Students & Alumni

IWP student Edward Panico recently wrote a book entitled How to Start a Private Investigation Business: A Proven Blueprint for Success, which was released in January. Edward is the founder of Lynx Security Group, a private investigation, security consulting, and training company, and he has worked both domestically and abroad in intelligence, investigations, and security…

On February 26, 2021, The Defense Intelligence Agency released a podcast titled “Hiding in Plain Sight.” This episode focused on the career of former Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) senior analyst and Cuban spy Ana Montes. David Charney, M.D., an IWP alumnus and psychiatrist specializing in the mind of the insider spy, was interviewed on this…

When Courtney Kelley came to IWP, she already had an M.A. in Diplomacy and International Law from the American University of Paris and had completed an internship with the State Department. She was in the midst of her second internship with the State Department, where she was examining Chinese economic policy in sub-Saharan Africa. Courtney…

“Anna” (’15)* and her team at a government contractor conducted critical research for a project that became the basis for the creation of trade policy at the highest levels of policymaking. Over the course of this research during the summer of 2020, Anna became the point person for this project on her team of four…

On February 16, 2021, IWP alumnus Scott Cullinane spoke as a panelist in a virtual forum by the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute (CACI). The event centered on projected U.S. approaches and policies to the South Caucasus given the recent transition of power to the Biden Administration. Scott Cullinane is the Executive Director of the U.S.-Europe Alliance…

Lawrence Buckley (’07), who has been serving in the FBI’s Senior Executive Service, most recently as a senior director on the staff of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB), has recently been appointed Director of the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG). According to its website, “The High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG) is a three-agency entity—FBI,…

On February 2, 2021, U.S Army Cultural and Area Studies Office Command and General Staff College presented an event named “Geopolitics and Great Power Competition in the South Caucasus.” It was hosted virtually at the Lewis and Clark Center in Fort Leavenworth Kansas.  This event was organized and mediated by former IWP student Dr. Mahir…

Above: Brendan is pinned by his father with the rank of 2nd Lt. at his TXSG OCS graduation ceremony. “I really appreciate your help and support. You pointed me in the right direction, and I’m so glad I joined the Texas State Guard.” -Brendan Steinhauser (’13) to IWP Career Services Director Derrick Dortch Brendan Steinhauser…

IWP Professor John Sano, alumnus Dr. David Charney, and several IWP guest speakers are featured in Netflix’s series Spycraft (released January 2021), which documents the most prolific covert technologies and operations of the 20th and 21st centuries. Professor John Sano appeared in three episodes, in which he commented on aspects of espionage from spy-handler communications to…

IWP is pleased to announce the first recipient of the new Great Statesman Scholarship program—Philip P. Cave, Jr., a new student at the Institute in spring 2021. Philip has received the President Dwight Eisenhower Scholarship, funded by IWP Trustee and alumnus Michael C. Maibach. Conceived of by Mr. Maibach, the Great Statesman Scholarship program allows…