Students & Alumni

Paris Michaels, a Master’s degree recipient and doctoral student at IWP, recently completed the Athens Marathon. It was the first race that he had ever run.

In this interview, we speak with Richard Laszok, a first year Master’s student at IWP who attended the United States Merchant Marine Academy at King’s Point, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps, and is now using the Yellow Ribbon program to attend the Institute.

On Tuesday, October 2nd, IWP student Tobias Brandt delivered a lecture on the “Impact of Religion on the American Character” as part of the Student Speaker Series at IWP. 

Peter Tase, a former IWP student, recently gave two lectures at the National Police Academy in Paraguay about the U.S. Intelligence Community. 

Moises Benhabib (’15) received the Department of State’s Superior Honor Award in June of 2018. Moises’ receipt of this award is credited to his “extraordinary leadership, customer service, and innovation” in leading the Bureau of Legislative Affairs Freedom of Information Act program and to his commitment to “simultaneously streamlining and overhauling the clearance process used…

In this interview, we speak with Gene Poteat, a former CIA Scientific Intelligence Officer who received a Master’s degree as a part of IWP’s very first graduating class and went on to teach at the school for many years. He is now a Professor Emeritus at the Institute.

The 2018 edition of the student-run journal Active Measures is now available online.

Jacqueline Halbig von Schleppenbach (’15) had nearly 20 years of experience when she began studying at IWP, including senior executive positions at the White House, the Department of Labor, and the Office of the Governor of Virginia.

This summer we had the opportunity to go on the Oxford Study Abroad Program and be associate members of New College, one of the oldest colleges in Oxford.

IWP Non-Resident Scholar and alumnus Dr. Zak Allal was recently invited to play the National Anthem on the piano at a celebration of America’s Independence Day at the Residence of U.S. Ambassador to Algeria John Desrocher.