Press Releases

As with so many other schools and businesses, IWP has temporarily moved all operations online due to precautions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. After March 13, the campus closed, and following spring break, on March 23, all classes moved seamlessly online. “While it is not the same as gathering in a classroom, IWP faculty have adapted…

This past spring, Dr. Paul Gelpi joined the adjunct faculty to teach IWP’s course on military strategy. A U.S. historian with over 20 years’ worth of experience in higher education, Dr. Gelpi brings with him an expertise in U.S. military history, military strategy and theory, and aviation history and airpower theory. Dr. Gelpi has an…

In a debate organized by the Oxford Union, Professor Michael Pillsbury spoke about China and the ever-growing concern it poses for the United States national security and foreign policy. Dr. Pillsbury noted that under President Obama there was an indictment of five Chinese military hackers breaking into a nuclear reactor companies in Pittsburgh to get…

In early April, War on the Rocks had a podcast with Rebeccah Heinrichs, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and an adjunct faculty member here at The Institute of World Politics. In this particular episode of the “Horns of a Dilemma” podcast, Will Inboden, director of the Clements Center at the University of Texas…

In a recent episode of Fed Access on Federal New Radio, IWP career director Derrick Dortch interviewed Yuna Huh Wong, a research analyst at the Rand Corporation, on the future of AI and autonomous systems. Listen here

On March 19, IWP professor Dr. Sara Vakhshouri had a discussion with Dr. Brian Murray, Duke University’s Energy Initiative director. The first part of the discussion was dedicated to how energy markets react to supply and demand. Dr. Vakhshouri said that since the United States became a major energy producer, global energy markets have been…

On March 26th, IWP’s Professor Rebeccah Heinrichs, a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, facilitated a discussion with Former Under Secretary of Defense Michèle Flournoy on America’s role in the world amid the COVID-19 pandemic. At this event, Professor Heinrichs and Under Secretary Flournoy discussed the global spread of the coronavirus amid the backdrop of…

Professor Rebeccah Heinrichs appeared on Fox Business on March 18 to address the Saudi Arabia-Russia price war that is unfolding in the oil market. In her March 18 appearance, Professor Heinrichs analyzed the recent actions of Saudi Arabia to tank oil prices from the Russian perspective. The Saudi-led OPEC sought to stabilize oil prices amidst…

IWP Professor Henry (Phil) Williams gave remarks on the commemoration of The Crossing of the Dan during the American Revolution, which took place on February 14, 1781. Members of the Virginia Society Sons of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolution, and other American history enthusiasts paraded from The Prizery to Constitution Square in…

On March 10th, IWP hosted a student roundtable discussion with General Peter Pace. At this event, General Pace spoke with students about his experience as the 16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Pace has had a distinguished 40-year career in the United States Marine Corps, holding command at virtually every level while…