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If there is any “consensus” for America in the world, it is that the differences between “authoritarian” societies (Kings, Emperors, dictators, Fascists, Communists, etc.) and “democracies” (U.S., UK, France, etc.) are so vast and apparent that to “convert” the first into the second has always been, and remains today, as the chief purpose of America…

At the NATO summit in Vilnius, the United States allied itself with Germany, the greatest appeaser of the Western alliance. As a result, there were no breakthroughs in the decisions of the summit despite promising pronouncements going on for months. The overwhelming goal of the summit seemed to be the prevention of any possibility of escalation with Russia.…

One of the most important things that Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the private military company Wagner, did during his mini-insurrection against members of Vladimir Putin’s inner circle was to admit openly that Russia’s war in Ukraine has nothing to do with any “threat” of a NATO expansion or Moscow’s need to “de-Nazify” its neighbor. Instead,…

This article seeks a debate on the future of the US defense posture in the Great Power Competition. It contains a robust list of defense initiatives to consider in improving the US defense posture. Since the United States is no longer in combat operations in CENTCOM, now is the time to focus on changing the…

Last week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken travelled to Beijing on a mission “to cool exploding tensions” (as the Associated Press puts it). The Secretary’s counterparts on the Chinese side aver — as they have for fifty years — that blame for exploding tensions is entirely with the Americans. And exploding tensions now, as…

IWP Professor Paul Davis, Executive Vice President Chris Glass, and Chief Information Officer Dean Lane met with representatives of the University of Duhok on June 19. Attending from Kurdistan was Dr. Nahro Zagros who works with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister and Dr. Dawood S. Atrushi. Dr. Dawood is the President of the…

Photo from a cruise during the IWP 2022 Greece trip Now that summer is in full swing, our professors share their reading recommendations. Read about spies, natural law, the colonization of Africa, the Civil War, and more in this list that includes fiction and non-fiction, classics and books that are hot off the press. From…

The best way to start summer is to stock up on the newest book releases and to revisit the classics. Whether you’re concerned about growing populism among the right and left, how to think through humanitarian aid within your church, or the more significant questions of human flourishing, there is something for everyone. Read the…

It was clear going into Turkey’s recent presidential elections that many in Washington were anticipating a victory for the Turkish opposition candidate, Kemal Kilicdaroglu of the Republican People’s Party (CHP). Those rooting for Kilicdaroglu were let down when President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan prevailed, despite a struggling economy and the devastation caused by the February earthquake in southeast Turkey,…

This article was written by Piotr Trabinski, IWP Class of 2018. A few years ago, before the pandemic struck the world, the cryptocurrency sector conceived a grand vision—a world of cheap, more efficient, and accessible financial transactions. Alongside this vision came additional, compelling arguments of enhanced privacy, the democratization of money, financial inclusion for the…