Kosciuszko Chair & Center for Intermarium Studies

The Ukrainians do not expect American and other NATO troops to die for them. They fight bravely on their own even with outdated equipment. Early on in the war, the Ukrainian ancient T-64 tanks routed Russia’s famous 1st Guards Armored Army twice. By now, however, Ukraine has amassed quite an armored force: in reality and in pledges. Most NATO countries have contributed, the Americans and…

IWP professor Dr. Marek Chodakiewicz has collaborated on the newly-released book A Pope for All Seasons: Testimonies Inspired by Saint John Paul II, edited by Monika Jablonska.  The book consists of reminiscences by people who knew and admired Pope John Paul II. One of these chapters consists of reflections by Dr. Chodakiewicz. In addition, Dr.…

Former IWP Kosciuszko Chair Fellow Nathalie Vogel gave a lecture on the topic of “‘National Security and Propaganda. The role of disinformation against Ukraine in the hybrid warfare of the Russian Federation” at the Georg-August University of Göttingen on November 30. The lecture, which was given in German, clarified the terminology related to hybrid warfare…

Poland has been pursuing energy independence on many fronts, including in partnership with the U.S. The Poles have every right to gloat, as they had warned about Russia’s ill intentions long before the invasion of Ukraine and the attendant Russian energy war against the West. First, the Warsaw-conceived Baltic Pipe has been pumping gas from…

On November 10, 2022, at a ceremony in Warsaw, IWP professor Dr. Marek Jan Chodakiewicz, IWP Non-Resident Research Professor Dr. Tomasz Sommer, and Dr. Ewa Stankiewicz have been recognized with the prestigious Mackiewicz Prize for their two-volume study of the massacre in Jedwabne. The work, entitled Jedwabne. Historia prawdziwa, examines the circumstances surrounding the 1941…

Dr. Marek Jan Chodakiewicz delivered this lecture at the “Clash of Civilizations” conference, a European Parliament event, in Warsaw, Poland, on 26 November 2022.  In early 1939, Professor Wincenty Lutosławski, a leading Christian Nationalist (Endek) philosopher, in his opus The Mission of the Polish Nation (Posłannictwo polskiego narodu), insisted that “To the Polish nation there…

On November 22 at 2:00 PM, Dr. Marek Jan Chodakiewicz will discuss “In the Shadows of the Looming Invasion: Poles, Ukrainians and Bolsheviks in 1918” in a panel discussion co-sponsored by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and the Janusz Kurtyka Foundation. Zoom Link to the meeting: https://zoom.us/j/95490721989 Learn more about the event.

On October 15, Dr. Marek Jan Chodakiewicz spoke at an event sponsored by the Polish American Performing Arts Club on “Global Challenges of the War in Ukraine: America and the Russian and Chinese Factors.” His lecture addressed “U.S. Global Challenges: The Stabilization Factor.” Watch the video

Lucja Swiatkowski Cannon has recently joined IWP’s Center for Intermarium Studies as a Senior Research Fellow. Dr. Cannon has spoken at several events for the Center for Intermarium Studies in the past, most recently at IWP’s 12th Annual Kosciuszko Chair Spring Symposium in honor of Lady Blanka Rosenstiel in April 2022, where she discussed “War…

John K. Singlaub (1921-2022) was a legend among us anti-Communist kids when I was in college: The Reagan/Wolverines Generation. Some of us heard about the General’s exploits in the U.S. Special Forces and the CIA. It started in the Second World War (in both European and Pacific theaters). Then came Korea, Vietnam, Laos, and plenty…