l www.hudson.org News &Review 50th Anniversary 1961–2011 SUMMER l FALL 2011

LIEBERMAN AND STERN HONORED AT 2011 DOOLITTLE PRIZE DINNER

At Hudson’s 2011 James H. Doolittle Prize Dinner in New York City in June, the Institute honored Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) with this year’s prize for his courageous leadership and distinguished record of accomplishment in a long career devoted to ensur- ing the safety and security of the . “Our country has benefited immensely from ’s leadership and courage,” said Hudson President and CEO Kenneth Weinstein during his introduction of the Senator. “He is a pillar of independence and strength, and we are all profoundly grateful for his service.” At the dinner, Hudson also paid tribute to Chairman Emeritus Walter P. Stern for his many years of service to the Insti- tute. Stern has supported, shaped, and led Hudson for more than three decades and has helped make Hudson a world- class public policy innovator. In his speech before the Trustees, dis- tinguished guests, and media, Senator Lieberman warned against an isolationist American foreign policy. Doolittle Prize recipient Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman “We do not live in a ‘post-American world,’” Lieberman said. “We live in a and (inset) Chairman world in which American leadership and American power are more important Emeritus Walter P. Stern than ever. The American people intuitively understand CONTINUED ON PAGE 23 CONTENTS CHAIRMAN’S 2011 SUMMER/FALL LETTER

1 LIEBERMAN AND STERN Dear Friends of Hudson Institute, HONORED AT 2011 As Chairman, it is an honor to note that Hudson Institute is celebrating its fiftieth DOOLITTLE PRIZE DINNER anniversary and continues to expand and prosper. I am exceedingly proud to look back 2 Chairman’s LETTER upon the remarkable legacy of the Institute and to look optimistically into our future. 3 Hudson Media Today, as you see chronicled in this edition of News & Review, Hudson’s experts HIGHLIGHTS help national and international leaders understand the threat of radical Islam and 5 Excerpts of terrorism. Our scholars work to promote freedom and human rights. Hudson’s CONGRESSIONAL economic research promotes growth, trade, innovation, and prosperity. Our renowned TESTIMONY work on American institutions and ideals is guided by the principles of America’s 7 Hudson launches founders, and our studies on philanthropy measure the effectiveness of private and NEW CENTER faith-based assistance empowering individuals. and welcomes Among Hudson’s recent fiftieth-anniversary activities was a gala dinner in New NEW SCHOLARS York, where we honored two extraordinary individuals: Sen. Joseph Lieberman and 8 2011 BRADLEY SYMPOSIUM Hudson Chairman Emeritus Walter Stern. My longtime friend Joe has advanced and “True Americanism” protected American interests through his work in the Senate. And for four 10 Hudson EVENTS decades,Wally has guided the Institute; he has done more than anyone else to keep 15 NewYork Hudson Founder ’s dream alive. BRIEFING COUNCIL It is with pride that I announce important changes at this milestone in our history. 16 New President and CEO Hudson’s Board of Trustees has elected Kenneth Weinstein as President and CEO. KENNETH WEINSTEIN I am confident Ken will take Hudson in bold new directions as we advance into our 17 1961–2011 next fifty years (see page 16). And I’m delighted to announce that Marie-Josée Kravis HUDSON celebrates and Sarah Stern have become Vice Chairs of the Board. 50 years Also this summer, Hudson welcomed new CFO John Freeman and scholars Harold 18 Scholar in the Spotlight Furchtgott-Roth and Bruce Cole (see page 7). They will bring their expertise to TEVI TROY Hudson’s already deep bench of public policy experts and exceptional staff. 19 PUBLICATIONS Not losing sight of those who brought us to where we are today, I would like to express my thanks on behalf of the Institute to two exemplary individuals, President Emeritus —who I’m pleased will continue to be a part of Hudson management—and retiring Vice President and CFO Deborah Hoopes. They have contributed decades of talent and leadership to Hudson Institute. I hope you will consider being a part of Hudson’s bright future and our next fifty years by becoming a financial supporter.

With best wishes,

50th ANNIVERSARY 1961– 2011 ALLAN R. TESSLER Chairman 2 HUDSON INSTITUTE HUDSON MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS

■ VOICE OF AMERICA ■ AL JAZEERA ENGLISH ■ FOX BUSINESS NEWS Ann Marlowe on Afghanistan, Aparna Pande on transportation Mario Mancuso on special ops, August 1 in India, July 7 May 6

■ ■ BBC ■ MSNBC John Walters on Mexican drug Richard Weitz on Afghan troop Douglas Feith on bin Laden’s cartels, August 1 withdrawal, June 22 death, May 4

■ FRANCE 3 ■ CNN ■ C-SPAN Kenneth Weinstein on the debt TeviTroy on presidential debates, Hillel Fradkin on the future of reduction debates, August 1 June 13 Syria, April 28

For exclusive Hudson videos, please visit ourYouTube page at www.YouTube.com/HudsonInstitute.

2011 SUMMER/FALL 3 TOP-TIER COMMENTARY

“Far from the Worst Congress Ever” by Amy Kauffman, Foreign Policy, August 1

“Are McDonald’s and Walmart Winning the War on Obesity?” ■ C-SPAN ■ CBC (CANADA) by Hank Cardello, The Atlantic, July 29 Lee Smith on the future of Syria, Charles Horner on Chinese Pres-

“Greek Deal Facilitates Worsening April 28 ident Hu’s state visit, January 18 Relations” by , Wall Street Journal Europe, July 24

“The Obama Doctrine Defined” by and Douglas Feith, Commentary Magazine, July/August

“How to Be an Honest Whistleblower” by Gabriel Schoenfeld, Wall Street Journal, June 10

“China’s Influence Gap” by John Lee, ■ CNN ■ FOX NEWS Wall Street Journal Asia, June 6 Hanns Kuttner on campaign Nina Shea on persecuted

“A Heritage in Ruins” promises, April 19 Christians in Iraq, January 14 by Ann Marlowe, NewYorkTimes, June 3

“Now’s the Time to Redraft ACO Rules” byTeviTroy, Politico,June3

“Sudan Back on the Brink” by Andrew Natsios, Foreign Affairs, May 26

“Qaddafi’s Man in Managua” by Jaime Daremblum, Weekly Standard, May 10 ■ FOX NEWS ■ CNN Herbert London on Libya, Paul Marshall on persecuted “The Man Who Named the March 6 Christians in Egypt, January 7 ‘Independent Sector’” by William Schambra, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, May 5

“Egypt’s Islamists: A Cautionary Tale” by Hillel Fradkin and Lewis Libby, Commentary Magazine, April

“Kim Jong Il’s Nuclear Resolve” by Jack David and Melanie Kirkpatrick, Wall Street Journal, February 28

To read the latest Hudson commentary, ■ ■ visit our website www.hudson.org. CTV (CANADA) CNN INTERNATIONAL Christopher Sands on U.S.- Irwin Stelzer on U.S. employment, Canadian relations, February 17 December 3

4 HUDSON INSTITUTE EXCERPTS OF CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY BY HUDSON SCHOLARS

■ APARNA PANDE the administration’s regulatory and ■ CHRISTOPHER FORD testifies before the House legislative agenda has had the effect testifies before the United Committee on Foreign of reducing jobs rather than creating States-China Economic them. Energy and environmental reg- Affairs, Subcommittee and Security Review ulation, new financial legislation, the on Investigations and new health care law, and proposed Commission, March 10 Oversight, July 26 tax increases all serve to drive jobs abroad rather than foster domestic Today, China seems openly assertive. A stable and effective civilian demo- growth. The narrative promoted by Beijing cratic Pakistan is the best bulwark seems now to be one of power by against radical Islamism, al-Qaeda, birthright: the assertion of special pre- and other jihadi groups in South ■ HAROLD rogatives in East Asia, coupled with Asia. Not only will the United States FURCHTGOTT-ROTH an ostentatious show of emerging benefit from a stable Pakistan, but military capabilities focused upon testifies before the House the entire region will as well.A stable denying U.S. military forces access to Pakistan is necessary for a stable Judiciary Committee, the region, thereby deterring our in- Afghanistan. China and India share Subcommittee on Courts, tervention in whatever future conflicts the desire for a stable Pakistan since Commercial, and might erupt there involving China. the last thing they want is Pakistan Administrative Law, failing or collapsing or radical Islam- June 8 ists becoming stronger in Pakistan ■ RICHARD WEITZ and crossing in greater numbers testifies before the United across the border. The public and our economy would States-China Economic benefit substantially from the careful consideration of the costs and bene- and Security Review ■ DIANA fits of regulations. Federal agencies Commission, April 13 FURCHTGOTT-ROTH have substantial legal and regulatory requirements, including Executive Since the end of the ColdWar, the im- testifies before the Joint Orders 12866 and 13563, to docu- proved political and economic rela- Economic Committee, ment their consideration of the costs tionship between Beijing and Moscow July 12 and benefits of proposed and new has affected a range of international regulations. However, the executive security issues. China and Russia have The Great Recession ended in June orders are not sufficient to ensure expanded their bilateral economic 2009, but, two years later, something reasoned rulemaking. For instance, and security cooperation. In addition, is still terribly wrong.… It is most the FCC does not effectively docu- they have pursued distinct, yet paral- troubling that whereas jobs are the ment or weigh the benefits and costs lel, policies regarding many global first priority for most Americans, of its rulemakings. and regional issues. Yet, Chinese and

2011 SUMMER/FALL 5 Russian approaches to a range of Hudson Institute Board of Trustees significant subjects are still largely uncoordinated and at times in con- flict. Economic exchanges between ALLAN R.TESSLER China and Russia remain minimal Chairman of the Board compared to those found between Chairman of the Board, Epoch Holdings Corporation most friendly countries, let alone WALTER P. STERN allies. Chairman Emeritus Vice Chairman, Capital International

MARIE-JOSÉE KRAVIS SARAH M. STERN ■ NINA SHEA Vice Chair Vice Chair testifies before the Tom Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute Scarsdale, NY Lantos Human Rights LINDEN S. BLUE YOJI OHASHI Commission, House Vice Chairman, Chairman of the Board, General Atomics All Nippon Airways Co. Ltd. Committee on Foreign

JOHN CATSIMATIDIS CAROLYN S. PARLATO Affairs, January 20 President and CEO, President, C & C Shorelands, Inc. Red Apple Group E. MILES PRENTICE III In the case of both countries—Egypt JACK DAVID Partner, Eaton & Van Winkle LLP and Iraq—we are talking about allies Senior Fellow, of the United States, governments Hudson Institute STEVEN PRICE Chairman and CEO, with which we have strong relation- GERALD DORROS Townsquare Media ships and to which we give billions of Medical Director, JACK ROSEN The William Dorros-Isadore Feuer dollars in aid annually. It is time to act CEO, Rosen Partners LLC Interventional Cardiovascular decisively on behalf of the funda- Disease Foundation mental human right of freedom of NewYork, NY RUSS GERSON religion or belief, especially for reli- CEO, Gerson Global Advisors JOSEPH SCHMUCKLER gious minorities, including Christians. Managing Partner, LAWRENCE KADISH Not only is this a moral imperative, Medley Capital LLC Old Westbury, NY but Congress should understand that WILLIAM SCHWEITZER DEBORAH KAHN CUNNINGHAM this is good for security—our securi- Partner, Baker Hostetler Consultant, DKC Group ty, the security of both nations, and WILLIAM D. SIEGEL global security.The continued threat GEORGE JAY LICHTBLAU NewYork, NY Chairman and CEO, against the Christian communities of Communication Networks LLC SUSAN M. STEINHARDT both countries undermines an impor- NewYork, NY HERBERT I. LONDON tant moderating influence in the Hudson Institute KENNETH R. WEINSTEIN region. In the case of Iraq, we have a Hudson Institute WILLIAM MATASSONI special obligation to render our assis- CEO,The Glass House Group MARGARET WHITEHEAD tance while our presence remains in McLean, VA STEPHAN MINIKES that nation.The transition from dicta- Of Counsel, CURTIN WINSOR, JR. torship to political democracy must Xenophon Strategies Chairman, American Chemical include the protection of religious Services Company EBRAHIM MOUSSAZADEH freedom. President, JOHN C. WOHLSTETTER Matrix Creations Senior Fellow, For a full listing of Hudson speeches and Congressional testimony, visit www.hudson.org/testimony.

6 HUDSON INSTITUTE HUDSON LAUNCHES CENTER FOR ECONOMICS OF THE INTERNET AND WELCOMES Harold Furchtgott-Roth Bruce Cole NEW “Federal agencies are currently In May, Bruce Cole, then the Pres- SCHOLARS addressing policy decisions based ident and CEO of the American Rev- on a theory of ‘Internet exceptional- olution Center (ARC), was named a ism,’ where ordinary principles of Senior Fellow at Hudson. economics do not apply,” said Mr. “Bruce Cole is both a distinguished Furchtgott-Roth.“Unfortunately, this scholar and an eminent leader in the arrangement only serves to harm humanities,” says Hudson President consumers and weaken our busi- and CEO Kenneth Weinstein.“My nesses.The Center for Economics of colleagues and I look forward to bene- the Internet will dispel the myth that fiting from his extensive scholarship regulating one part of the Internet and expertise.” ecosystem can be walled off from im- Before joining theARC, Cole served pacting other parts of the ecosystem.” as Chairman of the National Endow- From 2001 to 2003, Furchtgott-Roth ment for the Humanities (NEH), where was a Visiting Fellow at the Ameri- he managed a budget of $150 million can Enterprise Institute and a Senior and was responsible for awards total- Fellow at Hudson from 2006 to 2007. ing over $800 million. Appointed by From 1997 through 2001, he served President George W. Bush and unani- as a commissioner of the Federal mously confirmed by the Senate in Communications Commission. In 2001 and again in 2005, Cole was the that capacity, he served on the Joint longest serving Chairman of the NEH. Board on Universal Service. He is Under Cole’s leadership, the NEH one of the few economists to have launched key initiatives, including served as a federal regulatory com- We the People, a program designed missioner, and the only one to have to encourage the teaching, study, and n June, Hudson Institute launched served on the Federal Communica- understanding of American history the Center for Economics of the tions Commission. and culture. Internet, designed to highlight In- Before his appointment to the In July, Hudson welcomed Chief ternet policies that draw on free- FCC, Furchtgott-Roth was chief econ- Financial Officer John Freeman.Free- market principles.The Center was omist for the House Committee on man is responsible for oversight and Ifounded and is directed by former Commerce and a principal staff mem- control of the Institute’s financial op- FCC Commissioner and new Senior ber on the Telecommunications Act erations and administration. He is an Fellow Harold Furchtgott-Roth. of 1996. accomplished CONTINUEDONPAGE22

2011 SUMMER/FALL 7 TRUE AMERICANISM: WHAT IT IS AND WHY IT MATTERS

2011 BRADLEY SYMPOSIUM

8 HUDSON INSTITUTE his year’s BRADLEY SYMPOSIUM,hosted by Hudson’s Bradley T Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal and , featured a discussion among prominent political figures and scholars on American identity, focusing on a speech byTheodore Roosevelt entitled “True Americanism.” The forum was moderated by Hudson Institute Senior Fellow AMY KASS and AEI Madden-Jewett Amy Kass Scholar LEON KASS. Covered by C-SPAN, the event examined a new anthology, What So ProudlyWe Hail:The American Soul in Story, Speech, and Song (ISI Press), edited by Amy Kass, Leon Kass, and DIANA SCHAUB. The anthology uses the soul-shaping possibilities of American short stories, political speeches, and songs as it addresses issues of identity, the American character, and the virtues and aspirations of civic life. The distinguished panel included Juan Williams SEN. LAMAR ALEXANDER (R -Tenn.); ROBERT GEORGE of Princeton Univer- Sen. Lamar Alexander sity; DANIEL HENNINGER, Wall Street Journal Deputy Editorial Page Editor; CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist; HARVEY MANSFIELD of ; WILFRED MCCLAY of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; DIANA SCHAUB, Co-editor, What So ProudlyWe Hail; PAUL SINGER, Founder of Elliott Associates; and JUANWILLIAMS, journalist and Fox News political analyst.

2011 SUMMER/FALL 9 David Satter, Seth Cropsey, and Miriam Lanskoy

Hudson EVENTS PHOTOS BY PHILIP ROSS

JULY

EXPORT CONTROLS: WHAT’S AHEAD FROM THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND CONGRESS?

Export controls in the United States are at a crossroads, with potentially significant consequences for both national secu- rity and the global defense industry. Hudson’s conference examined the Obama administration’s export control reform proposals with a panel that included Michael Froman, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Secu- rity Adviser for International Economic Affairs; Douglas Feith, Hudson Institute Senior Fellow; William Schneider, President of International Planning Services; and Brandt Pasco, Attorney at Kaye Scholer.

BOOK FORUM ON HISTORY OF THE FUTURE: THE SHAPE OF THE WORLD TO COME IS VISIBLE TODAY

Human character has always been shaped by struggles against poverty, tyranny, and war. Hudson Institute co- founder and Senior Fellow Max Singer’s new book, Histo-

Above, Max Singer ry of the Future: The Shape of the World to Come Is Visible Today (Lexington Books), argues that poverty, tyranny, and Video and audio of all Hudson events war will be largely eliminated in the future. Hudson Institute are available on our website at convened an illustrious panel to offer their thoughts on Max www.hudson.org/events. Singer’s insightful new book including the author; Hillel Fradkin, Hudson Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World;

10 HUDSON INSTITUTE Michael Froman (Standing) Paul Berman, Christopher Caldwell, John Fonte, William Schambra James Ceaser, (sitting) , and Marcello Pera

Carol Lancaster, Dean of the School of Foreign Service, National Endowment for Democracy; and Seyitbek ; and Michael Mandelbaum, Usmanov, Director, Central Asia Free Market Institute, Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy at Bishkek. Senior Fellow David Satter moderated the panel. The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced Inter- national Studies. Hudson President and CEO Kenneth JUNE Weinstein moderated the event.

IDENTITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUDSON INSTITUTE-EPPC THE NATION-STATE SUMMER FILM SERIES HEAVEN: WE’RE IN HEAVEN Is a strong national core identity necessary to democracy, or is it ultimately subversive? An eminent panel addressed Hudson Institute’s Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic this issue by asking important questions such as whether Renewal joined the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC) immigrants have the right to redefine the culture of their to present the 2011 Summer Film Series. Hosted by EPPC new homeland. Panelists included Italian philosopher, Sena- Resident Scholar James Bowman and Hudson Senior tor, and former President of the Italian Senate Marcello Fellow William Schambra, the films examined the after- Pera; leading American Catholic political thinker Michael life, a subject that for seventy years has been found surpris- Novak; renowned scholar of American politics James ingly congenial and often treated with moving sensitivity. Ceaser; and Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at Paul Berman. Prominent journalist Christopher Caldwell of and Finan- THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN cial Times moderated the event. Hudson Senior Fellow KYRGYZSTAN: IMPLICATIONS FOR John Fonte introduced. THE UNITED STATES

MAY The changing political situation in Kyrgyzstan has a bearing on American national security as the Manas Transit Center outside the capital of Bishkek is the vital supply link for U.S. GLOBAL PHILANTHROPY: SKATING and NATO forces fighting in Afghanistan. To analyze cur- TO WHERE THE PUCK IS GOING TO BE rent dynamics, Hudson assembled a panel that included Sheradil Baktygulov, Director, Program to Strengthen The Center for Global Prosperity was proud to launch its the Parliament, Bishkek; Seth Cropsey, Hudson Senior Fel- 2011 Index of Global Philanthropy and Remittances,the low; Miriam Lanskoy, Director for Russia and Eurasia, annual summary of the magnitude and sources of private

2011 SUMMER/FALL 11 Jaime Daremblum, Christopher Sands, Nina Shea, Hillel Fradkin, Lino Gutierrez, and Hugo Alconada and Hedieh Mirahmadi giving to the developing world, now in its 6th year of APRIL publication. Panelists discussing the findings of the new edition were Byron Johnson, Director of the Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University; Susan Raymond, SYRIA: A TURNING POINT? Executive Vice President of Changing Our World; David Simms, Board Chair,Opportunity International Network; Amid the weekly protests of the Syrian revolt, Hudson and Dennis Whittle, President of the Whittle Group and Institute hosted a timely panel discussion of current events co-founder of GlobalGiving. Carol Adelman, Senior Fel- in Syria, including opposition movements and the future low and Director Center for Global Prosperity, moderated of Syria. Panelists included Ammar Abdulhamid, the discussion. Founder and Director of the Tharwa Foundation; Hanin Ghadar, Managing Editor of NOW Lebanon; and Lee Smith, Hudson Institute Visiting Fellow. Hudson Institute U.S.–RUSSIAN RELATIONS: Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Islam, STAGNATION OR MODERNIZATION? Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World Hillel Fradkin moderated the panel. As Russian President Dmitri Medvedev moves toward the end of his first term of office, what awaits Russia and U.S.- Russian relations? Medvedev has spoken of the need to RACE AND RACISM IN AMERICA: modernize the Russian economy, and yet his political men- ARE WE NOW A COLOR-BLIND tor, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, has warned against SOCIETY? “unjustified liberal experiments” and has proceeded with consolidation of major industries in the State’s hands. The Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renew- Panelists included Ilan Berman, Vice President, American al held a discussion of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Foreign Policy Council; Stephen Blank, Strategic Studies “America Healing” initiative and its intellectual underpin- Institute, U.S. Army War College; David Satter, Senior nings, featuring Sterling Speirn, President and CEO of the Fellow, Hudson Institute; Ariel Cohen, Senior Research W.K. Kellogg Foundation; Kellogg Vice President Gail Fellow, Heritage Foundation; Pavel Ivlev, Director, Christopher; Harvard Professor Stephan Thernstrom; Institute of Modern Russia; Donald Jensen, Senior and Ron Christie, author of Acting White: The Curious Fellow, Center for Transatlantic Relations; and William History of a Racial Slur. Bradley Center Director William Pomeranz, Deputy Director, Kennan Institute, The Schambra moderated the discussion. Woodrow Wilson Center. Lev Ponomarev, President for Human Rights (Moscow) gave a keynote address.

12 HUDSON INSTITUTE Lewis Libby and

Kenneth Weinstein, Sen. Orrin Hatch, and TeviTroy

the Muslim World, Hudson Institute. Nina Shea, Senior MARCH Fellow and Director of Hudson’s Center for Religious Free- dom, moderated the panel. THE RUMSFELD ERA AT THE PENTAGON: INSIDE PERSPECTIVES CAN ARGENTINA FREE ITSELF FROM Few Americans have spent more time near the center of CHAVISMO? power than former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. His years at the helm of the Pentagon included momentous Once considered the jewel of South America, Argentina is times, including the 9/11 attacks. To discuss his memoir, now suffering from runaway inflation and declining region- Known and Unknown, Hudson Institute held a discussion al influence. Argentina’s foreign policy has taken an in- with Gen. Peter Pace, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs creasingly anti-American direction, and President Cristina of Staff; Lewis Libby, Senior Vice President at Hudson Kirchner has taken cues from Hugo Chávez by attacking and Institute and former chief of staff to Vice President Richard intimidating private companies and adopting statist anti- Cheney; Douglas Feith, Hudson Institute Senior Fellow market policies. Panelists discussing this topic included: and former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; Jamie HugoAlconada, author and lead investigative journalist for McIntyre, former Senior Pentagon correspondent for La Nación (Buenos Aires); Martin Bohmer, Professor and CNN; and Secretary Rumsfeld, who responded to the Dean of the School of Law, University of San Andrés, panel’s comments. Argentina; Lino Gutierrez, CEO, Gutierrez Global, and for- mer U.S. Ambassador to Argentina; Christopher Sands, Hudson Institute Senior Fellow; Dan Fisk, V.P.for Policy and HOW SHOULD THE U.S. RESPOND Strategy Planning, International Republican Institute; and TO THE PROSPECT OF ISLAMIST James Roberts, Research Fellow for Economic Freedom GOVERNMENTS? and Growth, Heritage Foundation. The panel was moderat- ed by Jaime Daremblum, Hudson Institute Senior Fellow With the fall of governments in Egypt and Tunisia and and Director of the Center for Latin American Studies. unrest in Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, and Oman, policymakers are considering the future political landscape in these and other Middle Eastern countries. Panelists included Ed DOING HEALTH CARE REFORM THE Husain, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; RIGHT WAY— PUTTING THE STATES Hedieh Mirahmadi, President, World Organization for BACK IN CHARGE Resource Development; and Hillel Fradkin, Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy and the Future of Hudson Institute was pleased to host Senator Orrin Hatch

2011 SUMMER/FALL 13 (Back row) Leon Kass, Amy Kass, William Kristol, and Irwin Stelzer (Front row) Charles Krauthammer and

Carol Adelman

(R-Utah), the ranking Republican on the Senate Committee EGYPT, ITS REVOLUTION AND FUTURE: on Finance, as he laid out his ideas for meaningful reform HOW SHOULD THE U.S. RESPOND? of the American health care system. Senator Hatch argued that a decentralized reform effort will better address the par- With Mubarak’s reign in Egypt over,policymakers in the U.S. ticular needs of states and local communities by empower- and around the globe are seeking to understand why Egypt’s ing states to act as fifty laboratories of democracy. Hudson government proved so fragile and what the prospects are for CEO Kenneth Weinstein introduced Senior Fellow Tevi transition to a more democratic regime. Troy , the former Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Panelists discussing the situation in Egypt included: Services, who introduced Senator Hatch and moderated the Samuel Tadros, founder and Executive Board member, question and answer period. Egyptian Union of Liberal Youth; Douglas Feith, Hudson Senior Fellow and Director, Center for National Security Strategies; Paul Marshall, Hudson Senior Fellow; and Lee FEBRUARY Smith, Hudson Visiting Fellow and Senior Editor,the Week- ly Standard. Nina Shea, Hudson Senior Fellow and Direc- THE NEOCONSERVATIVE PERSUASION: tor, Center for Religious Freedom, moderated the event. SELECTED ESSAYS, 1942-2009

JANUARY As conservatives try once again to re-envision America’s future and how to secure it, the publication of this volume of previously uncollected essays by , “the god- HOW NECESSARY IS CHRISTIANITY father of neoconservativism,” could not be timelier. The TO EUROPEAN IDENTITY? fifty essays, spanning seven decades and organized themat- ically, display the enormous range of Kristol’s interests and Once the heart of Christendom, Europe now is increasing- concerns. ly a secularist culture. While many states retain Christian Four panelists discussed the book—Leon Kass, Mad- symbols on their flags and official sports team uniforms, den-Jewett Chair, American Enterprise Institute; Charles and references to Christian beliefs remain in some constitu- tions, many Europeans are leaving the religion. Krauthammer, Pulitzer prize-winning syndicated colum- The panelists were Marcello Pera, former President of nist and political commentator; William Kristol, Editor, the Italian Senate and Visiting Fellow at Hudson Institute, the Weekly Standard; and Irwin Stelzer, Senior Fellow, as well as George Weigel, Distinguished Senior Fellow Hudson Institute. Hudson CEO Kenneth Weinstein at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Hudson Senior introduced the panel; Hudson Senior Fellow Amy Kass Fellows Nina Shea and Paul Marshall introduced and served as moderator; and editor Gertrude Himmelfarb moderated the event. provided closing remarks.

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Herbert London

MARCH 16 : GERALD STEINBERG/EUROPE VS. ISRAEL

MARCH 21 : DANIEL PIPES/ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY

MARCH 24 : STANLEY KURTZ/THE KNIVES ARE OUT

MARCH 30 : /WEAR A SWEATER

APRIL 6 : AMB. ROGER NORIEGA/SOUTH AMERICA: RULE OF TERROR

APRIL 13 : YIGAL CARMON/ISRAEL AND ITS FUTURE

MAY 3 : CHARLES GASPARINO/WALL STREET: BOUGHT AND PAID FOR

MAY 16 : JULIAN ROBERTSON/BULLS, BEARS, AND TIGERS

MAY 17 : AMR BARGISI/REPORT FROM EGYPT

MAY 26 : /STRATEGIES, NOT ALIBIS

JUNE 2 : AMB. /DECISION TIME

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2011 SUMMER/FALL 15 KENNETH R. WEINSTEIN HUDSON LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNICATIONS ELECTED HUDSON INSTITUTE

Kenneth R. Weinstein PRESIDENT AND CEO BY President & CEO BOARD OF TRUSTEES John P. Walters Executive Vice President & COO In March, Hudson CEO Kenneth Lewis Libby Senior Vice President R. Weinstein was elected by the Hudson Institute Board of Trustees Herbert I. London as President and CEO of the Insti- President Emeritus tute. Former President Herbert I. Grace Paine Terzian London will now serve as President Vice President for Communications Emeritus and as a member of the John W. Freeman management committee. Chief Financial Officer “We are fortunate to have Ken Weinstein lead our Institute into Katherine Smyth Director of Program & Staff an exciting second half-century of Planning unique, future-oriented policy re- search,” says Board Chairman Ioannis Saratsis Communications Manager Allan R. Tessler. “Hudson’s incisive & Research Associate research is helping shape a better tomorrow, and Ken will build on Philip Ross Audio Visual Manager Hudson’s strong record of accomplishments.” & Events Coordinator “Herbert London, through his many years of service and leadership, has been an excellent President,” continues Tessler. “Herb’s important contribu- Mitzi H. Pepall Art Direction & Design tions as President Emeritus will continue to be of great value to the Institute.” Kenneth Weinstein, who first joined Hudson in 1991, holds a Ph.D. from James Bologna Harvard University in political theory. He has served as CEO of Hudson Associate Editor & Media Liaison Institute since June 2005, directing Hudson’s growing Washington opera- Copy editing by Susan Kristol. tions. Widely respected in the diplomatic and policy circles, Weinstein has Harley Metcalfe provided editorial written on international affairs for leading publications in the United States, assistance with this newsletter. Europe, and Asia. Weinstein was the first American invited to blog, in French, for Le Monde. He maintains a weekly blog at LeMonde.fr. Weinstein serves by presidential appointment and Senate confirmation as a member of the National Humanities Council, the governing body of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and has been decorated with a knighthood in Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture and Com- munication. His latest book, co-edited with Paul Aligica, is The Essential Herman Kahn: In Defense of Thinking (Lexington Books, 2009).

© 2011 Hudson Institute Hudson Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, independent policy research organization dedicated to innovative research and analysis that promotes global security, For his full biography and a selection of Kenneth Weinstein’s recent prosperity, and freedom. commentary, please visit www.hudson.org/Weinstein.

16 HUDSON INSTITUTE Herman Kahn, Donald Rumsfeld, and President , 1974 HUDSON CELEBRATES 50 YEARS 1961– 2011

Herman Kahn, 1968

Mitch Daniels, Vice President , and Leslie Lenkowsky, 1995

Kenneth Weinstein, Walter Stern, Allan Tessler, Hudson founder Herman Kahn, 1968 and Herbert London, 2009

2011 SUMMER/FALL 17 EVI TROY is a Hudson Institute Senior Fellow whose work focuses on health care, domestic policy, and presiden- tial history. Since joining Hudson in June 2009, Troy has T written extensively on health care reform, Medicare, health care innovation, biopreparedness, the presidency, and economic policy. During debates on health care policy, economic policy, and the upcoming 2012 presidential elections,Troy has become a frequent com- menter on health care reform, entitlement programs, budgetary issues, and presidential politics. He writes regularly for numerous news outlets and magazines, including Commentary Magazine, Washingtonian Mag- azine, Politico, National Affairs, City Journal, the Washington Post,the Weekly Standard, ,andNational Review Online.He appears frequently on Fox News and Fox Business, as well as other tel- evision and radio outlets. He has also testified before the U.S. Senate. An expert on the presidency, Troy is the rare combination of an academically-trained presidential historian and former senior staff member at the . He is the author of the well-received book Intellectuals and the American Presidency, and he has recently been studying what presidents and other senior politicians read. His work on this subject has appeared in , the Washington Post, National Review, and Politico, as well as around the web. In that vein, he presents a weekly books segment on the Bill Bennett Show and hosts his own podcast, New Books in Public Policy, for which he inter- views well-known authors of the day. Before joining Hudson in 2009,Troy had an active and varied career as a senior U.S. government official. He was unanimously confirmed as the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Serv- ices and served in that capacity from 2007 to 2009. He has extensive White House experience, having served as Deputy Assistant and Acting Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, where he ran the Domes- tic Policy Council and was theWhite House’s lead adviser on health care, labor, education, transportation, immigration, crime, veterans, and wel- fare. From 1998 to 2000, he served as the Policy Director for Sen. John SCHOLAR Ashcroft and as Senior Domestic Policy Adviser and Domestic Policy Director for the House Policy Committee from 1996 to 1998. IN THE Troy holds a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from and an M.A. and Ph.D. in American Civilization from the SPOTLIGHT University of Texas at Austin. He finished his Ph.D. as a Hudson Institute Herman Kahn Fellow from 1995 to1996. He is a member of the publica- TEVI TROY tion committee of National Affairs, a member of the Board of Fellows of the Jewish Policy Center, and a Visiting Scholar at the School of Policy and Environmental Affairs at University. When not engaged with Hudson work,Troy keeps quite busy at home; he and his wife Kami have four children under 10.

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18 HUDSON INSTITUTE ■ HISTORY OF ■ AMERICA AND THE THE FUTURE: CANADIAN PRESENCE THE SHAPE OF By Christopher Sands THE WORLD (Hudson Institute) TO COME IS VISIBLE TODAY A discussion of four trends that will By Max Singer reshape the U.S. approach to the bilat- (Rowman & Littlefield) eral relationship with Canada in the next 40 years forms the basis of this This book, by Hudson cofounder Max briefing paper. Singer, examines the modernization process that is creating a new era in ■ WHAT SO human life, arguing that moderniza- PROUDLY WE HAIL: tion is an inexorable process that will THE AMERICAN SOUL change the whole world in the course IN STORY, SPEECH, of the next 200 years. AND SONG Edited by Amy Kass, The Modern ■ IRAN AND Leon Kass, and Diana World, Schaub (ISI Press) By Jaime Daremblum Canada, (Hudson Institute) An anthology of important American stories, speeches, and songs, this book Carbon Taxes, In this briefing paper, Ambassador addresses issues of national identity, North Korea, Daremblum analyzes the threat and the American character, the virtues influence Iran wields in Latin America. and aspirations of civic life, and the and more The study pays particular attention to problem of making a national one the Venezuela-Iran axis and the rami- out of the multicultural many. It was fications that it has for the region and the subject of Hudson Institute’s the Western hemisphere as a whole. 2011 Bradley Symposium, detailed on page 9. ■ POLICYMAKING AT THE EDGE ■ POLITICAL RISKS OF CHAOS: OF INCREASED MUSINGS ON RELIANCE ON POLITICAL IDEOLOGY, DEFENSE THROUGH THE LENS IMPORTS FROM OF COMPLEXITY BRAZIL By Christopher Ford By Seth Cropsey and (Hudson Institute) Jaime Daremblum (Hudson Institute) This briefing paper explores the im- lications for public policymaking of As the United States is considering in- “complexity theory,”an emerging field creased military imports from Brazil, that has its origins in mathematics and this briefing paper shows that it is the hard sciences, but which is increas- important to examine the risks that ingly thought to offer insights in the come with developing the bilateral social sciences. defense trade relationship.

2011 SUMMER/FALL 19 ■ THE stakeholders about Hudson’s research principles of Pakistan’s foreign policy NEOCONSERVATIVE programs and outreach on critical from 1947 until the present day and PERSUASION policy questions. explains the rise of jihadism as an off- (Hudson Institute) shoot of Pakistan’s security concerns. ■ CARBON TAXES: This publication is an edited transcript AN OPPORTUNITY ■ HAS ARGENTINA of Hudson’s book forum discussing a FOR CONSERVATIVES JOINED THE collection of Irving Kristol’s essays By Irwin Stelzer CHÁVEZ BLOC? entitled The Neoconservative Persua- (Hudson Institute) By Jaime Daremblum sion. Held this past February, the (Hudson Institute) forum included Senior Fellow Amy This briefing paper argues that conser- Kass, AEI’s Leon Kass, Editor of the vatives should no longer oppose car- This briefing paper focuses on the dis- Weekly Standard William Kristol, bon taxes. turbing trend in Argentina’s foreign columnist Charles Krauthammer, and policy under President Cristina Kirch- Senior Fellow Irwin Stelzer. ■ EXPLAINING ner toward an increasingly polemical PAKISTAN’S anti-American stance. ■ 2010 ANNUAL FOREIGN POLICY: REPORT ESCAPING INDIA ■ CITIZEN ISLAM (Hudson Institute) By Aparna Pande By Zeyno Baran (Taylor & Francis) (former Senior Fellow) Hudson Institute’s Annual Report of with Emmet Tuohy activities in 2010 serves to inform our This book investigates the underlying (Continuum)

20 HUDSON INSTITUTE This book examines the future of by President Obama and Prime Minis- Millions of recipients will go digital in Muslim integration in the West. ter Harper on U.S.-Canadian border 2013, implementing a change Congress security and regulatory cooperation. called for in 1996. This monograph ■ WAGES OF EXTREMISM analyzes how productivity using digital By Alex Alexiev ■ U.S. NATIONAL payments—including prepaid debit (Hudson Institute) INTEREST, CLIMATE cards—can grow in the public sector. ENGINEERING, AND This report presents an alternative ap- INTERNATIONAL LAW proach to fighting and winning Ameri- By Lee Lane ■ CHALLENGES OF ca’s war against radical Islam triggered (Hudson Institute) NORTH KOREAN by the events of September 11, examin- NUCLEAR NEGOTIATION ing the conflict in four distinct areas of This paper argues that having a viable By Christopher Ford analysis. climate engineering option would con- (Hudson Institute) fer important benefits on the United ■ CANADA GAMBIT: States. This paper presents Senior Fellow WILL IT REVIVE Christopher Fords’ remarks to a NORTH AMERICA? ■ THE MOVE TO U.S.-DPRK “Track II” dialogue held By Christopher Sands DIGITAL PAYMENT: in Germany, under the auspices of the (Hudson Institute) WHEN THE CHECK IS NO Aspen Institute-Germany, and between LONGER IN THE MAIL a delegation of nongovernmental This briefing paper analyzes the Feb- By Hanns Kuttner American experts and a group of ruary 2011 Washington Declarations (Hudson Institute) North Korean officials.

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2011 SUMMER/FALL 21 HUDSON CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 financial exec- utive who has served as Senior SIGNATURE Financial Executive and CFO for a number of government contractors, JOURNALS non-profits, and commercial firms including Data General Corporation, Storm Control Systems, Market Development Group, Diabetes Re- search and Wellness Foundation, and Cybergraphic Systems.

■ 2011 INDEX OF GLOBAL PHILANTHROPY AND REMITTANCES Edited by Hudson Institute’s Center for ■ CURRENT TRENDS IN Global Prosperity John Freeman ISLAMIST IDEOLOGY: VOLUME 11 The sixth edition of the Index of Edited by Eric Brown, Global Philanthropy and Remit- Hillel Fradkin, and tances details the sources and magni- Hassan Mneimneh tude of private giving to the develop- for Hudson Institute’s ing world. Center on Islam, The 2011 Index’s data from the Democracy, and first full year of the global recession the Future of the confirms that private giving to the Muslim World developing world has remained re- markably stable. The figures once The eleventh volume of Hudson again show that the full scale of a Institute’s signature journal Current country’s generosity is not measured Trends in Islamist Ideology exam- just by government aid, but by private Deborah Hoopes ines Islamism in the context of a giving as well. rapidly changing and tumultuous In May, the Center hosted an event Hudson bids farewell to longtime . It features essays on the launching the 2011 Index.Senior Vice President and CFO Deborah Turkish AKP government on the eve Fellow and Director of the Center for Hoopes and Accounting Support of elections, Arab Islamist perspec- Global Prosperity Carol Adelman Specialist Nancy Hamilton.Both tives on Turkey’s Rise, Iran’s religious moderated the distinguished panel have served the Institute since its outreach to Sunni Arabs, Shiite mes- discussion. For more on the event, days headquartered in , sianism, and the drifting apart of please see pages 11–12. and Hudson owes them gratitude for Europe and Turkey. their exceptional service.

22 HUDSON INSTITUTE LIEBERMAN Walter Stern, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, and Kenneth Weinstein AND STERN HONORED AT 2011 DOOLITTLE PRIZE DINNER

COVER STORY CONTINUED that. The fact is we live in a world in which our own security, freedom, and prosperity at home are inseparable Walter Stern and Lewis Libby from the security, freedom, and pros- perity of people in distant lands.” Also speaking at the dinner was Hudson Senior Vice President Lewis Libby. Libby honored Walter Stern for his dedication to Hudson Institute, noting that “Wally’s gifts of patience, insight, and pragmatism cut through it all. In the words of former Hudson President , ‘no one ever achieved more by claiming credit less.’ Wally is a man after ’s heart.” Libby continued: “When Wally joined Hudson he brought to it great skills. But he also brought something Herbert London Allan Tessler else equally impressive; he brought persistence and endurance to the Institute.” Hudson President Emeritus Herbert London closed the evening with a trib- ute and toast to the legacy of Gen. James Doolittle, the intrepid aviator who led the daring April 1942 raid on in the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack. The annual prize has been bestowed upon Ronald Reagan, Henry Kissinger, Richard Cheney, George Shultz, and , among others.

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