Arthur Herman

Senior Fellow

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Arthur Herman is a senior fellow and director of the Quantum Alliance Initiative at Hudson Institute. His research programs analyze defense, energy, and technology issues.

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Associate Director, Quantum Alliance Initiative

Biography

Arthur Herman is a senior fellow and director of the Quantum Alliance Initiative at Hudson Institute. His research programs analyze defense, energy, and technology issues.

Dr. Herman is the author of nine books, including the New York Times Best Seller How the Scots Invented the Modern World, the Pulitzer Prize Finalist Gandhi and Churchill: The Epic Rivalry that Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age, Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II (which the Economist named one of its Best Books of 2012), To Rule the Waves, Douglas MacArthur: American Warrior, and 1917: Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World Disorder.

Dr. Herman is a frequent contributor to Commentary, Mosaic, the National Review, the New York Post, and the Wall Street Journal. He was also the first non-British citizen to be named to the Scottish Arts Council from 2007 to 2009. He received his BA from the University of Minnesota and PhD from Johns Hopkins University in history and classics.

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May 2023
Past Event
Prosperity at Risk: The Quantum Computer Threat to the US Financial System
Featured Speakers:
Arthur Herman
Alexander Butler
Alex J. Pollock
John Prisco
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22
May 2023
Past Event
Prosperity at Risk: The Quantum Computer Threat to the US Financial System

Join Hudson Senior Fellow and Director of the Quantum Alliance Initiative (QAI) Arthur Herman and QAI Associate Director Alex Butler as they discuss their most recent report. This publication details the potential consequences of a future quantum computer attack on the Federal Reserve, specifically the Fedwire Funds Service, which facilitates large-scale interbank transactions. 

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Featured Speakers:
Arthur Herman
Alexander Butler
Alex J. Pollock
John Prisco
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18
January 2023
Past Event
Enhancing Cybersecurity, Information Security, and Industrial Security as the Foundation for Japan’s Defense Transformation
Featured Speakers:
Mihoko Matsubara
Lindy Kyzer
Arthur Herman
Kenneth R. Weinstein
YOKOSUKA, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 5 : (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY â MANDATORY CREDIT - REUTERS/KIM KYUNG-HOON/POOL - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Japan's naval ship âMogamiâ, featuring stealth capability, is seen next to Japanâs national flag at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan September 5, 2022. (Photo by REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/POOL/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
18
January 2023
Past Event
Enhancing Cybersecurity, Information Security, and Industrial Security as the Foundation for Japan’s Defense Transformation

To examine how Japan can enhance its cybersecurity, information security, and industrial security, please join Walter P. Stern Distinguished Fellow Ken Weinstein for a conversation with three noted experts.

YOKOSUKA, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 5 : (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY â MANDATORY CREDIT - REUTERS/KIM KYUNG-HOON/POOL - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Japan's naval ship âMogamiâ, featuring stealth capability, is seen next to Japanâs national flag at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan September 5, 2022. (Photo by REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/POOL/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Mihoko Matsubara
Lindy Kyzer
Arthur Herman
Kenneth R. Weinstein
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11
October 2022
Past Event
Dragon in the North: Assessing the Growing Chinese Threat to the Arctic Region
Featured Speakers:
Miles Yu
Michael R. Pompeo
Arthur Herman
Roslyn Layton
Liselotte Odgaard
Members of China's research team set up an ocean profiling float at a short-term data acquisition location near the icebreaker Xuelong, or "Snow Dragon," in the Arctic Ocean, on August 18, 2016. (Xinhua/Wu Yue via Getty Images)
11
October 2022
Past Event
Dragon in the North: Assessing the Growing Chinese Threat to the Arctic Region

The China Center will host a conference, entitled “The Dragon in the North: Assessing the Growing Chinese Threat to the Arctic Region,” organized by Hudson Senior Fellow Dr. Arthur Herman.

Members of China's research team set up an ocean profiling float at a short-term data acquisition location near the icebreaker Xuelong, or "Snow Dragon," in the Arctic Ocean, on August 18, 2016. (Xinhua/Wu Yue via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Miles Yu
Michael R. Pompeo
Arthur Herman
Roslyn Layton
Liselotte Odgaard
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13
September 2022
Past Event
Technology, Innovation, and Defending America: A Conversation with Michael Brown
Featured Speakers:
Michael Brown
Arthur Herman
A researcher works on quantum networking for future battlefield applications. (University of Chicago, Nancy Wong)
13
September 2022
Past Event
Technology, Innovation, and Defending America: A Conversation with Michael Brown

Please join us for a stimulating and informative discussion with Michael Brown about his accomplishments at DIU and what he envisions will be the futu

A researcher works on quantum networking for future battlefield applications. (University of Chicago, Nancy Wong)
Featured Speakers:
Michael Brown
Arthur Herman
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