Papers & Studies
The nature and future of communism
Publication Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2009
In this essay, IWP Academic Dean and Kosciuszko Professor of Polish Studies Dr. Marek Jan Chodakiewicz briefly presents some of the crucial intellectual foundations of communism, and proceeds to examine its continuing role in world affairs. {read more}
Muravchik writes on "The Abandonment of Democracy"
Publication Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009
IWP Adjunct Professor Joshua Muravchik suggests that Barack Obama's "Cairo oration [of June 4, 2009] was a culmination of the themes of Obama's early months. He had blamed America for the world financial crisis, global warming, Mexico's drug wars, for 'failure to appreciate Europe's role in the world,' and in general for 'all too often' trying 'to dictate our terms.' He had reinforced all this by dispatching his Secretary of State on what the New York Times dubbed a 'contrition tour' of Asia and Latin America. Now he added apologies for overthrowing the government of Iran in 1953, and for treating the Muslim countries as 'proxies' in the Cold War 'without regard to their own aspirations.' {read more}
IWP professor reexamines 1989's events
Publication Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009
In this essay, IWP Adjunct Professor Joshua Muravchik reviews the events of 1989, and suggests that despite subsequent developments the international political situation remains characterized primarily by the consequences of twenty years ago. {read more}
Duggan: The Greatest "Pro" of All
Publication Date: Friday, May 15, 2009
US-Vatican Relations: 25th Anniversary and a New President
Publication Date: Spring 2009
Genocide prevention by one condottiere
Publication Date: Friday, May 1, 2009
In this essay, published originally in the January/February issue of the magazine Serviam, Dr. Chodakiewciz notes: "Genocide prevention is about neutralizing regimes and groups fostering mass murder through their ideologies and actions. In the West, most conceptualize genocide prevention in terms of education, lobbying, and humanitarian assistance.... Meanwhile, people are dying and even the best "road map" can't stop it fast enough. But I knew someone who did in Congo almost 50 years ago." {read more}
Duggan: The Icon and the Battle-Axe
Publication Date: 31 March 2009
What lessons do ancient Mayan ruins have for legislators today?
Yucatán Diary: Love in the Ruins Revisited
Publication Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009
IWP alumnus Joseph Duggan (MA, Statecraft and World Politics, 2007) draws parallels between the ruins of Coba in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula and contemporary partisan politics in Washington. His essay appeared in the 11 March 2009 issue of the American Spectator. {read more}
Longstanding IWP guest lecturer asks: Is US serious about catching spies?
Publication Date: February 8, 2009
Michelle Van Cleave, formerly the US National Counterintelligence Executive and for many years a friend of The Institute of World Politics and a colleague of numerous IWP instructors, has provided a call to arms in the shadowy struggle against foreign spies active in the United States in a recent issue of the Washington Post. {read more}
Religious liberty in America: an idea worth sharing through public diplomacy
Jennifer Marshall (IWP 2006) makes case in Heritage Foundation editorial
Publication Date: January 15, 2009
Jennifer Marshall (IWP 2006) currently serves as Director of the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society at The Heritage Foundation. Her essay appeared in a January 2009 Heritage Foundation Backgrounder. {read more}
