History
Founded 1961 by Herman Kahn, Max Singer, and Oscar Ruebhaused from the RAND corporation in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. Its initial policy focus, while conservative, largely reflected Kahn’s personal interests, which included the domestic and military use of nuclear power, the future of the workplace in the U.S., and the science of “futurology”. As the Cold War died down and funding for military projects decreased, Hudson started examining domestic, social and economic issues.
Followng Kahn’s death in 1983, Hudson expanded its staff and took on a distinctly more conservative stance. The headquarters were moved to Indianapolis in 1984. In 1987, Hudson’s landmark study ‘Workforce 2000’ correctly predicted the changes the American workforce would undergo in the new millennium. The follow-up ‘Workforce 2020’ was released in 1997. In 1995 Hudson played a key part in devising Wisconsin’s groundbreaking welfare-to-work program.
In 2004 Hudson moved to Washington D.C, in order to focus its efforts on foreign policy and national security.
After the September 11 attacks, Hudson redoubled its focus on international issues such as the Middle East, Latin America and Islam. This area of research is currently headed up by Hillel Fradkin.
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