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Prof. Glenn Corn, a 34-year veteran of the U.S. Intelligence and Foreign Affairs communities and new IWP professor, will teach IWP’s course on Soviet and Russian Intelligence and Security Services (IWP 644) on Tuesday and Thursday evenings this July and August. This course will examine the history, traditions, and key personalities of the Russian/Soviet intelligence…

As a society, we need to ask ourselves why many people’s first instinct is to find pleasure in the sexual exploitation of another person. A Canadian woman recently came under investigation for attempting to coerce a group of Ukrainian women whom she had taken in as refugees to perform sex acts online. Unfortunately, this story is not…

IWP is pleased to welcome Alex Roos as its new Director of Institutional Advancement. In this role, Alex will build relationships with IWP supporters, foundations, and corporations;  prepare grant proposals; help with fundraising events; and manage the school’s communications with supporters. Alex came to IWP after serving as the Director of Development for D.C. Appleseed…

Garrett Johnson, co-founder and Chairman of the Lincoln Network and co-founder and COO of Hydrahost.com, has been elected to the IWP Board of Trustees. IWP Chairman John Lovewell commented, “We are very pleased to welcome Garrett to the IWP Board of Trustees. He brings with him a wealth of knowledge in business, technology, and policy.…

The title here is one of the most famous (infamous?) statements ever made in the history of world politics. It was said by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain on September 27, 1938 in reference to the growing British anguish over German Chancellor Adolf Hitler’s ambition to take Czechoslovakia. In retrospect, it characterized the foreign policies…

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…