Past Events

On Tuesday, May 24, 2011, author Christopher Paul, Ph.D. spoke at IWP about his new book Strategic Communication: Origins, Concepts, and Current Debates (Praeger, 2011).  Dr. Paul, who earned his doctorate in sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2001, is a social scientist for the RAND Corporation. His remarks at IWP came…

On Monday, May 23, 2011, Colonel Steve Hasty spoke at IWP about “The Challenges of Coalition Operations.”  IWP President John Lenczowski introduced Colonel Hasty, and described some of the highlights of his career.  (Please click here to read his whole bio.) 

On Friday, May 13, 2011, Major General Michael A. Snodgrass, USAF, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs, addressed a group of IWP students, alumni, and friends.  He was introduced by IWP Army Senior Service Fellow Colonel Reginald Bostick, who described the general’s ability to bridge the gap between doing and thinking.

On Tuesday, May 17, 2011, IWP Founder and President John Lenczowski gave a book lecture for his new book entitled Full Spectrum Diplomacy and Grand Strategy: Reforming the Structure and Culture of US Foreign Policy.

On Thursday, April 28, 2011, Prince Ermias Sahle-Selassie Haile Selassie, President of the Crown Council of Ethiopia and an advisory board member of IWP’s Center for Culture and Security, spoke at IWP about “Africa’s Multicultural Tradition: Key to Understanding the Upheaval in Arab Africa.”

On Friday, April 29, author Douglas Waller discussed his new book, Wild Bill Donovan: The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage.  In addition, Gen. Donovan’s former assistant, Fisher Howe, amplified Mr. Waller’s comments and helped give the audience a clearer picture of what it was like to work for him during the Second World…

On Friday, April 15, 2011, Fred Burton, author of Chasing Shadows: A Special Agent’s Lifelong Hunt to Bring a Cold War Assassin to Justice spoke at IWP. 

On April 13, 2011, Captain Wayne Porter spoke at IWP, where he discussed the importance of a consistent strategic context (a non-partisan National Strategic Narrative) in anchoring our understanding of complex and interconnected global events and trends. 

On Friday, April 8, 2011, Professor Kenneth deGraffenreid gave a presentation at The Institute of World Politics entitled “Ronald Reagan and Reforming American Intelligence: Lessons for the Future.”

On Wednesday, April 6, 2011, Dr. Mark Luce, an Afghanistan analyst from the strategic studies section of CENTCOM, delivered a lecture at The Institute of World Politics in which he discussed some of the challenges of gaining cultural understanding.