Press Releases

On March 10, IWP held a briefing exclusively for Chancellor’s Council members on the current situation in Ukraine with three faculty panelists: Founder, Chancellor, and President Emeritus Dr. John Lenczowski, who formerly served as Director of European and Soviet Affairs at the National Security Council; Interim Dean and former special assistant in the Office of…

On February 11th, 2022, the Council of American Ambassadors hosted a roundtable titled “In the Eye of the Storm” with Estonian Ambassador Kristjan Prikk to discuss Russia’s recent actions on the Ukrainian border. The discussion was led by Interim IWP President Aldona Woś, who served as the Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia under President…

IWP is pleased to announce that James S. Robbins, Ph.D. has been appointed Interim Dean of Academics and that Captain Christopher D. Glass, Sr., USN-Retired has been appointed as Acting Executive Vice President of IWP. These appointments follow the resignations of Larry Cosgriff (’07), who had served as Executive Vice President since 2015, and Dr.…

Amb. Aldona Woś, M.D. was appointed Interim President of The Institute of World Politics following the resignation of Dr. James Anderson on February 19. Amb. Woś has served as U.S. Ambassador to Estonia where she conducted pathbreaking work in public diplomacy.  In recognition of her extraordinary achievements, IWP conferred upon her an Honorary Doctorate.  Originally…

IWP, in cooperation with the Mycenean Foundation, is launching a study-abroad opportunity in Greece, beginning in July 2022. During this four-week trip, IWP students will stay in the seaside town of Nafplio, where two IWP classes will be offered. They will also tour some of the great cultural sites in Greece and meet with senior…

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…

 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…

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…

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.…

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