James F. Hoge Jr.

James F. Hoge Jr.

Counselor

Contact Info:

Phone: +1.212.434.9504
E-mail: jhoge@cfr.org

Location:

New York, NY

Media downloads:

Video clip (MP4, 1.3 MB)
Video clip (WMV, 967K)

Expertise:

U.S. foreign policy; media issues; trends in international economics.

Experience:

Editor, Foreign Affairs (1992-2010); Chairman, International Center for Journalists (2002-present); Director, Foundation for a Civil Society (2000-present); Director, Human Rights Watch (1998-present); Chairman, Program Committee, American Ditchley Foundation (1997-present); Publisher and President, New York Daily News (1984-91); Washington Correspondent, Editor-in-Chief, and Publisher, Chicago Sun-Times (1958-84); Senior Fellow, Freedom Forum Media Studies Center, Columbia University (1992); Fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (1991); Congressional Fellow, American Political Science Association (1962); Vice Chairman, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations (1982-84); Director, Council on Foreign Relations (1980-84); Chairman, Adlai Stevenson International Center (1973-76).

Honors:

Public Service Award, University of Chicago (1970). Six Pulitzer Prizes awarded to the Chicago Sun-Times for journalistic excellence and one awarded to the New York Daily News under his leadership.

Selected Publications:

Articles in the New Republic, Nieman Reports, Media Studies Journal, and Foreign Affairs; How Did This Happen? Terrorism and the New War (coeditor, HarperCollins, 2001); The American Encounter: The United States and the Making of the Modern World (coeditor, Basic Books, 1997).

Education:

Advanced Management Program, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University;

M.A., European and American history, University of Chicago;

B.A., political science, Yale University.

Publications

Video

The Path to Growth: What Do the 1930s Tell Us About Now? (Video)

Speakers: Jonathan Alter, Harold Cole, James K. Galbraith and Amity Shlaes
Presider: James F. Hoge Jr.

Watch experts discuss lessons learned from the 1930s that can be applied to today's financial crisis, including the importance of leadership and the effects of government spending.

This session was part of the CFR-New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business symposium: A Second Look at the Great Depression, which was made possible through the generous support of the Leonard N. Stern School of  Business, New York University, and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

 

See more in Economics, Financial Crises

Audio

The Path to Growth: What Do the 1930s Tell us About Now? (Audio)

Speakers: Jonathan Alter, Harold Cole, James K. Galbraith and Amity Shlaes
Presider: James F. Hoge Jr.

Listen to experts discuss lessons learned from the 1930s that can be applied to today's financial crisis, including the importance of leadership and the effects of government spending.

This session was part of the CFR-New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business symposium: A Second Look at the Great Depression, which was made possible through the generous support of the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

See more in Economics, Financial Crises

Video

Foreign Affairs Live: A Discussion of Iraqi Futures

Speakers: Steven Simon and Stephen Biddle
Presider: James F. Hoge Jr.

With violence down and U.S. troop deaths at their lowest point since the Iraq war began, military analysts are in near-agreement that Iraq is more secure today. But CFR's Stephen Biddle and Steven Simon disagree on how to ensure stability continues. They discuss their views during this inaugural Foreign Affairs Live debate.

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