Students & Alumni

As they prepare to receive their degrees on May 16 and to celebrate their graduation on September 12, members of the Class of 2020 reflect on their experiences at IWP. “IWP provides students with lifelong learning. Over my career my job will change, but the ability to look at a scenario from a holistic perspective…

IWP student Nathan Bader has been awarded the prestigious Rumsfeld Graduate Fellowship for the 2020-21 school year. Rumsfeld Fellows are selected based on recommendations by professors at institutions across the country who serve as advisors for the program. This fellowship involves financial support for graduate studies at IWP, as well as participation in a network…

On Sunday, April 26th, 2020, IWP alumnus Dr. David L. Charney, MD was interviewed by Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson about “insider spies,” a term which refers to a member of the intelligence community who has begun to sell or give away secrets to hostile foreign powers, and how he believes he can minimize the…

How to boost entrepreneurship in Algeria and boost relations between the United States and Algeria? The U.S. Embassy in Algiers has decided to try a very innovative experiment to support the entrepreneurial spirit among youth in Algeria, by launching a “shark tank”-inspired reality-TV show, where young Algerians try the entrepreneurial adventure of their lifetime. Aired…

This spring, IWP held Student Government Association (SGA) elections online, and the officers for the 2020-21 school year were announced on April 27. The new officers will begin their duties on May 16. Nathaniel Bader, President Nathan grew up in the Great Plains of the Upper Midwest. He attended Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, South…

In this interview, we speak with LTC John Rose, USA, who transitioned his U.S. Army career field to Strategic Intelligence based on his IWP experience. He has been awarded a fully-funded Ph.D. scholarship and faculty position under the National Intelligence University’s Professor of Strategic Intelligence Program. He is currently a second-year Ph.D. student in Old…

“I wanted to do something that gives back to this country and supports national security efforts… I get enjoyment out of knowing that I am supporting something greater than myself.” -Schuyler Merritt (’15) In this interview, we speak with Schuyler Merritt (’15), Project Manager at General Dynamics Information Technology, former IWP Student Government Association President,…

IWP Doctoral candidate Amanda Won has recently written an article entitled “The Theory and Practice of North Korean Espionage,” which was published in the Winter/Spring 2020 edition of The Intelligencer: Journal of U.S. Intelligence Studies. She originally wrote this paper for her course on counterintelligence with Dr. David Thomas. The Intelligencer is published by the…

An IWP alumnus led the development and coordination of the 2019 Naval Intelligence Vision and Guidance document on behalf of Naval Intelligence Leadership. This document is a broad overview of the key goals and priorities of Naval Intelligence in the current and ever-changing environment. This document was finalized in 2019 and recently released to the public.…

“I treated my job search like a full-time job.” These are the words of IWP student James,* who began his M.A. program this January. He connected with IWP Director of Career Services Derrick Dortch on December 6, 2019, with a goal of finding a job by the end of February 2020. On February 10, having…