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New Sr. VP of Professional Affiliations and new Sr. Advisor, Corporate & Foundation Relations
The Institute of World Politics is very pleased to welcome Christine Balling (’16) as our new Senior Vice President of Professional Affiliations and Marko Radielovic as our new Senior Advisor, Corporate & Foundation Relations. A 2016 graduate of IWP, Christine Balling is the founder of Colombian nonprofit organization Fundación ECCO to promote democracy and youth…
Read More ›Dr. John Lenczowski elaborates on Chinese misinformation in AFIO interview
In January, IWP Chancellor Dr. John Lenczowski met with James Hughes, President of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO), to discuss the increasingly worrying intelligence collection and spreading of misinformation by the Chinese government. AFIO is a non-profit institution for current and former intelligence officers, dedicated to supporting the strength of the U.S. intelligence…
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Georgetown publishes 1985 interview on Vietnam with Prof. Al Santoli
A 1985 interview with The Institute of World Politics Professor Al Santoli regarding his book, To Bear Any Burden: The Vietnam War and Its Aftermath in the Words of Americans and Southeast Asians, has been published into Georgetown University’s digital database. The interview took place on the television series American Interests, where Professor Santoli was interviewed…
Read More ›Dr. Matt Daniels discusses his MLK high school curriculum
On January 31, 2022 for Federal News Radio, IWP career director Derrick Dortch interviewed the co-authors of a new United States high school curriculum that has a foundation in the principles of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Matt Daniels, a professor at IWP, and his co-authors, Anthony Jones and Vern Howard, specifically incorporated Dr.…
Read More ›Dr. James Anderson comments on German dependence on Russian energy
In recent comments to Fox News Digital, IWP President and former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. James Anderson discussed German dependence on Russian energy and it affects the situation with Ukraine. Read more
Read More ›IWP welcomes new Senior VP of Institutional Advancement and Director of Accounting
IWP is very pleased to welcome two new staff members: Ariane Sweeney is our new Senior Vice President of Institutional Advancement, and Emma Chen is our new Director of Accounting. Ariane Sweeney comes to IWP after working with Citizens Against Government Waste for many years, most recently as Vice President, Membership and Development. In this…
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Bill Bruner joins IWP Board of Advisors
IWP is pleased to welcome Colonel Bill Bruner, USAF (Ret.) to its Board of Advisors. Col. Bruner brings four decades of operational, strategic planning, strategic communications, political, and leadership experience on Capitol Hill, in the U.S. Department of Defense, in the private sector, and at NASA to this new role with IWP. IWP Chancellor John…
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RIP Amb. Alberto Piedra, Longtime IWP Professor
Longtime IWP professor – and most recently Professor Emeritus – Amb. Alberto Martinez Piedra passed away on December 20, 2021 at the age of 95. For many years, Amb. Piedra taught our course on the Western moral tradition and foreign policy and served as the Donald E. Bently Professor of Political Economy at IWP. Before…
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RIP General Raymond T. Odierno, U.S. Army (Ret.), IWP Trustee
The Institute of World Politics mourns the loss of General Raymond T. Odierno, U.S. Army (Ret.), who passed away on October 9th after a struggle with cancer. General Odierno, an IWP trustee, served as the United States Army’s 38th Chief of Staff from 7 September 2011 to 14 August 2015. IWP Founder, President Emeritus, and…
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IWP Interns Participate in Exercise Dragon Teeth
On November 12, a group of ten interns at The Institute of World Politics participated in a fast-paced simulation (aka Exercise Dragon Teeth) focusing on the threat of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan in the year 2025. Recently inaugurated IWP President Dr. James Anderson designed this event to serve several purposes. “I wanted to expose…
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