Former South Carolina governor, United States ambassador to the United Nations and failed Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has a new position at the influential Hudson Institute.
Haley’s decision to become the think tank’s next Walter P. Stern chair comes little over a month after suspending her campaign and refusing to endorse former President Donald Trump.
“Nikki is a proven, effective leader on both foreign and domestic policy,” Hudson President and CEO John Walters said in an effusive welcome statement. “In an era of worldwide political upheaval, she has remained a steadfast defender of freedom and an effective advocate for American security and prosperity. We are honored to have her join the Hudson team.”
USA TODAY continues:
Haley also consistently utilized her experience as the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in debates and at campaign events. She served in that role from 2017 to 2018 under the Trump administration, where she advocated for strong Israel-U.S. relations and helped lead the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement.
Haley received Hudson’s global leadership award in 2018 for her work at the U.N.
Previous Hudson fellows include Dan Quayle, former vice president to George H.W. Bush, Alexander Haig, White House chief of staff in the Nixon and Ford administrations and secretary of state for Ronald Reagan and controversial diplomat Henry Kissinger.
Other renowned members have also joined the Hudson think tank. For instance, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao joined the group in 2021.
American physicist and military strategist Herman Kahn founded the think tank with his colleagues at the RAND corporation in 1961. Kahn rose to prominence while employed at RAND for analyzing outcomes of a possible nuclear war with the Soviet Union and recommending policies to increase survivability. In 1960, Kahn posited the idea of a “winnable” nuclear confrontation.
Stanley Kubrick reportedly used him as inspiration for the Nazi scientist turned U.S. nuclear weapons expert, Dr. Strangelove in his iconic black comedy “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.”
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