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Psychotherapists work together to help Ukrainian refugees deal with trauma. New York City-based psychotherapist Anya Lukianov is a second generation Ukrainian-American with expertise in complex trauma. Her background gives her uncommon insight into how to support refugees from the Ukraine War who’ve come to the United States. Lukianov is project coordinator of the Refugee Support Project…

IWP Chairman Emeritus Owen T. Smith passed away on April 11, 2023. The piece below is written by Dr. John Lenczowski, IWP Founder, President Emeritus, and Chancellor. Is it possible to be sorrowful but also wear a smile?  That is how I feel when I think of our dear departed Chairman Emeritus, Owen Smith.  Owen…

During his graduate studies at IWP, Erik fully delved into the experience. He quit his job to become a full-time student, spent significant time doing extracurricular reading in addition to his assigned readings, and shared his research in public lectures at the Institute. Since graduating, Erik has worked for a political risk consulting firm, consulted…

Inspired Success Magazine recently interviewed Mitzi Perdue, an IWP Fellow at the Center for Intermarium Studies. In the interview, Ms. Perdue discusses the situation in Ukraine and what can be done to help. Read the interview

Above: A counter-attack by Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces supported by T-34 tanks near Playa Giron during the Bay of Pigs invasion, 19 April 1961. First, a bit of perspective. While the Bay of Pigs invasion can properly be called a “fiasco,” one must remember that seventeen years earlier, the United States supervised the greatest seaborne…

IWP student Dr. Baiju Gandhi made a presentation on the Violent Non-State Actor (VNSA) panel at the Intelligence Studies Consortium held at the George Mason University on 24 March. The conference theme was “Intelligence Support for the 2022 National Security Strategy.” Dr. Gandhi, a consultation-liaison psychiatrist who is working towards the IWP Non-Violent Conflict graduate…

  In 1775, in a Richmond church, Patrick Henry gave the reason for the American Revolution and, subsequently, the explanation for any American political independence in the first place. “Give me liberty or give me death” was described by one man in the audience (Thomas Marshall, father of the first Chief Justice, John Marshall) as…

In the view of former Green Beret Ryan Hendrickson, Ukraine is today the largest minefield in the world. The malign impact of this new reality not only has global repercussions, but it will also extend for decades into the future. “Much of the conflict in Ukraine today revolves around landmines,” Hendrickson explains. Millions of these…

On March 28, the International Olympic Committee made a proposal to allow Russian athletes to compete in the Paris Olympics under a neutral flag as long as they did not explicitly support the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In view of past strong objections to its proposal, the committee offered to establish a screening panel, which…

Mark Balboni came to IWP in 2012 when he was transitioning from an infantry role to being a Strategist with the U.S. Army. Since graduating, he has worked on the staff of the 1st Cavalry Division, U.S. Army War College, and Combined Forces Command in the Republic of Korea. He is now serving as an…