Prof. Anne Rathbone Bradley debates Ron Sider on how to fix the national debt

Publication Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Prof. Anne Rathbone Bradley recently debated Ron Sider, founder and president of Evangelicals for Social Action, on how to fix the national debt on a segment for Moody Radio.  {read more}

Prof. Sebastian Gorka speaks about counterterrorism and counterintelligence under the current administration

Publication Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2013

At Center for Security Policy's recent National Security Group Lunch on Capitol Hill, Prof. Sebastian Gorka gave a lecture on the topic of "Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence in the Second Obama Administration: Persistence of Threat Denial?" A video of his remarks can be found below.  {read more}

Prof. Paul Goble discusses Soviet anti-religious efforts

By Paul A. Goble

Publication Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2013

In a conclusion with obvious implications for the current situation not only for the Russian Orthodox but also for other faiths, a Moscow commentator argues that the Soviets were unable to destroy popular Christianity by killing priests but succeeded in doing so after they had established a loyal and dependent Orthodox hierarchy.  {read more}

Prof. Norman Bailey discusses youth unemployment in Israel

By Norman A. Bailey

Publication Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2013

The current issue of The Economist has a cover picture of people being discharged into a trash dump, with the headline "Generation Jobless" and the subtitle "The Global Rise of Youth Unemployment." In the article inside the magazine it points out that youth unemployment, as reported by official statistical agencies, which undoubtedly miss many of the unemployed, even so totals more than the population of the United States.  {read more}

Dr. Chodakiewicz reviews book on the Polish-American veteran experience

Publication Date: Monday, May 6, 2013

Dr. Marek Jan Chodakiewicz, the holder of the Kościuszko Chair of Polish Studies at IWP, has published a review of Teofil Lachowicz's book on the Polish-American veteran experience inThe Slavonic and East European Review, Vol. 91, No. 2, April 2013: 357-360.  {read more}

Three years after the Smolensk crash

Publication Date: Thursday, May 2, 2013

Less than a month ago was the third anniversary of the tragic Smolensk Plane Crash, which was a great blow to our Polish ally within NATO. In a recent SFPPR News & Analysis article, Paweł Styrna summed up the many suspicious developments in the case that have continued to surface in the past three years, thereby demonstrating that the crash is by no means "yesterday's news."  {read more}

How does an opera singer become an authority on naval strategy? We ask Samantha Moyer, IWP '13

Publication Date: Thursday, May 2, 2013

Samantha Moyer is a member of IWP's Class of 2013 and this year's Maibach Fellow at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. Samantha (known to her friends as Sam), describes her experiences as an opera singer, an Army intelligence officer, a graduate student, and a CSPC fellow.  {read more}

IWP student discusses the future of "Southern Azerbaijan"

Publication Date: Thursday, May 2, 2013

IWP student and the Vice-Chairman of the Political Developments Research Center, Vilen Khlgatyan, has recently published an article analyzing a conference held in Baku on the future of so-called "Southern Azerbaijan" (i.e. northwestern Iran).  {read more}

The Worst Enemy: A book review

Publication Date: Thursday, May 2, 2013

The ongoing culture war in the West continues to hamper our efforts to defeat radical Islam. Such is the thesis of a recently published anthology, co-edited by Katherine C. Gorka and Patrick Sookhdeo, which was reviewed by Dr. Marek Jan Chodakiewicz for the Selous Foundation for Public Policy Research (SFPPR).  {read more}

Prof. Paul Goble discusses Tajik-Russian tensions

By Paul A. Goble

Publication Date: Thursday, May 2, 2013

Infuriated by what the Tajik government sees as increasing Russian mistreatment of Tajik gastarbeiters in major Russian cities, the embassy of Tajikistan in Moscow has set up a special staff to provide assistance both to new arrivals at airports and railroad stations and to those who have encountered difficulties with life in the Russian Federation.  {read more}