News & Publications http://www.iwp.edu/rss/news.asp en-us (c) 2009 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:25:57 EST http://feedvalidator.org/docs/rss2.html www.eResources.com (Generator) webmaster@iwp.edu (IWP) support@eresources.com (eResources) 60 <![CDATA[IWP celebrates Flag Day & the Army's 238th birthday]]> "If anyone, then, asks me the meaning of our flag, I say to him - it means just what Concord and Lexington meant; what Bunker Hill meant; which was, in short, the rising up of a valiant young people against an old tyranny to establish the most momentous doctrine that the world had ever known - the right of men to their own selves and to their liberties." -Henry Ward Beecher

]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Iran's elections don't matter to U.S., professor tells Arabic TV]]> Iran's elections being held today are illegitimate because all candidates are approved by the mullahs who control the regime, an IWP professor tells a US public diplomacy TV channel.

"It doesn't matter who wins the presidential elections in Iran," Provost J. Michael Waller says on Alhurra, an Arabic-language satellite TV channel broadcast to the Middle East. "Every presidential candidate must be vetted and approved by the ayatollahs running the Islamic Republic. There are no 'moderates.' Even former President Rafsanjani, a mullah who was a regime insider, was banned from running."

]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Professor’s memoir about communist Romania to be republished in 2013]]> This fall, Transaction Publishers will re-issue Professor Juliana Geran Pilon's memoir, written on the occasion of her return to her native Romania after fourteen years in the U.S.  Entitled Notes from the Other Side of Night, the book describes from a personal perspective two tragic chapters of recent Romanian history: the Holocaust and the communist dictatorship.

]]> Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Prof. Paul Goble discusses Moscow's view of clans in the North Caucasus]]> Paul A. Goble

Having long viewed clans in the North Caucasus republics as "a powerful stabilizing factor" and the basis of "authoritarian power 'in the localities,'" Moscow now views them as a threat because their corruption and close ties with the criminal world is "harming the image of the federal authorities," according to a Memorial analyst.

]]> Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Israel's policies serve the nation well, argues Prof. Norman Bailey]]> Norman A. Bailey

In a remarkably short period of time a new Middle East and North Africa is emerging, the outlines of which are visible, but which is very much still in flux.

]]> Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[General Raymond T. Odierno speaks at Commencement]]> On May 18, 2013, General Raymond T. Odierno, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, was honored during the Institute's commencement ceremony and delivered the keynote address to graduates.

]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Inaugural 2012-2013 PASS:PORT series concludes with capstone session]]> On Sunday, June 2, the Professional Advancement for Security Strategists: Program on Reducing Threats (PASS:PORT) celebrated the completion of its inaugural year.

]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[The Art of Looting: Research professor to host seminar on property rights violations by totalitarian regimes]]> Tania C. Mastrapa, research professor in Cuban and Latin American Studies at The Institute of World Politics, will host a seminar this summer on property rights violations by the Nazis and Communists and challenges to restitution in Germany, Poland, Romania, and Cuba. The seminar will specifically address the confiscation and recovery process of artwork, antiques, jewelry and other heritage items.

]]> Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[IWP launches new partnership for seminar on economics and the Constitution]]> This summer, The Institute of World Politics will partner with The Institute for Responsible Citizenship to offer its scholars the Bradley Seminar on Constitutional and Economic Principles, taught by Dr. William B. Allen, Professor Emeritus at Michigan State University and Dean Emeritus of the James Madison College.

]]> Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Notes from the Other Side of Night]]> Juliana Geran Pilon

This book is a diary-memoir written on the occasion of the author's return with her family to her native country, Romania, in 1975.

]]> Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Europe is misdiagnosing the source of its economic problems, argues Prof. Norman Bailey]]> The feckless European "leadership" has failed yet again to accomplish anything of importance. The EU finance ministers met and failed to agree on a plan for a banking union to regularize bailouts and produce a plan for dealing with insolvent financial institutions.

]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Wall Street Journal quotes Prof. Waller on genocide trial]]> The Wall Street Journal quoted Prof. J. Michael Waller in an article about a Guatemalan court's decision to overturn the genocide conviction of a former dictator. 

]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Prof. Marek Chodakiewicz discusses "Iran: What would Reagan have done'"]]> In a recent analysis for the Selous Foundation for Public Policy Research News & Analysis section Prof. Marek Jan Chodakiewicz demonstrates how the United States can successfully change the regime in Iran while avoiding the two extremes of idle diplomatic chatter, on the one hand, and costly war, on the other.

]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Congratulations to the Class of 2013!]]> The Class of 2013 is IWP's largest class to date, with 58 Master of Arts degree recipients and 17 receiving Certificates of Graduate Study.  The commencement ceremony took place on May 18, 2013. 

]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Comps prepare students for jobs in diplomacy, defense, and intelligence]]> "If you have a Master's degree, you need to have mastery over your field of study," says IWP president John Lenczowski.  This is why the Institute has comprehensive exams ("comps") in addition to its rigorous classes--to ensure that each of the 57 Master's degree recipients who will cross the stage on May 18 understand their area of study inside and out.

 

]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[IWP salutes the members of the US Armed Forces]]> The trustees, faculty, staff, and students of The Institute of World Politics wish to salute the Members of the United States Armed Forces.

]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Secure Freedom Radio interviews Prof. Raymond Batvinis on Russia's arrest of a U.S. diplomat on spy charges]]> Prof. Raymond Batvinis discussed Russia's recent arrest of a U.S. diplomat on spy charges, as well as American counterterrorism efforts, on a segment for Center for Security Policy's Secure Freedom Radio.

]]> Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[In Memoriam: Kathryn W. Davis, DHL HON 2007]]> The Institute of World Politics has lost one of its most outstanding honorary graduates, Kathryn Wasserman Davis (Doctorate of Laws Honoris Causa 2007).

]]> Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[US Army War College Fellow promoted to the rank of Colonel]]> Rick Ullian, 2012-13 US Army War College Fellow at IWP, has been promoted to the rank of Colonel effective May 1, 2013.

]]> Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[The Tsarnaevs’ Moscow connection: Dr. Chodakiewicz comments]]> Marek Jan Chodakiewicz

The suspicious six-month trip of the elder Boston Terror Bomber, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, to Russia last year has raised many red flags. Primarily, the journey to post-Soviet Russia's Islamist-ridden Northern Caucasus has generated questions about Moscow's exact role in the Boston Terror Attack. 

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