Students & Alumni

In this interview, we speak with Mohammad Shafiq, who graduated from IWP in 2017 with an Executive Master of Arts in National Security Affairs. Shafiq is a Nobel Peace Prize Nominee social activist, writer and analyst.

IWP students recently had the opportunity to visit the Pentagon and meet with Defense Intelligence Agency officials for a private luncheon.

IWP alumnus and Professor Emeritus Gene Poteat, a former intelligence officer, was quoted in a CNBC article about the investigations into recent attacks on American diplomats in Cuba. 

In this interview, we speak with W. Alejandro Sanchez, IWP Class of 2007. Alejandro is an international affairs analyst who focuses on geopolitical and defense issues in the Western Hemisphere.

In this interview, we speak with former IWP student Jason Racki, who is currently working as the Midwest Producer for Fox Business Network.

IWP alumni Nathan Kerr and Jeremy Boss and their colleague David Arocho returned this semester to host the second iteration of their war game simulation entitled “Baltic Storm 2025: NATO and Russia on the Brink.” In conjunction with IWP’s Office of Student Affairs, the simulation was open to IWP students and alumni interested in pursuing a job…

Jeff Hoffmann, an IWP alumnus and Foreign Area Officer Association (FAOA) Board Member, participated in the ground-breaking for the FAO Heritage Pentagon Exhibit this past December.  The construction of a video wall in September 2017 finalized all planning in his capacity as Chair of the $120K project. 

IWP alumnus Jim Dolbow recently edited a new book, The U.S. Naval Institute on the U.S. Coast Guard, published as part of the Wheel Books Series. This book provides naval professionals and naval history buffs alike with insights into the roles, missions, and history of the U.S. Coast Guard.

A debut book by Dr. Caitlin E. Schindler (IWP Class of 2010) was recently published:  The Origins of Public Diplomacy in US Statecraft: Uncovering a Forgotten Tradition. This book is a part of Palgrave Macmillan’s “Series in Global Public Diplomacy.”

An IWP student recently created a video review on political oppression in Saudi Arabia. He exposes the massive inequality in the country and calls the façade of opulence touted by the House of Saud a “Kingdom Built on Sand.”