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HUDSON INSTITUTE News & Review WWW.HUDSON.ORG FALL/WINTER 2009 HUDSON WELCOMES NEW EXAMINING THE SCHOLARS AND STAFF RUSSIAN MILITARY JOHN SHENEFIELD, former In August, a Hudson Institute conference on the present and Asso ciate Attorney General of the future of the Russian military, held in conjunction with the U.S. United States and former Assist - Army War College, was broadcast live on C-SPAN. The numer- ant Attorney General in charge of ous at ten d ees included members of the media, re searchers, congressional aides, officials from the U.S. Department of State, and representatives of foreign embassies. For nearly five decades, Hudson has had a record of closely ex - amining the Soviet Union and now the Russian Fed eration. Senior Vice President for International Programs and Policy S. Enders Wimbush, himself an analyst of the former Soviet Union, key noted the conference, pointing out that it was being held in trib ute to the late Mary FitzGerald, a Hudson scholar who passed away in April. Fluent in Russian, FitzGerald analyzed Russian and Chinese the Antitrust Division of the U.S. military writings for the Department of Defense. Drawing on Sov- Department of Just ice, joined iet era sources, she defined the revolutionary CONTINUED ON PAGE 27 Hudson as an Ad junct Fel low in September. At Hudson, Shenefield will re- search and publish on anti trust law, regulatory policy, intel li gence, and national security law. “John Shenefield is a leading scho lar and distinguished practitioner of anti trust law,” says Hudson CEO Kenneth Wein stein. “With his ex - ten sive government and private practice experience, he adds a new di mension to an out standing anti - trust team at Hud son anchored by Irwin Stelzer CONTINUED ON PAGE 26 CONTENTS CHAIRMAN’S Fall / Winter 2009 LETTER 1 Hudson Welcomes NEW SCHOLARS EXAMINING THE RUSSIAN MILITARY Dear Friend of Hudson Institute, 2 Chairman’s LETTER In this edition of News & Review, we celebrate the life and works of former 3 Hudson MEDIA colleagues of the Institute—Middle East and Asia expert Senior Fellow Laur- HIGHLIGHTS ent Murawiec; social philosopher and former Hudson trustee Irving Kristol; and international security specialist Research Fellow Mary FitzGerald. 4 UZI ARAD named to Israeli Post These fine scholars will be greatly missed, and their pioneering intellectual 5 Kenneth Weinstein thought and courage to challenge conventional wisdom will continue to serve IN IRAQ as inspiration. 6 BRADLEY SYMPOSIUM In the past few months, Hudson scholars have been helping bring clarity to con- Making Conservatism cerns that go to the heart of our economic well-being, such as health care Credible Again reform, tax policy, and instability of union pension plans. On the international 7 Scholar in the Spotlight front, our scholars have shined a spotlight on the abuses of religious blasphemy CAROL C. ADELMAN laws, on disturbing political trends in Latin America, on the threat that Russia poses to its neighbors, and on the ongoing case for human rights in China. 8 HUDSON EVENTS Hudson’s research, analysis, and commentary cover a broad palette of impor- 13 New York BRIEFING tant public policy issues, offering quality scholarship with depth and fore- COUNCIL sight. As no better case in point, I am proud to welcome our newest scholar, 14 LAURENT MURAWIEC John Shenefield, former Assistant Attorney General during the Carter admin- 1951 – 2009 istration in charge of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. 15 Congressional Testimony As you turn your mind to end-of-year giving, I ask you to reflect on the im- by DIANA FURCHTGOTT- portance of our scholars’ work as they contribute to alternative, practical, and ROTH and NINA SHEA realistic policy options—especially at a time when uncertainty too often 16 Hudson PUBLICATIONS frames our policy debates. Your continued support means a great deal to our scholars and staff, and we look forward to keeping you informed of the 19 Are WORKERS’ Institute’s exciting work. RETIREMENTS Safe? With best wishes, 20 COMMENTARY 27 HUDSON INTERNS 2009 Photos by Philip Ross ALLAN R. TESSLER Chairman 2 HUDSON INSTITUTE HUDSON MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS ■ FOX BUSINESS NEWS ■ PBS (WorldFocus) ■ TV5 (FRANCE) Carol Adelman on international Gabriel Schoenfeld interviewed Kenneth Weinstein interviewed aid, October 12 on Afghanistan, October 6 on health care, September 10 ■ CNN (Lou Dobbs) ■ FOX BUSINESS NEWS ■ BBC Herbert London on troop levels Chuck Blahous interviewed on Hanns Kuttner interviewed in Afghanistan, October 8 the cost of living, October 6 on President Obama’s health care address, September 9 ■ FRANCE 24 Lee Smith on Syria, August 19 ■ FOX BUSINESS NEWS Jeremiah Norris interviewed on health care and cooperatives, ■ CNBC WORLD ■ CNN August 17 Irwin Stelzer interviewed on Anne Bayefsky interviewed on British politics, October 6 the United Nations, ■ FOX NEWS (Neil Cavuto) September 22 Diana Furchtgott-Roth on health For exclusive Hudson videos, please visit our YouTube page at care reform and the economy, www.YouTube.com/HudsonInstitute August 12 FALL / WINTER 2009 3 UZI ARAD NAMED TO ISRAELI POST Uzi Arad, a former Hudson In sti - tute Professional Staff Mem ber ■ CNN (Anderson Cooper) who worked un der Herman John Walters interviewed on Kahn in the 1970s, was named drug policy, July 31 Na tional Security Ad vis er to Is rae li Prime Min ister Ben ja min Net an ya hu and Chair man of the Is raeli National Security Council in April 2009. “Uzi Arad is one of the world’s leading geo strat e gists,” said Hud son Insti tute CEO Ken neth ■ PBS (NewsHour) Wein stein. “And through out his Tevi Troy interviewed on health distinguished car eer in Israel, he has maintained close contact with his care reform, July 28 friends and former colleagues at Hudson.” Arad, who is the founding Director of the Institute for Policy and Strategy of the Interdisciplinary Center at Herzliya, was the founder and Chairman of the Herzliya Conference, Israel’s prem iere annual conference dedicated to national security policy, which attracts heads of state and leading officials and strategists from around the globe. He also served as Professor at the Institute’s Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy. Arad joins a list of Hudsonians in foreign government service that includes Husain Haqqani, the current Pakistani Ambassador to the ■ CNN (Campbell Brown) United States, and Jaime Daremblum, former Costa Rican Ambas- Judge Robert Bork interviewed sador to the United States. on the confirmation hearings for Jus tice Sotomayor, July 13 ■ CTV (CANADA) ■ MSNBC ■ CNN en Español Christopher Sands, interviewed Richard Weitz on the U.S. policy Jaime Daremblum interviewed on the G8 summit in Italy, July 7 toward Iran, June 14 on the coup in Honduras, June 3 4 HUDSON INSTITUTE KENNETH WEINSTEIN jacket or to be constantly accompanied by the armed guards who took me around in an armored vehicle. Kempinski Hotels is building a twenty-four story luxury hotel next to the conven- tion center, where we did our training seminar; the convention IN IRAQ center could have been in Asia or Europe. Iraq has evolved immensely since the spring of 2007. Back then, as the surge and the Anbar Awakening were beginning to take effect, the Iraqis claimed that they were beginning to see the emergence of a new civic culture—unique in the Arab world— of open discussion on political issues. That culture has now emerged, and what has been achieved—despite the ongoing sui- cide bombings—is remarkable. Whereas think tanks faced basic questions about their operations in 2007, their questions this year were far more subtle, evidence of a culture of more open discourse among Iraqis in general and across ethnic lines. The tremendous distance the Kurds feel from the rest of Iraq is real. The Kurds have yet to be convinced of a positive reason Kenneth Weinstein, second from the left, to want to remain in Iraq, but inertia and fear of unrest keep meets with Iraqi think tank leaders them from turning their de facto autonomy into a de jure one. The Kurdish elections in July, a vote for change and trans- In August, Hudson CEO Kenneth Weinstein traveled parency, were a positive development that will make a plur alist under the auspices of the International Republican region even more democratically accountable. The Kurdish Insti tute to Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdis tan, to lead elections are a model for the rest of the Iraqis. a training seminar for twenty-five leaders of Iraqi Despite these political strides, the Iraqi economy has think tanks. This is the second time Weinstein has slowed down significantly, with the global economic down- vol unteered to do one of these sessions. The last turn drying up investment from the Gulf. Sixty percent of time, he led a two-day seminar in Amman be cause Iraqi GDP comes directly from oil revenue, and the decline in the security situation did not permit training inside these revenues is also playing a share in the recession. Oil Iraq. What follows is a summary of his observations. production capacity is still below the levels achieved in the mid-1970s, and uncertainty over Iraq’s oil laws and rampant ERBIL is a bustling and, at least since 2005, a safe city of corruption has kept Western energy companies from trying to more than one million inhabitants. I felt no need to wear a flak gain a share in the market. Though the CONTINUED ON PAGE 26 A new mall under construction in Erbil FALL / WINTER 2009 5 James O’Gara James In June, Hudson Institute’s 2009 Bradley Symposium featured 2009 Mitch Daniels, Indiana’s popular governor and former Hudson Institute BRADLEY CEO, and Congressman Paul Ryan (R–WI).
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