Firsthand leadership

A retired admiral shares personal reflections on the meaning of command

Publication Date: Saturday, July 10, 2010

On Wednesday, July 7, Rear Admiral David Rogers USN, Ret., discussed the qualities of leadership and the importance of personal relationships in interagency and international operations at a gathering of IWP students, interns, and friends.  {read more}

Dr. Gorka lectures on "The New Terrorist Threat: Why Al Qaeda is Different"

Publication Date: Wednesday, June 23, 2010

General John Singlaub, former OSS officer and founding member of the CIA, speaks at IWP

Publication Date: Friday, May 21, 2010

General John K. Singlaub, former Office of Strategic Services (OSS) officer and founding member of the Central Intelligence Agency, delivered an engaging and wide-ranging lecture on issues of U.S. national security at The Institute of World Politics on May 20, 2010.  {read more}

Zainab Al-Suwaij discusses "How Islamists are hurting Muslims, and what we can do about it"  

Publication Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2010

On Tuesday, May 18, Zainab Al-Suwaij, co-founder and Executive Director of the American Islamic Congress (AIC), discussed "How Islamists are hurting Muslims, and what we can do about it."    {read more}

Fox News hosts Dr Waller in Chavez debate

Publication Date: Friday, September 22, 2006

Fox News had IWP Annenberg Professor J. Michael Waller on its Dayside program on September 22 to talk about Venezuelan Hugo Chavez, in a live show that coincided with the dictator's incendiary speech in Harlem.  {read more}

Meese calls IWP a 'model of graduate study'

Publication Date: Thursday, June 22, 2006

Former US Attorney General Edwin Meese, one of the influential members of President Ronald Reagan's inner circle and a central figure in the successful US strategy to end the Cold War, praised the Institute of World Politics as a "model" for rebuilding the country's national security education system. In an address to IWP's 2006 graduating class, Meese commended IWP for its "program, purpose and quality," saying that the Institute makes "a significant contribution to national security while it stands as a model of graduate study for this country."  {read more}

Class of 2006 graduates on eve of accreditation

Publication Date: Thursday, June 15, 2006

The Institute of World Politics Class of 2006 graduated triumphantly June 9, as the recipients of three certificates and 12 Master's degrees anticipated the imminent accreditation of the school. "Studying here at the Institute of World Politics has only reinforced for me the idea that this subject called statecraft begins and ends with the character of our culture," valedictorian Jennifer Marshall said. "The success of our foreign policy is very much influenced by the strength of our civil society and the nature of American education. America is a nation based on ideas, and those ideas must be cherished and passed on," said valedictorian Marshall, who is Director of Domestic Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation. Former Attorney General Edwin Meese and current US Ambassador to Estonia Aldona Wos, both featured speakers, received Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa degrees. "To practice statecraft is to be a witness to those ideas, called to testify about what this great nation is and what we as Americans believe."  {read more}

Religious freedom resolution presented at IWP

Publication Date: Wednesday, June 7, 2006

Representatives from Kosovo and Metohija signed a joint resolution calling for freedom of religion in their Balkan lands in a June 7 ceremony at the Institute of World Politics.  {read more}

Prof. Muravchik discusses UN on National Public Radio

Publication Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2004

IWP Adjunct Professor Joshua Muravchik was a guest on National Public Radio on September 22, 2004, discussing President George W. Bush's speech to the United Nations and the role the UN should be playing in Iraq and other trouble spots.   {read more}