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lower rate than the United States, and its economy is characterized by a slower rate of GDP growth. In May 2007, the payroll survey recorded an increase of 157,000 jobs. Compared to August 2003, nonfarm payroll employment has increased by over 8.0 million jobs, 45 months of consecutive gains, where professional and business services added 1.9 million, education and health services added 1.7 million, leisure and hospitality added 1.3 million, trade, transportation, and utilities added 1.2 million, construction added 910,000, government added 653,000, and financial activities added 436,000. The household survey showed a gain of 157,000 employed workers in May 2007 as well, and a gain of over 8.4 million employed workers since August 2003. DAVID SATTER’S testimony on Russia before the House Foreign Affairs Committee May 17 One of the most important questions in the world today concerns the intentions of Russia. One can only wonder what is motivating Russia to create so many artificial problems in a short period of time. If Russia were motivated by logical concerns, it would be dedicated to balancing growing Chinese power, guarding against Islamic terrorism, and preventing the emergence of nuclear powers on its borders. Instead, however, Russia appears fixated on dominating the countries that emerged from the former Soviet Union and appears willing to sacrifice its vital interests for the empty satisfaction of appearing to give orders to countries it believes it has a right to dominate. The leaders of a country are usually dedicated to defending that country’s vital interests. Developments in Russia, however, show that there is a real divergence between the interests of the country and the interests of the small group of people who run it. JOHN FONTE’S testimony on immigrant assimilation before the House Judiciary Committee May 16 What do we mean by patriotic assimilation? First of all, patriotic assimilation does not mean giving up all ethnic traditions, customs, cuisine, and birth languages. It has nothing to do with the food one eats, the religion one practices, the affection that one feels for the land of one’s birth, and the second languages that one speaks. Multiethnicity and ethnic subcultures have enriched America and have always been part of our past since colonial days. Historically, the immigration saga has involved some “give and take” between immigrants and the nativeborn. That is to say, immigrants have helped shape America even as this nation has Americanized them. On the other hand, this “two way street” is not a fifty-fifty arrangement. Thus, on the issue of “who accommodates to whom,” obviously, most of the accommodating should come from the newcomers, not from the hosts. So what is patriotic assimilation? Well, one could say that patriotic assimilation occurs when a newcomer essentially adopts American civic values, the American heritage, and the story of America (what academics call the “narrative”) as his or her own. NINA SHEA’S testimony before the House of Represent a tives’ Task Force on Religious Freedom May 23 The Egyptian government maintains tight control over all Muslim religious ins titutions, including mosques and religious endowments, which are encouraged to promote an officially sanctioned interpretation of Islam. All mosques must be licensed by the government, and sermons are monitored by the government, reportedly as a necessary precaution against religious extremism and terrorism. Yet human rights organizations inside the country are seriously con cerned that Islamic extremism is in fact advancing in Egypt, making questionable the prospects for democratic reform, religious tolerance, and the rights of women and girls and members of religious minorities. Despite the state controls, some believe that the government is not acting to its fullest ability to counteract religious militancy, especially in the areas of public education and the media, where extremist influence is grow ing. In addition to surveillance and harassment by the state security services, Coptic Orthodox and members of other religious minorities also face societal in tolerance and violence by Muslim ex tremists. Despite draconian efforts on the part of the Egyptian government to fight extremism, these same Egyptian security entities are often lax in or indifferent to protecting the lives and property of minority groups from extremist violence, as well as in prosecuting those responsible for the violent actions. 6 HUDSON INSTITUTE / FALL 2007
HUDSON’S INFLUENCE IN ACADEMIA Hudson scholars influence the world of ideas by publishing articles and monographs and briefing policymakers. However, a select group of Hudson fellows teach at America’s top universities, where they are able to help shape the minds of the next generation of thinkers while obtaining a broader perspective on critical issues of the day. Senior Fellow William Odom, for instance, teaches American grand strategy in the political science department at Yale University. Senior Fellow Amy Kass teaches the humanities at the University of Chicago. Both Odom and Kass have won awards as outstanding undergraduate teachers. Husain Haqqani, co-chair of Hudson’s Islam and Democracy Project, teaches international relations at Boston University, while Distinguished Fellow Robert Bork and Senior Fellow Anne Bayefsky teach law at Ave Maria Law School and Touro College, respectively. In addition to these current faculty members, Hudson scholars have taught at dozens of universities. Hudson President Herbert London, Professor of the Humanities at New York University, was for two decades the driving force behind and Dean of NYU’s Gallatin School, which he created in 1972. Other Hudsonians who have served on university faculties include Hillel Frad kin (Yale, Columbia, and Univer - sity of Chicago), Paul Marshall (University of Toronto and the Free University of Amsterdam), Richard Weitz (Harvard), Kenneth Weinstein (Georgetown and Claremont McKenna), Charles Fairbanks (Yale and Johns Hopkins-SAIS), John Weicher (Ohio State University), Irwin Stelzer (Cornell, Connecticut, NYU, Oxford, MIT, and Columbia), Michael Horowitz (Georgetown Law), Max Singer (Bar Ilan Univer - sity), Laurent Murawiec (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales), and Christopher Sands (Carleton University). Finally, beyond the classroom, Hudson scholars reach college audiences through our books, research monographs, and articles. Herman Kahn’s texts such as The Emerging Japanese Superstate, Thinking the Unthinkable, and The Year 2000 have been standard classroom fare for years. Hudson Institute publications are used by professors in syllabi around the world, including this year at, among other campuses, Georgetown, Harvard, Indiana, Michigan, and Yale. FALL 2007 / HUDSON INSTITUTE 7
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