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2017 Annual Report 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20004 202-974-2400 hudson.org EXPERTS & STAFF Senior Fellow and Trustee Emeritus LEE SMITH is a Senior Fellow at A journalist and Research Associate at MAX SINGER founded Hudson Hudson Institute and a senior editor Hudson Institute, CITA STELZER Institute with Herman Kahn in 1961 at The Weekly Standard. He has previously worked for New York City and served as President until 1973. contributed numerous articles on Arab Mayor John Lindsay and New York’s Singer is the author of numerous and Islamic affairs to the New York Governor Hugh Carey. She is currently books, most recently History of the Times, New Republic, The Weekly a Researcher at Churchill College, Future: The Shape of the World to Come Is Visible To- Standard, and many other leading publications. His book, Cambridge, a member of the Board of the Churchill day. He has also written many articles for Commentary, The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and the Clash of Centre, and a Trustee of Wigmore Hall. Her most recent The National Interest, the New York Times Magazine, Arab Civilizations, was published by Doubleday in 2010. book is Dinner with Churchill: Policy-Making at the and Reader’s Digest. 2017 ANNUAL REPORTDinner Table. Senior Fellow IRWIN STELZER CAROLYN STEWART is Hud- SAMUEL TADROS is a Senior directs Hudson’s Economic Policy son’s Press Secretary and Publica- Fellow with Hudson’s Center for Studies Group. He specializes in tions Manager. She previously worked Religious Freedom. Previously, he economics, regulatory policy, compet- in strategic and digital communica- was a senior partner at the Egyptian itiveness, and the European economy. tions 5at the National Air and Space Union of Liberal Youth. A Profes- He is the U.S. economic and political Museum. Stewart earned her Master’s sorial Lecturer at Johns Hopkins columnist for the Sunday Times (London),LETTER a contributing FROM degree THE in CHAIRMAN Public Relations and AND Corporate THE Communica PRESIDENT- University’s & CEO School of Advanced International Studies, editor at The Weekly Standard, and a frequent commen- tions from Georgetown University and her Bachelor’s Tadros is the author of Motherland Lost: The Egyptian tator on international economics for broadcast outlets like degree from James Madison7 University. and Coptic Quest for Modernity. BBC and CNBC. RESEARCH & IMPACT 17 HERMAN KAHN AWARD DINNER HANNAH THOBURN is a MITCHELL TU is the Executive Senior Fellow JOHN WEICHER Research Fellow at Hudson Institute Assistant to President and CEO Ken directs Hudson’s Center for where she focuses on Eastern Weinstein.19 Before joining Hudson, Housing and Financial Markets. European politics and the transatlantic GOVERNMENTMitchell RELATIONSattended Georgetown From 2001 to 2005 he served as relationship. Thoburn is a frequent University and graduated with Assistant Secretary for Housing media commentator on developments Honors in Philosophy. He is and Federal Housing Commissioner in Russia and Ukraine. Her writings have appeared in originally from San Jose,23 California. at the Department of Housing and Urban the Washington Post, The American Interest, Foreign MEDIA OUTREACH & EVENTS Development. He is the author of Housing Policy at Affairs, and Boston Globe. She holds an M.A. from Yale a Crossroads: The Why, How, and Who of Assistance University and a B.A. from Florida State University. Programs and Rich, Poor, and In Between: Who “Hudson Institute brings 29 Benefits from the Mortgage Interest Deduction? SUPPORT FOR HUDSON Senior Fellow RICHARD WEITZ 31 clear and fresh-eyed directs Hudson’s Center for Political-Military Analysis. His current FINANCIALS & DONORS research includes regional security developments relating to Europe, 34 thinking to the challenges Eurasia, and East Asia, as well as U.S. homeland security and nonproliferation LEADERSHIP,policies. Weitz BOARD OF TRUSTEES, EXPERTS, AND STAFF contributes frequent commentary to Fox News, MSNBC, st and the Associated Press. His most recent books are of the 21 century.ˮ Global Security Watch: China and Rebuilding American Military Power in the Pacific. —SEN. TOM COTTON (AR) 2 XXXXXXX HUDSONHUDSON INSTITUTE INSTITUTE 2017 2017 ANNUAL ANNUAL REPORT REPORT 3 43 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 5 LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND THE PRESIDENT & CEO 7 RESEARCH & IMPACT 17 HERMAN KAHN AWARD DINNER 19 GOVERNMENT RELATIONS 23 MEDIA OUTREACH & EVENTS 29 SUPPORT FOR HUDSON 31 FINANCIALS & DONORS 34 LEADERSHIP, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, EXPERTS, AND STAFF 2 XXXXXXX HUDSON INSTITUTE 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 3 2017 was another year of visibility and influence for Hudson Institute. 4 XXXXXXX HUDSON INSTITUTE 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 5 LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND THE PRESIDENT & CEO As the Obama era came to an end and the Trump presi- dency began, officials in Washington and around the globe turned to Hudson in unprecedented numbers for the farsighted and unconventional policy advice that has been the Institute’s cornerstone since our founding in 1961. Focused on policy and not politics, Hudson fellows SARAH MAY STERN KENNETH R. WEINSTEIN were deeply involved in major debates. Our experts Chairman of the Board President and CEO extensively consulted with administration officials during development of the new (December 2017) Na- tional Security Strategy. We offered key guidance about nuclear deterrence and missile defense; the fight against ISIS and other militant Islamic groups; countering Iran’s malign regional influence; and leaders, including U.S. Ambassador to the United Na- strengthening America’s overseas alliances. Senior tions Nikki Haley and Peter Thiel. Fellow Husain Haqqani—Pakistan’s former ambassa- dor to the United States—played a widely acknowl- In Washington, we hosted officials from around the edged role in convincing the Trump administration to world: cabinet ministers from Asia, Europe, the Mid- reduce its dependence on that country as a counter- dle East, and Africa; leading political figures from terrorism ally. Senior Fellow Nina Shea’s efforts to de- South America; and a long list of highly placed Ameri- fend religious liberty helped spur the administration can policymakers from both the executive branch and to begin channeling more effective aid—directly both houses of Congress. through federal agencies—to persecuted minorities in the Middle East. Senior Fellows Rebeccah Heinrichs Hudson does vital work to promote U.S. international and Arthur Herman played a role in Congress’ deci- leadership for a secure, free, and prosperous future. And sion to augment space-based and boost-phase missile- none of that work would be possible without the extraor- defense systems in the National Defense Authoriza- dinary generosity of those who support the Institute and tion Act. Hudson—again—had a real impact. its experts. We are deeply grateful to all of you. In November, we honored a longtime friend, Vice Presi- dent Mike Pence, at our annual Herman Kahn Award Dinner in New York City, with Rupert Murdoch provid- Best regards, ing the introduction. Our Chairman’s Advisory Board events in New York City continued to draw key policymakers and opinion SARAH MAY STERN KENNETH R. WEINSTEIN 4 XXXXXXX HUDSON INSTITUTE 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 5 6 XXXXXXX HUDSON INSTITUTE 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 7 RESEARCH & IMPACT HUDSON SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED its already formidable policy roster in 2017. Sorin Ducaru, the for- mer NATO Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Se- % curity Challenges, is leading a new cybersecurity initia- 24 tive for the Institute. Also joining us in 2017 were former Portuguese Secretary of State for European Affairs Bru- Increase in Twitter followers from 2016 no Maçães, Middle East stabilization and reconstruction expert Jonas Parello-Plesner, former Japanese Foreign Ministry security analyst Satoru Nagao, former top NSC staffer and technology export-control specialist Brandt Pasco, international relations and national security ex- and magazines; on the pert Tod Lindberg, and investigative journalist Ben Ju- airwaves of American dah. And rejoining Hudson in 2017 was former Assistant broadcast television Secretary of Commerce Tom Duesterberg, an expert on networks; at a series manufacturing, taxation, and trade policy. Each of these of widely noted and new additions had an immediate impact on a variety of well-received Hud- Institute projects designed to strengthen the U.S. econo- son conferences, my, rethink American diplomatic and security policy, workshops, and pan- and deepen our relationships with allied governments, el discussions; and like-minded think tanks, and universities overseas. in numerous private briefings for relevant The rapid and alarming escalation of North Korea’s nu- executive branch officials and House and Senate com- clear weapons program dominated news headlines for mittee members and staff. much of the year—and made Hudson’s ongoing research on WMD and next-generation security and defense tech- Herman focused particular attention on near-term de- nologies especially relevant and influential. Early in ployment of a U.S. Boost Phase Intercept (BPI) system 2017, the Institute co-sponsored (with the Japanese De- as the best and most practical means to defend America fense Ministry) a major global defense forum on the and its allies against North Korean ICBM launches. His North Korean threat and how best to respond to it. And BPI proposals led directly to a National Defense Autho- throughout the year, Senior Fellows Arthur Herman, Re- rization Act amendment requiring the Pentagon to beccah Heinrichs, and Richard Weitz (who is leading an make boost-phase intercept capacity fully operational ambitious John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Founda- by December 2020—legislation that President Trump tion initiative on nuclear counterproliferation) all worked has since signed into law. tirelessly to explain the need for a speedy and substantial expansion and improvement of U.S. missile defense ca- Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke pabilities—in the pages of leading American newspapers graciously acknowledged the importance and impact of PHOTO: (Opposite page) Sen. Cory Gardner (CO) discusses U.S. national security threats and opportunities at Hudson Institute.
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