Press Releases

An IWP faculty member, staff member, and student made presentations at the annual International Association for Intelligence Education Conference held at the Citadel in South Carolina from 20-22 October. The conference theme was “Intelligence Education in a Contested World.” Professor Aaron Danis noted that “this was the first in-person IAFIE conference domestically since 2019.” There…

IWP is very pleased to welcome Walter Brown as the new Director of Accounting for IWP. In addition, Tim Stebbins has been promoted to Senior Vice President for Graduate Recruitment, and Adèle Hartswick has been promoted to Academic Affairs Coordinator. Walter Brown, IWP’s new Director of Accounting, joined the IWP team after working for three…

On October 15, Dr. Marek Jan Chodakiewicz spoke at an event sponsored by the Polish American Performing Arts Club on “Global Challenges of the War in Ukraine: America and the Russian and Chinese Factors.” His lecture addressed “U.S. Global Challenges: The Stabilization Factor.” Watch the video

In October 2022, The Institute of World Politics signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Universidad el Bosque in Bogota, Colombia. In addition to offering El Bosque students and faculty tuition discounts on IWP’s online curriculum, IWP will work with the university’s Office of International Collaboration to pursue grants supporting U.S./Colombian educational partnerships. Christine Balling,…

Above, left to right: Coach Tommy Amaker, Coach Clint Bryant, Congressman Joe Kennedy III, Dr. Matthew Daniels, Dr. Vern Howard  On October 12, IWP professor Dr. Matthew Daniels presented his Martin Luther King, Jr. Educational Initiative at the Harvard Breakfast Club. The MLK initiative is an educational campaign to raise up a new generation of…

On Thursday, October 13, IWP celebrated the launch of its new China Asia Program with a lecture by Dr. Amanda Won, the new director of the program, on the topic of “The Evolution of North Korean Espionage.” The China Asia Program is a new initiative which encompasses academic courses, extracurricular lectures, and research about China…

IWP is pleased to welcome Douglas MacKinnon and Stephen T. Sargeant to its Board of Trustees. Mr. MacKinnon brings ample experience from work in both the public sector as a writer for the White House under the Bush and Reagan administrations and private sector as a consultant, reporter, and principal of two law firms. A…

IWP is pleased to welcome Dr. Amanda Won, a 2022 graduate of our Doctor of Statecraft and National Security program, as the Director of the school’s new China/Asia Program. Amanda is also the founder of IWP’s Asia Initiative Lecture Series (AILS) through which diverse scholar-practitioners have presented their expertise on Asia. In her new role,…

On a recent edition of Fed Access with host Derrick Dortch, Dr. Matthew Daniels discussed a curriculum that he has helped develop called Civil Rights: A Global Perspective. This curriculum emphasizes the nonviolence principles promoted by Martin Luther King, Jr. and prepares young leaders to tackle human rights issues. At IWP, Dr. Daniels is the Chair…

Lucja Swiatkowski Cannon has recently joined IWP’s Center for Intermarium Studies as a Senior Research Fellow. Dr. Cannon has spoken at several events for the Center for Intermarium Studies in the past, most recently at IWP’s 12th Annual Kosciuszko Chair Spring Symposium in honor of Lady Blanka Rosenstiel in April 2022, where she discussed “War…