Press Releases

CaliforniaTuesday, September 30—San Francisco Idealist.org Graduate School Fair (at Monterey Institute) (5-8 pm) Wednesday, October 1—Los Angeles Idealist.org Graduate School Fair (at the University of Southern California) (5-8 pm) Monday, October 6—University of San Francisco Graduate School Fair (11 am-3 pm) Monday, October 27—University of California-Irvine Graduate School Fair (10 am-2 pm) Tuesday, October 28—Loyola…

This fall, The Institute of World Politics is planning to attend over 70 graduate school fairs across the country.  Fair attendees will have the opportunity to gather information about the Institute's unique programs and ask questions of the school's recruitment officers.

The latest edition of the Institute's newsletter, The American Statesman, is now available for download as a PDF.

As Institute students make their final preparations for the upcoming fall 2008 semester and finish their vacations, they should be advised that Sallie Mae Career Training Loans are once again an option to finance their IWP education.  To discuss such loans and to receive information on how to apply, please contact the Institute’s Director of…

The first senior fellow to be sent by the US Army has arrived at The Institute of World Politics.  The fruit of several months of discussion between IWP and the Army has been the Institute’s selection as one of only a small number of academic institutions nationwide that host Senior Fellows.  Col. John Thomson USA…

Henry Sokolski, adjunct professor at The Institute of World Politics and Executive Director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, has been appointed by Congress to the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism.The Congressional press release notes that the new Commission "will assess the nation's current activities, initiatives, and programs aimed at…

Captain Terry Parisher, the Institute's first intern from the US Army, completed his three-month tour at the Institute on April 25, 2008.  IWP presented Capt. Parisher with a Certificate of Participation in the Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Multinational Internship Program which he completed at IWP while working closely with Institute professors, attending classes at the…

IWP Adjunct Professor Henry Sokolski appeared on the nationally-televised newscast "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" on April 25, 2008 to discuss nuclear proliferation and North Korea.  In addition to teaching a course entitled "Nuclear Weapons Proliferation" at IWP, Professor Sokolski is Executive Director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center and a prolific writer on issues…

Students of Prof. Charles Smith's "American Founding Principles and Foreign Policy" course visited Gettysburg National Military Park on Saturday, April 25. The field trip, one of the course requirements and a highlight of the semester, included a visit to the new Visitors Center and a tour of the battlefield led by Prof. Smith. Some of…

Foreign Affairs published a review of Dr. John Tierney's remarkable book Chasing Ghosts: Unconventional Warfare in American History in its May/June 2008 issue.