Mission

Washington Monument with Flag The Institute of World Politics is a graduate school of national security and international affairs, dedicated to developing leaders with a sound understanding of international realities and the ethical conduct of statecraft, based on knowledge and appreciation of the principles of the American political economy and the Western moral tradition.

"[Its] mission statement...positions IWP as virtually a sole provider of the educational experience it offers."

-Middle States Commission on Higher Education Site Visit Report

Problems of Promoting Regime Change and Democracy

In exploring the role of democracy in world politics, this course integrates insights from the international relations and comparative politics fields. The course will examine: the "democratic peace" - whether there is a peculiarly pacific or cooperative relationship between democracies, and if so why; democratization-building blocks for and problems associated with nations democratizing; and democracy-promotion-whether is it practical or ethical for the world's democracies to seek to enlarge their number, and if so by what means.