Hudson Institute
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| Founded | 1961 |
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| Founder | Herman Kahn |
| Type | Think tank |
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| Origins | RAND Corporation |
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Area served
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United States of America |
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Key people
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Revenue (2015)
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$12,318,000 |
| Expenses (2015) | $12,135,000 |
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Employees
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70+ |
| Slogan | An independent research organization promoting new ideas for the advancement of global security, prosperity and freedom |
| Website | www.hudson.org |
The Hudson Institute is an American conservativenon-profit 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.
The Institute is committed to innovative research and analysis that promotes "global security, prosperity and freedom." It promotes public policy change in accordance with its stated belief that "America’s unique and central role in the global system offers the best foundation for security, the defense of liberty, and assuring economic growth."
In March 2011, Kenneth R. Weinstein was appointed President and CEO of the Institute.
Hudson Institute was founded in 1961 by Herman Kahn, Max Singer, and Oscar M. Ruebhausen. 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 in the end, Kahn and RAND had a parting of ways. Kahn moved to Croton-on-Hudson, New York, intending to establish a new think tank, less hierarchical and bureaucratic in its organization. Along with Max Singer, a young government lawyer who had been a RAND colleague of Kahn's, and New York attorney Oscar Ruebhausen, Kahn founded Hudson Institute on 20 July 1961. Kahn was the Hudson's driving intellect and Singer built up the institute's organization. Ruebhausen was an advisor to New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller.
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