James F. Hoge Jr.

Counselor
Contact Info:
Phone: +1.212.434.9504
E-mail: jhoge@cfr.org
Location:
New York, NY
Media downloads:
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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
Experts discuss the lessons learned during the financial crisis and the importance of federal economic oversight in addition to regulatory reform.
This meeting was part of the McKinsey Executive Roundtable series in International Economics.
Experts discuss the lessons learned during the financial crisis and the importance of federal economic oversight in addition to regulatory reform.
This meeting was part of the McKinsey Executive Roundtable series in International Economics.
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CFR's James F. Hoge Jr. discusses with students "the world ahead"--the theme of the November/December 2010 special issue of Foreign Affairs, as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.
Learn more about CFR's Academic Initiative.
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Sasha Polakow-Suransky discusses his new book The Unspoken Alliance: Israel's Secret Relationship with Apartheid South Africa.
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Watch Zbigniew Brzezinski offer insight into his recent Foreign Affairs article “An Agenda for NATO,” which examines NATO’s history and next course of action, as well as his thoughts on the broader challenges confronting U.S. foreign policy.
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Listen to Zbigniew Brzezinski offer insight into his recent Foreign Affairs article “An Agenda for NATO,” which examines NATO’s history and next course of action, as well as his thoughts on the broader challenges confronting U.S. foreign policy.
See more in Afghanistan, Europe/Russia, NATO
Listen to CFR expert Shannon O'Neil and Foreign Affairs Editor Jim Hoge discuss O'Neil's new article in the July/August issue of Foreign Affairs,"The Real Mexico: How Democracy Can Defeat the Drug Cartels."
CFR's Shannon O'Neil discusses the challenges Mexico faces in combatting drug cartels. Improving the security situation, she argues, depends on strengthening Mexico's democratic institutions.
See more in Mexico, Democracy and Human Rights, Narcotics Control
Watch Philip Pan discuss his book Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China, recipient of the 2009 Arthur Ross Book Award from the Council on Foreign Relations.
See more in China, Political Movements
Listen to Philip Pan discuss his book Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China, recipient of the 2009 Arthur Ross Book Award from the Council on Foreign Relations.
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The sixth session of a Council on Foreign Relations Symposium on a second look at the Great Depression and the New Deal.
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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.
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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.
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Listen to Foreign Affairs authors analyze policy options to bring peace to the Middle East and the role that the Obama administration can play in the region.
See more in Middle East, International Peace and Security, U.S. Strategy and Politics
Watch Foreign Affairs authors analyze policy options to bring peace to the Middle East and the role that the Obama administration can play in the region.
See more in Middle East, International Peace and Security, U.S. Strategy and Politics
Listen to experts examine global challenges facing the Obama administration including nuclear proliferation, terrorism, and conflict in the Middle East.
See more in Middle East, Proliferation, Terrorism
Watch experts examine global challenges facing the Obama administration including nuclear proliferation, terrorism, and conflict in the Middle East.
See more in Middle East, Proliferation, Terrorism
Listen to experts debate causes of the financial crisis and what needs to happen for the global financial markets to recover.
See more in Economics, Financial Crises, International Finance
Watch experts debate causes of the financial crisis and what needs to happen for the global financial markets to recover.
See more in Economics, Financial Crises, International Finance
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.
See more in Iraq, Defense Strategy, U.S. Strategy and Politics