Past Events

On November 12th, Mr. William McCahill came to IWP to discuss the characteristics and the history behind China’s leadership. Mr. McCahill had a 25-year career in the Foreign Service where he worked in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Beijing and held senior posts in Western Europe, Scandinavia, and Canada. After retiring from the Foreign Service in…

Mr. Ali Wyne came to The Institute of World Politics on November 8, 2019, as a part of the Global Impact Discussion Series, which was founded by IWP alumna Patricia Schouker. Mr. Wyne is a Washington D.C. based policy analyst for the RAND Corporation’s Defense and Political Sciences Department. Mr. Wyne started by discussing the…

On Monday, October 28th, Dr. Colonel (Res.) Shaul Shay came to IWP to discuss his most recent book, The Red Sea Region Between War and Reconciliation. Dr. Shay is a senior research fellow at the International Policy Institute for Counter Terrorism (ICT) and the former Director of Research at the Institute for Strategy and Policy…

Since the oil embargo of the 1970s, the United States has realized the importance of energy in its national security strategy. In a presentation at IWP on November 4, Stephen D. Eule examined the different dimensions of U.S. energy security and how they can be measured in the Index of U.S. Energy Security Risk, before…

On October 29th, 2019, Mr. Sam Dagher, former senior correspondent for The Wall Street Journal and a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist, came to IWP to speak about his book, Assad or We Burn the Country: How One Family’s Lust for Power Destroyed Syria. Mr. Dagher worked in the Middle East for more than 12 years and…

On Friday, November 15, IWP streamed a special day-long debate event examining the past, present, and future of Socialism/Communism. Sponsored by the Claremont Institute together with the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and produced by the Imprimatur Group to mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the program featured a morning…

On Wednesday, October 2nd, Michael Pregent, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and former intelligence officer, came to IWP to speak on the topic of the misinformation surrounding the Iran nuclear deal and the Trump Administration. Though focused on the current situation in Iran, Mr. Pregent’s lecture sought to explore the larger question of how…

On Wednesday, September 18th, Dr. Sujata Ashwarya came to speak at IWP about Israel’s energy security and strategy. Dr. Ashwarya is an Associate Professor at the Centre for West Asian Studies [Middle Eastern], Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. She has her MPhil and Ph.D. in Western Asian Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.…

On September 12, 2019, Lieutenant General Michael Nagata, USA, Ret. came to The Institute of World Politics to discuss the United States’ efforts in counterterrorism. LTG (R) Nagata retired from the US Army in 2019 after 38 years of Active Duty, 34 of which were spent in US Special Operations. His final position was Director…

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…