Press Releases

The Institute of World Politics and Ashland University signed a Memorandum of Understanding this past August as the beginning of a partnership for international affairs education. Under this new partnership, Ashland students will have the option for early assurance of admission to IWP’s in-person M.A. programs if they apply on or after April 30th of…

This fall, Dr. James S. Robbins has joined the IWP faculty to co-teach International Relations, Statecraft, and Integrated Strategy (IWP 627). Dr. Robbins is a national security columnist for USA Today and Senior Fellow in National Security Affairs at the American Foreign Policy Council. Dr. Robbins is a former special assistant in the Office of…

Dr. Timothy McCranor, who graduated from IWP with an M.A. in Statecraft and National Security Affairs in 2012 and who has been serving as IWP’s Academic Advising and Success Specialist since 2020, will join the adjunct faculty this fall. He will teach IWP’s course on Public Diplomacy and the online course on Ideas and Values…

The Institute of World Politics is pleased to welcome Dr. Robert S. Spalding III, Brig Gen, USAF (Ret.) as a Research Professor. “We are very pleased to welcome Rob to IWP, and we look forward to his contributions to our academic community,” said IWP Dean of Academics Dr. Frank Marlo. Dr. Spalding is currently the…

This fall, IWP will offer a new two-credit course entitled American Domestic Terrorism in the Modern Era (IWP 695). It will be taught by Aaron Danis, a career terrorism and counterterrorism specialist and adjunct faculty member at IWP. Prof. Danis commented: “This course is being offered this fall in lieu of the regular IWP 633…

IWP is very pleased to welcome a new Director of Finance: Isel Perez-Castellanos. Isel comes to IWP with 15 years of experience in nonprofit accounting and financial leadership and an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the Carey Business School at Johns Hopkins University. She has done accounting work for multiple nonprofits in Washington, D.C.…

The Silicon Valley Chancellor’s Council visits the Reagan Ranch near Santa Barbara. Who was Ronald Reagan, really?  On Tuesday and Wednesday, June 8 and 9, 2021, a group of 21 Chancellor’s Council members and IWP officers got a window into the character and personality of our 40th President, when they toured his idyllic Rancho del…

The Institute of World Politics (IWP) is pleased to announce that Dr. James H. Anderson will join IWP as President beginning on July 19th.  IWP is a graduate school of national security, intelligence, and international affairs located in Washington, D.C. with a satellite campus in Reston, Virginia.  It specializes in teaching all the instruments of…

  IWP is pleased to announce that it has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding with Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Drake prides itself on being one of the finest universities in the Midwest for experiential learning. As a part of this new partnership, Drake University students are now eligible for early admission if…

The Institute of World Politics is pleased to announce that Karla Ahmanson, President of the Los Angeles Police Reserve Foundation, and Brig Gen Dale Timothy (Tim) White, USAF, Ret. have joined the Board of Trustees. In her work with the Los Angeles Police Reserve Foundation, Ms. Ahmanson serves as an advocate for Reserve Officers whose…