for its future studies.
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In 1967, Hudson Institute published The Year 2000, a bestselling book, commissioned by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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In 1990, Daniels left Hudson Institute to become Vice President of Corporate Affairs at Eli Lilly and Company.
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Hudson Institute was succeeded as CEO by Leslie Lenkowsky, a social scientist, and former consultant to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
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At the initiative of Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson, Hudson Institute designed the "Wisconsin Works" welfare-to-work program that was adopted nationwide in the 1996 federal welfare-reform legislation signed by President Bill Clinton.
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On 1 July 2004, Hudson Institute relocated its headquarters to Washington, DC, and focused its research on national security and foreign policy issues.
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In 2016, Hudson moved from its McPherson Square headquarters to a custom-built office space on Pennsylvania Avenue, near the U S Capitol and the White House.
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Hudson Institute offers two annual awards, the Herman Kahn Award and the Global Leadership Awards.
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The Hudson Institute was joined by Elaine Chao, Secretary of Transportation in the Trump administration.
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In January 2021, Ken Weinstein, former president and CEO of Hudson Institute, became the first Walter P Stern Distinguished Fellow.
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Hudson Institute has been criticised for pushing a climate denial agenda and accepting $7.
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New York Times accused Huntington Ingalls Industries of using the Hudson Institute to enhance the company's argument for more nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, at a cost of US$11 billion each.
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Hudson Institute, which publishes frequent reports on China, has received funding from the Taiwanese government.
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Employees at the Hudson Institute have made substantial donations to Republican candidates and PACs.
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