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}

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}

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}

Research fellow Amir Fakhravar: Tehran trades oil for nukes

Publication Date: Monday, April 29, 2013

The collaboration between the world's foremost nuclear proliferators appears to be accelerating. In September 2012, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea signed a bilateral scientific and technological agreement opening the way for nuclear as well as missile technology collaboration.  {read more}

Trouble in the heart of Europe: Prof. Marek Chodakiewicz comments

By Marek Jan Chodakiewicz

Publication Date: Sunday, April 28, 2013

Transitioning out of communism to democracy was never easy in Central and Eastern Europe. In many ways, the process is still incomplete, facing many obstacles and, sometimes, also suffering setbacks.  {read more}

Prof. Norman Bailey discusses threats in Lebanon, Kurdistan, and Iran

By Norman A. Bailey

Publication Date: Sunday, April 28, 2013

In the increasingly chaotic Middle East, certain crises get most of the attention: the Egyptian economic meltdown; the anarchy in the Sinai Peninsula; the Iranian nuclear threat, and the Syrian civil war. But there are a large number of other developments in the region which deserve our close attention also.  {read more}

Who influenced the Tsarnaev brothers? Prof. Goble testifies on Islamist extremism in Chechnya

Publication Date: Friday, April 26, 2013

Prof. Paul Goble testifed as part of a panel on Islamist extremism in Chechnya before the House Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.   {read more}

Prof. Raymond Batvinis discusses "Ronald Reagan: Counterintelligence and the Evil Empire"

Publication Date: Thursday, April 25, 2013

On Friday April 19, 2013, Prof. Raymond Batvinis delivered the Third Annual Reagan Intelligence Lecture on the topic of "Ronald Reagan: Counterintelligence and the Evil Empire."  {read more}