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:"Prior to joining Hudson Institute in 1998, Stelzer was resident scholar and director of regulatory policy studies at the [[American Enterprise Institute]]. He also is the U.S. economic and political columnist for The ''Sunday Times'' (London) and The ''Courier Mail'' (Brisbane, Australia), a contributing editor of ''The Weekly Standard'', a member of the Publication Committee of The Public Interest, and a member of the board of the Regulatory Policy Institute (Oxford)," a biographical note states."<ref>Hudson Institute, [http://www.hudson.org/learn/index.cfm?fuseaction=staff_bio&eid=StelIrwi Irwin Stelzer Biography], Accessed 24-April-2009</ref> | :"Prior to joining Hudson Institute in 1998, Stelzer was resident scholar and director of regulatory policy studies at the [[American Enterprise Institute]]. He also is the U.S. economic and political columnist for The ''Sunday Times'' (London) and The ''Courier Mail'' (Brisbane, Australia), a contributing editor of ''The Weekly Standard'', a member of the Publication Committee of The Public Interest, and a member of the board of the Regulatory Policy Institute (Oxford)," a biographical note states."<ref>Hudson Institute, [http://www.hudson.org/learn/index.cfm?fuseaction=staff_bio&eid=StelIrwi Irwin Stelzer Biography], Accessed 24-April-2009</ref> | ||
| − | Writing in the UK ''Observer'', David Smith described Stelzer as the "right-hand man of Rupert Murdoch and close confidant" of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.<ref>David Smith, [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1329544,00.html Blair's salad days with Murdoch's guru], ''The Observer'', 17-October-2004, Accessed 24-April-2009</ref> | + | Writing in the UK ''Observer'', David Smith described Stelzer as the "right-hand man of Rupert Murdoch and close confidant" of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.<ref>David Smith, [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1329544,00.html Blair's salad days with Murdoch's guru], ''The Observer'', 17-October-2004, Accessed 24-April-2009</ref> He has been credited with persuading Tony Blair to reverse his position on the proposed EU constitution in 2004 and come out in favour of a referendum, a charge which was seen as indicating the power of Murdoch's influence, and which Stelzer denied.<ref>David Smith, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/oct/17/citynews.politics 'It's crazy to think that I'd threaten Blair'], The Observer, 17 October 2004.</ref> [[Tony Blair]], [[Margaret Thatcher]] and [[Michael Gove]] were among the contributors to Stelzer's 2004 book, ''Neoconservatism''.<ref>[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Neo-conservatism-Irwin-Stelzer/dp/1843543516 Neoconservatism: Irwin Stelzer], amazon.co.uk, accessed 27 May 2009.</ref> |
| − | He has been a managing director at Rothschild and is an alumnus of both New York University and Cornell. | + | He has been a managing director at Rothschild and is an alumnus of both New York University and Cornell.<ref>Hudson Institute, [http://www.hudson.org/learn/index.cfm?fuseaction=staff_bio&eid=StelIrwi Irwin Stelzer Biography], Accessed 24-April-2009</ref> |
==Media "expert" appearances== | ==Media "expert" appearances== | ||
Revision as of 21:50, 27 May 2009
Irwin Stelzer is a senior fellow and director of Hudson Institute’s Center for Economic Policy.
- "Prior to joining Hudson Institute in 1998, Stelzer was resident scholar and director of regulatory policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute. He also is the U.S. economic and political columnist for The Sunday Times (London) and The Courier Mail (Brisbane, Australia), a contributing editor of The Weekly Standard, a member of the Publication Committee of The Public Interest, and a member of the board of the Regulatory Policy Institute (Oxford)," a biographical note states."[1]
Writing in the UK Observer, David Smith described Stelzer as the "right-hand man of Rupert Murdoch and close confidant" of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.[2] He has been credited with persuading Tony Blair to reverse his position on the proposed EU constitution in 2004 and come out in favour of a referendum, a charge which was seen as indicating the power of Murdoch's influence, and which Stelzer denied.[3] Tony Blair, Margaret Thatcher and Michael Gove were among the contributors to Stelzer's 2004 book, Neoconservatism.[4]
He has been a managing director at Rothschild and is an alumnus of both New York University and Cornell.[5]
Contents
Media "expert" appearances
- BBC Newsnight, "expert" on the effects and prospects of oil price rises, first segment of the program on 7 November 2007.
Affiliations
- Hudson Institute – director
- The Weekly Standard – Contributing editor
- American Enterprise Institute – Resident scholar
- Rothschild
- Sunday Times (London) – columnist
- Courier Mail – columnist
- The Guardian (London) – his columns now appear regularly
- Regulatory Policy Institute
- Henry Jackson Society
References, Resources and Contact
Books
- Irwin Stelzer (ed), "The Neocon Reader", Grove Press, January 2005. ISBN 0802141935 (includes contributions by Tony Blair, Bill Kristol, Robert Kagan, Condoleezza Rice and Michael Gove).
Resources
- "Irwin M. Stelzer", Hudson Institute, 2004.
- "'It's crazy to think that I'd threaten Blair'", Observer, 17 October 2004.
- David Smith, "Blair's salad days with Murdoch's guru", Observer, 17 October 2004.
References
- ↑ Hudson Institute, Irwin Stelzer Biography, Accessed 24-April-2009
- ↑ David Smith, Blair's salad days with Murdoch's guru, The Observer, 17-October-2004, Accessed 24-April-2009
- ↑ David Smith, 'It's crazy to think that I'd threaten Blair', The Observer, 17 October 2004.
- ↑ Neoconservatism: Irwin Stelzer, amazon.co.uk, accessed 27 May 2009.
- ↑ Hudson Institute, Irwin Stelzer Biography, Accessed 24-April-2009
