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IWP is pleased to announce a new scholarship program, the Great Statesman Scholarship. This program, conceived of by IWP Trustee and alumnus Michael C. Maibach, allows donors to name a scholarship for the statesman of their choice in consultation with IWP leadership.  These scholarships are meant to attract and retain outstanding full-time IWP students. Scholarship…

The Institute of World Politics is pleased to present the United States Merchant Marine Academy Class of 2020 IWP Award For Excellence in Cyber Statecraft to four outstanding Midshipmen who are graduating from Kings Point this year: Severin Blenkush, Tanner Carter, Alyssa Marie DeGuzman, and Mark Kittelson. These Midshipmen were selected for their outstanding contributions…

IWP is pleased to welcome Charles Chen, Director of Artificial Intelligence at the U.S. Department of State, to the Advisory Board of the Cyber Intelligence Initiative (Ci2). This summer, Mr. Chen taught a course for Ci2 on “Enterprise Threat Modeling,” and his next seminar, entitled “Cyber Intelligence Professional,” will take place on October 7. Mr.…

This June, IWP welcomed Timothy McCranor (’12) to the IWP staff, where he is serving as an Academic Advising and Success Specialist. Tim graduated from IWP with a Master of Arts in Statecraft and National Security Affairs. After working as a Strategic Communications Analyst/Arabic Linguist in Virginia for two years, Tim began pursuing a Ph.D.…

Over the course of the past summer, 16 Midshipmen from the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point completed two-week internships at The Institute of World Politics. One cohort of nine Midshipmen completed an internship in June, and seven more participated in July. During these internships, the Midshipmen worked on cyber intelligence projects with…

Lieutenant Joshua C. Fiveson (IWP Navy Fellow, ’15) was recently selected by the American Bar Association as the U.S. Navy’s 2020 “Outstanding Young Military Lawyer.”  This award annually recognizes the legal contributions of one judge advocate from each of the uniformed services.  You can view Lt. Fiveson’s remarks at the award ceremony here and below.…

During the afternoon of Friday, July 24th, at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C., IWP Professor Rebeccah Heinrichs interviewed Dr. Christopher Ford on the recent United States policy reform in regards to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). Dr. Ford is the Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation, and he was welcomed…

The IWP Center for Culture and Freedom is intended to be a fusion of academic study and the theory and practice of citizen diplomacy in order to inform and inspire IWP students. The center was formed in 2016 after Dr. John Lenczowski and Professor Albert Santoli met with Department of Defense representatives to discuss the…

On May 7th, a group of about 12 officers from the United States Army War College (USAWC) participated in a virtual visit to The Institute of World Politics and heard from various experts on the IWP faculty and staff. This virtual visit was a replacement for an in-person visit, which has become a tradition for…

On June 30, 2020, Dr. Joseph Wood, a professor at The Institute of World Politics, appeared on episode 43 of the Combat & Classics podcast, speaking with Major Brian Wilson and Dr. Jeff Black about politics, philosophy, and the nature of man in particular regards to chapter 2 of Pierre Manent’s The Metamorphoses of the…