Mission Statement

Mission

Hudson Institute is a nonpartisan policy research organization dedicated to innovative research and analysis that promotes global security, prosperity, and freedom.

About Hudson Institute

Hudson Institute challenges conventional thinking and helps manage strategic transitions to the future through interdisciplinary and collaborative studies in defense, international relations, economics, culture, science, technology, and law. Through publications, conferences and policy recommendations, we seek to guide global leaders in government and business.

Since our founding in 1961 by the futurist Herman Kahn, Hudson’s perspective has been uniquely future-oriented and optimistic. Our research has stood the test of time in a world dramatically transformed by the collapse of the Soviet Union, the rise of China, and the advent of radicalism within Islam. Because Hudson sees the complexities within societies, we focus on the often-overlooked interplay among culture, demography, technology, markets, and political leadership.

Our broad-based approach has, for decades, allowed us to present well-timed recommendations to leaders in government and business, domestically as well as abroad. Hudson Institute has grown steadily-both in prestige and resources-from its origins in Croton-on-Hudson, to its tenure in Indianapolis, and now as a leading international policy organization with offices in Washington and New York.

In the 1970s, Hudson’s scholars helped turn the world away from the no-growth policies of the Club of Rome; in the early 1990s, we helped the newly-liberated Baltic nations become booming market economies; at home, we helped write the pioneering Wisconsin welfare reform law that became the model for successful national welfare reform in the mid-1990s. Today, as part of our research agenda, we are developing programs of political and economic reform to transform the Muslim world.

Our current research agenda includes:

Global Affairs

Future Security Strategies
Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World
Middle East Policy
European Studies
Eurasian Policy
Latin American Studies
Rise of Asia and U.S.-Asia Relations
Human Rights and Religious Freedom
North American Security Issues

Science, Environment, and Technology

Global Food Issues, Global Warming and Environmental Studies
Telecommunications and Regulatory Issues

Law, Culture and Society

Law, Culture and Society
Civil Justice and International Religious Liberty
Religious Freedom
American Common Culture
Philanthropy and Civic Renewal

International Governance

Science in Public Policy
Global Prosperity: Foreign Aid and Economic Development
United Nations and Middle East Policy

Economics and Energy Policy

Labor and Employment Policy
Economic Policy
Housing and Financial Markets

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