Summaries of past extracurricular lectures at IWP may be found below. For more information, please see upcoming events at IWP, join our invitation list, or listen to our videos or podcasts.
Prof. deGraffenreid discusses Reagan’s intelligence policies
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.”
Read More from Prof. deGraffenreid discusses Reagan’s intelligence policies ›Dr. Mark Luce discusses challenges of gaining cultural understanding
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.
Read More from Dr. Mark Luce discusses challenges of gaining cultural understanding ›Iranian political advocate discusses “Iranium”
On Friday, April 1, IWP hosted a screening of the film Iranium, followed by comments by Amir Abbas Fakhravar, Research Fellow at IWP’s Center for Culture and Security, Secretary General of the Confederation of Iranian Students, and President of the Iranian Freedom Institute.
Read More from Iranian political advocate discusses “Iranium” ›Dr. Larry Wortzel discusses Chinese strategy
On Tuesday, March 29, 2011, COL(ret.) Dr. Larry Wortzel, who serves on the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, provided a congressional-level briefing on the current Chinese strategy and associated U.S. policy implications.
Read More from Dr. Larry Wortzel discusses Chinese strategy ›Streusand discusses the ideology of totalitarian Islamism
In World War II and the Cold War, the Western democracies had the luxury of focusing on a single threat to the exclusion of others – a luxury we lack today, as Dr. Douglas E. Streusand noted in his discussion of totalitarian Islamism at The Institute of World Politics on 30 March 2011.
Read More from Streusand discusses the ideology of totalitarian Islamism ›John DeMaggio discusses forensics and intelligence
On Wednesday, March 16th, John M. DeMaggio, Special Agent in Charge (ret)/ Captain USN (ret), discussed “Application of Forensic Science to Intelligence Analysis.”
Read More from John DeMaggio discusses forensics and intelligence ›Reagan-era Attorney General hosts movie night at IWP
On Friday, March 11, 2011, Hon. Edwin Meese III, 75th Attorney General of the United States and chief advisor to President Reagan, hosted a screening of In the Face of Evil: Reagan’s War in Word and Deed at IWP.
Read More from Reagan-era Attorney General hosts movie night at IWP ›Dr. Timothy Brown discusses strategic lines of communication
On Thursday, March 3, 2011, Dr. Timothy Brown, Director for the Americas, Centre International du Reserches et d’Etudes Sur le Terrorisme, gave a talk entitled “From SLOCs to Locks – A Geostrategic Exercise in Connect-the-Dots, from China to China.”
Read More from Dr. Timothy Brown discusses strategic lines of communication ›Australian scientist lectures on climate and energy security
On Tuesday, February 22, 2011, David Archibald, an Australian scientist working in the fields of oil exploration, medical research, climate science and energy, spoke at IWP on “Climate and U.S. Energy Security.”
Read More from Australian scientist lectures on climate and energy security ›Don Arthur, MD, discusses medical diplomacy at IWP
On Friday, January 28, 2011, the 35th Surgeon General of the US Navy, Dr. Don Arthur, discussed medical diplomacy at IWP. He was introduced by an IWP friend and supporter RADM Dave Rogers. Admiral Rogers described Dr. Arthur’s many professional and academic achievements.
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