Past Events

On September 7, 2016 former CIA operations officer Sam Faddis traveled to the Institute of World Politics to speak about Terrorism, Human Intelligence, and Homeland Security. 

Mr. Flichy de La Neuville discussed security issues related to the changing balance of power in the world as presented in his book 2030 : Le monde que la CIA n’imagine pas with a special focus on Eastern Europe.

On September 16, IWP hosted Matthew Spalding, Associate Vice President and Dean of Educational Programs for Hillsdale College, to discuss the U.S. Constitution and the Rule of Law.

A panel of experts on Indo-Pacific affairs spoke on July 22nd about India’s geopolitical aspirations, its air force’s role in facilitating these, and why they are compatible with U.S. policy interests in the region, as well as those of smaller countries in the Indian Ocean. The experts on this panel were Air Marshal M. Matheswaran,…

On Thursday July 7, IWP hosted an event entitled “Chavismo: The Cost of Sustaining the Venezuelan Political Economy.” 

On June 9, Former Vice President of the Polish-American Enterprise Fund Francis Skrobiszewski delivered a lecture reflecting on the successes of post-Communist reconstruction efforts in Central Europe.

On May 12, 2016, The Institute of World Politics hosted Ambassador Roman Macaya at an event entitled, “Costa Rica, a Geopolitical Crossroads: Drugs, Refugees, and Terrorism.”

On May 10, 2016, a panel spoke at The Institute of World Politics at a seminar entitled, “Improving Civ-Mil Relations for a Stronger Military Chaplaincy.”

On April 21, Lieutenant General Mary Legere spoke at The Institute of World Politics on leadership lessons learned during her 34 years in the Army.

On April 13, 2016 at The Institute of World Politics campus, Stephen F. Knott, Professor of National Security Affairs at the Naval War College, spoke about spy techniques used by the American founding fathers in a lecture titled “Espionage, Kidnapping, and the Dark Art of Spycraft at America’s Founding.”