Ambassador Vincent Obsitnik discusses Slovakia at IWP

Publication Date: Thursday, July 22, 2010

On July 22nd, Ambassador Vince Obsitnik, former U.S. Ambassador to the Slovak Republic, spoke at IWP.  The topic of his discussion was "Slovakia: Past and Future."  {read more}

Burton Gerber discusses the ethics of intelligence at IWP

Publication Date: Tuesday, July 20, 2010

On Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 39-year CIA veteran Burton Gerber delivered a lecture on "The Ethics of Intelligence: During the Cold War and the Age of Terrorism" to an audience of IWP students, interns, and friends.  {read more}

Poland has lessons for Cuba, Dr Chodakiewicz says

Into the Future

By Marek Jan Chodakiewicz

Publication Date: Monday, February 13, 2006

The historical significance of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising

By Walter Jajko

Publication Date: Thursday, June 3, 2004

Professor Walter Jajko discusses the consequences and meaning of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising against the Nazis. He gave these remarks, published by the Polish Academy of Sciences' quarterly journal, Dialogue and Univeralism, at the pre-screening of a CNN documentary on the uprising at IWP on June 3, 2004.  {read more}

Professor warned not to abolish police intelligence units - in 1977

Romerstein cited dangers of international terrorism

Publication Date: November 15, 1977

City and state police intelligence units were important tools for fighting violent extremist groups, yet by the late 1970s most were being abolished. Professor Herbert Romerstein, then a congressional investigator, warned the New York legislature in 1977 not to do away with the intelligence units, citing the dangers of international terrorism.  {read more}

Terrorism: Policies, Strategies, Countermeasures

Pre-9/11 lecture at the National War College

By Christopher C. Harmon

Publication Date: January 16, 2001

This is the text of a lecture given January 16, 2001, at the Naval War College in Newport R.I. for the opening of a conference on the threat of chemical and biological weapons.  {read more}

Strategic communication: The abused and neglected tool in the present war

Excerpts from 2003 Pearl Harbor Day Address

By J. Michael Waller

Publication Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2003

An excerpt of the annual Pearl Harbor Day Address, delivered December 10, 2003, by Dr. J. Michael Waller, IWP's Walter and Leonore Annenberg Professor of International Communication.  {read more}

Public Diplomacy: A Vital Component of US Aid in the Americas

Testimony before the Western Hemisphere Affairs Subcommittee, U.S. House of Representatives

By J. Michael Waller

Publication Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2003

Written testimony of IWP professor before the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of the International Relations Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, November 5, 2003.  {read more}

Terrorist Recruitment and Infiltration In the United States: Prisons and Military as an Operational Base

Testimony before the Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, U.S. Senate

By J. Michael Waller

Publication Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2003

Written testimony before the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, October 14, 2003.  {read more}

Impediments to effective counterintelligence and counterterrorism

Conference on Counterintelligence: Reform for a Critical National Capability

Publication Date: October 1-3, 2003

The FBI and other counterterrorism agencies were weakened deliberately by acts of Congress in the 1970s. Professor Herbert Romerstein explains in remarks he delivered at a conference on Counterintelligence: Reform for a Critical National Capability, cosponsored by the McCormick Tribune Foundation and the Institute of World Politics in 2003.  {read more}