Shelby Wilson

Eric O’Neill, former FBI counterterrorism and counterintelligence operative, has joined the Board of Advisors of IWP’s Cyber Intelligence Initiative, where he has agreed to be an Executive Advisor. During his tenure at the FBI, Mr. O’Neill played an integral role capturing one of the most notorious spies in American history, Robert Hanssen, who had been…

IWP Professor Dr. Matthew Daniels spoke about human rights in the digital age at a panel discussion on July 30th hosted by the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Senegal to the United Nations. Celebrating the International Day of Friendship, the panel examined ways that NGOs and non-profits can use digital technology for the good…

The Institute of World Politics is pleased to welcome a new member to the faculty, John Tkacik. He will be teaching a course on Wednesday afternoons this fall entitled The United States and China in Power Transition: Geography, History, and Ideology. The course will review the period of the late Ming dynasty to the establishment…

Michael Maibach, an alumnus of IWP who recently joined the Board of Trustees, appeared on TRT World TV on July 11 to discuss recent actions of UK Ambassador Kim Darroch. Personal emails of Amb. Darroch were leaked, which revealed him calling President Trump “inept,” “clumsy,” a man who will end in “disgrace.” As a result,…

On June 13th, 2019, The Institute of World Politics hosted a panel discussion entitled “Loss of Country,” co-sponsored by the American Academy of Distance Learning. Panelists Dr. John Tierney, Jr., Dr. Richard Bishirjian, and Dr. Marek Chodakiewicz discussed three historical examples of countries being lost. The Artful Recluse: 17th Century China Dr. Bishirjian was the…

On May 28, 2019, Dr. Henry P. Williams, an adjunct professor at The Institute of World Politics, presented a lecture discussing his recently-published book entitled Turkey and America: East and West – Where the Twain Meet at IWP. Dr. Williams began the lecture by discussing his own experience with both Turkey and America. He moved…

On June 20, 2019, IWP Professor Rebeccah Heinrichs appeared on Fox Business to speak with Trish Regan about recent escalation with Iran. On the show, she discussed her opinion of how the Trump Administration has handled the Iranian attacks on the Norwegian and Japanese oil tankers as well as the regime shooting down an American…

On June 17, 2019, the founder of Spirit for America, Jim Hake, spoke at The Institute of World Politics about how citizens can help fill the gaps in national security, using his own experience to provide a model for others. Mr. Hake began by discussing four different cases in which Spirit of America (SoA) was…

The Institute of World Politics’ founder and president Dr. John Lenczowski and IWP professor Dr. David Glancy were featured in an article entitled “The Price of Naïveté” by Gopal Ratnam published in CQ Magazine on June 24, 2019. A model from the Cold War In the article, Mr. Ratnam discusses how disinformation campaigns should be…

13:57:33A longtime supporter of ours, Michael C. Maibach, has joined the Board of Trustees at The Institute of World Politics. As an IWP alumnus, he has served on our Advisory Board for ten years.