Students & Alumni

On June 6, 2019, IWP alumnus and current Policy Chief of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center at the Pentagon, Mark Beall, moderated a panel discussing “Augmented Capabilities- Harnessing AI and Building Readiness for the Modern Battlespace” at the 2019 EU and Foreign Policy Defense Forum. Other panelists included Christian Brose, Head of Strategy at Anduril…

IWP alumnus Dr. Zak Allal was honored to give a concert during his tour entitled “One Piano, One Monument” at the Residence of the United States Ambassador to Algiers: Villa Montfeld. Villa Montfeld: A historic property Villa Montfeld is registered as a culturally significant site by the U.S. Department of State for its cultural and…

Christian Myles and Joseph Ryan, both members of the IWP Class of 2019, recently completed an evaluation of the relationship between IWP, the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) Vocational Rehabilitation and G.I. Bill representatives, and the IWP student veteran population. This project, which they completed as their hands-on project for Amb. Philip Hughes’ The Art…

On May 22, 2019, a team from Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute (SEI) led by Jared Ettinger, an IWP alumnus, published a report on a study on cyber intelligence practices. The SEI had previously published a study in 2013 regarding cyber intelligence, upon which the recent publication built.

IWP students and interns have created videos to highlight human rights issues in a practicum project for the Institute’s Center for Human Rights and International Affairs. This project, called the Universal Rights Digital Media Initiative, was designed to facilitate student and intern involvement in developing media messages.

Jack Doyle, Valedictorian of the IWP Class of 2019, gave remarks during the Commencement ceremony, which took place at the Fairmont Hotel in Washington, D.C. on May 18.

While Joshua Drusbacky was pursuing political science studies at Ashland University’s Ashbrook program, he was looking for a way to blend his military experience into a civilian career. He began to gravitate towards the national security field, and, soon, he learned about IWP from his political science professor Dr. Peter Schramm.

Piotr Trabinski (’18) grew up in Warsaw, Poland. While being in Poland, Piotr worked in the finance industry for major foreign companies for seven years, and, during that time, he learned “to always work not only for [himself], but to find a mission that is worth fighting for,” which he names as one of the…

As they prepare to graduate, members of the Class of 2019 reflect on their experiences at IWP.

A book entitled Dynasties and Double Standards: Khashoggi, Disinformation, and US Security by IWP alumnus Joseph Duggan (Class of 2007) was recently published by Encounter Books. In this heavily researched account of the October 2, 2018 death of the Saudi dissident and columnist for The Washington Post, Mr. Duggan takes aim at the global response to Mr. Khashoggi’s…