London Center for Policy Research

The London Center for Policy Research is a United States conservative policy institute founded in 2012 by Herbert London, an academic, author, commentator, and former president of the Hudson Institute. The organization was associated with The King's College in New York City and focused on public-policy commentary, research, and advocacy from a conservative perspective. The center emerged from London's long career in higher education and public debate. Before establishing it, London directed New York University's University Without Walls program, later known as the Gallatin Division and eventually the Gallatin School of Individualized Study. He subsequently served as John M. Olin Professor of Humanities at NYU, president of the Hudson Institute from 1997 to 2011, president emeritus of that institution, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute's Center for the American University, and chairman of the National Association of Scholars. These roles placed the center within a wider network of American conservative and free-market policy organizations. Its public profile was connected particularly to questions of national security, foreign policy, higher education, American political culture, and the relationship between the United States and Israel. London's published work addressed subjects including the legacy of the September 11 attacks, the Obama administration's foreign policy, secularism in American life, higher education, and opposition to the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement against Israel. The center's work therefore combined institutional policy analysis with the founder's broader activities as a newspaper columnist, broadcaster, lecturer, and political commentator. The organization also became associated with the personnel and policy environment surrounding the first Donald Trump administration. The available reference material characterizes the center as influential in staffing and policy direction during that administration and states that several of its senior fellows took official or unofficial roles. The materials do not provide a complete list of those fellows, the center's formal governance structure, its budget, or a current operating profile. Herbert London remained the center's principal publicly identified figure until his death in Manhattan on November 10, 2018. The available sources do not establish whether the organization continued under the same name, changed its leadership, or ceased operations after his death. Consequently, its present status, current executives, website, ownership, and financial position are not confirmed in the supplied material.

The London Center for Policy Research was founded in 2012 by Herbert London, an American academic and conservative public intellectual. London had already held senior positions in higher education and policy institutions. At New York University, he created and directed the University Without Walls program, an interdisciplinary initiative that later became the Gallatin Division and ultimately the Gallatin School of Individualized Study. He later served as John M. Olin Professor of Humanities at NYU. London's institutional experience expanded beyond academia. He was president of the Hudson Institute from 1997 through 2011 and was subsequently designated president emeritus. He also served as a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute's Center for the American University and chaired the National Association of Scholars. His public work included newspaper columns, television and radio appearances, lectures, and books on education, American political culture, national security, and foreign affairs. The center was established in New York City and was described as a conservative think tank hosted at The King's College. Its subject areas reflected London's established interests. These included United States foreign policy, national security, Israel-related affairs, higher education, and criticism of secular or progressive tendencies in American public life. The institution's public identity appears to have been closely tied to London's writing and commentary rather than to a large, separately documented corporate structure. London's books provide context for the themes associated with the center. His publications included works on American higher education, the social and political changes of the 1990s and 2000s, the United States after September 11, secularism, and the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement directed at Israel. His policy writing also addressed Iran and American international strategy. The available references identify the center as part of a conservative policy network and state that it was influential in staffing and policy direction during the first Trump administration. They further indicate that several senior fellows assumed official or unofficial roles in that administration, although the supplied material does not identify all of those individuals or describe their specific positions. Herbert London died in Manhattan on November 10, 2018, at the age of 79. His death is the last clearly documented institutional turning point in the supplied material. No reliable information is provided about a successor, a formal merger, a renamed organization, continuing publications, current offices, or present financial and legal status. The center should therefore be treated as an organization with a documented founding and historical role but an unconfirmed current status.

• 2018

  Death of founder Herbert London

  [1]Herbert Londonen.wikipedia.org

  Herbert London died on November 10, 2018. The supplied sources do not establish the center's subsequent leadership or operational status.

• 2012

  Founding of the center

  [1]Herbert Londonen.wikipedia.org

  Herbert London founded the London Center for Policy Research as a conservative policy institute associated with The King's College in New York City.

A conservative American policy institute combining research, commentary, and advocacy on foreign affairs, national security, higher education, and domestic political culture.

• Research · 2012

  Policy research and analysis

  The center's core offering was policy-oriented research and commentary from a conservative perspective. The documented subject areas include foreign policy, national security, Israel, higher education, and American political culture. The available references do not identify a complete publication catalog or a standardized series of reports.

• Public affairs · 2012

  Public-policy commentary and events

  The institution's public-facing work included commentary, expert discussion, and policy communication connected to Herbert London's broader activities as an author, lecturer, broadcaster, and newspaper columnist. Specific event names, recurring programs, and current availability are not documented in the supplied sources.

• 2012

  Creation of a conservative policy instituteStrategy

  Background

  After senior roles in academia and established policy organizations, Herbert London created an institution under his own name to pursue conservative research and public-policy commentary.

  Action taken

  London founded the London Center for Policy Research in New York City and operated it in association with The King's College.

  Aftermath

  The center developed a public profile around foreign policy, national security, Israel, higher education, and American political culture. Reference material also associates it with personnel and policy networks involved in the first Trump administration.

  Source

• 2018

  Herbert London died in Manhattan[1]Herbert Londonen.wikipedia.org

  Leadership change

  The center's founder and president, Herbert London, died on November 10, 2018, from complications of heart failure. The supplied references do not document the organization's subsequent leadership or operating status.

• 2012

  Herbert London founded the London Center for Policy Research[1]Herbert Londonen.wikipedia.org

  Other

  Herbert London established the center as a conservative policy organization associated with The King's College in New York City.

• The center was linked to staffing and policy work during the first Trump administration[1]Herbert Londonen.wikipedia.org

  Leadership change · Other

  Reference material describes the center as influential in the staffing and policy direction of the first Trump administration, with several senior fellows taking official or unofficial roles.

1. 1Herbert Londonen.wikipedia.org