Students & Alumni

“I strongly believe that the Defense Strategy, Planning and Budgeting course is an essential course for analysts, policy makers and subject matter experts working in the field of national security, intelligence, foreign policy and defense industries.”

This month, IWP students and alumni took part in private investigation training to get their Virginia O2E PI certification.  The training, conducted by ASPIS Security Services, took place over the first three weekends in March and met Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) standards for 60 hours of training and practical exercises. Each participant was…

“I chose IWP after developing a working relationship with Dr. Schroeder while building a comprehensive plan for defense spending during the 2016 Presidential elections. When our campaign team completed our work, Dr. Schroeder invited me to attend IWP, which I accepted. My goal at IWP is to learn more about the inner workings of our…

A school for national security and international affairs, IWP has several alumni who are entrepreneurs – among them Olivia Goldstein of RepHike, Hampton Stephens of World Politics Review, and Robert Turner of PEGASAT.

John Scimone (’10) recently accepted a position as Chief Security Officer at Dell.  In this role, he will lead the company’s global corporate security program, aiding Dell’s businesses in the management of security risk across the physical and cyber domains. 

On January 10, alumnus Mark Beall received the Secretary of Defense Exceptional Civilian Service Award. This award is the highest level career medaled award given by the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

IWP Alumnus Marcio Coimbra (’15) will take over as a political columnist for Brazilian paper O Tempo (The Times) this week.  

Institute of World Politics graduate Joe Smith* received the Counterintelligence Collections Individual Award at the Department of Defense Counterintelligence and Human Intelligence Awards ceremony for his outstanding effort in compiling vital military intelligence. 

Olivia Goldstein (’14) recently launched a new company, RepHike, which is a community of technologists and innovators solving challenges faced by startups and companies.

In this interview, we talk with Scott Cullinane, IWP Class of 2012, who is currently serving as a Professional Staff Member with the House Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.