Ratifying UNCLOS Can Counter China’s Growing Naval Strength
This article was written by IWP doctoral candidate Saba Sattar and published by The National Interest. Washington must reassert formidable leadership by upholding the example it sets forth on multilateral platforms. China began its rapid naval expansion in the mid-1980s, initially prioritizing the immediate vicinities of East Asia and the Taiwan Strait. Today, its power…
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Georgetown publishes 1985 interview on Vietnam with Prof. Al Santoli
A 1985 interview with The Institute of World Politics Professor Al Santoli regarding his book, To Bear Any Burden: The Vietnam War and Its Aftermath in the Words of Americans and Southeast Asians, has been published into Georgetown University’s digital database. The interview took place on the television series American Interests, where Professor Santoli was interviewed…
Read More ›Dr. Matt Daniels discusses his MLK high school curriculum
On January 31, 2022 for Federal News Radio, IWP career director Derrick Dortch interviewed the co-authors of a new United States high school curriculum that has a foundation in the principles of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Matt Daniels, a professor at IWP, and his co-authors, Anthony Jones and Vern Howard, specifically incorporated Dr.…
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A Disturbing Parallel: Putin’s aggression and German actions in the late 1930s
Below is the transcript of a video that IWP professor Dr. Christopher C. Harmon did for the Brute Krulak Center for Innovation and Future Warfare at Marine Corps University, where he is a Distinguished Fellow. There is value in thinking along historical parallels. And there can be a little danger in a parallel drawn artificially. …
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Taiwan: A Dangerous Flashpoint
Introduction For the near future (two to five years), the issue of Taiwan and its position between China and the U.S. offers the greatest potential in the world for the outbreak of either conventional or nuclear war. Still worse, we may even see such fears realized within weeks or months in what could well be…
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Honoring those who helped end the Holocaust
This article was written by an IWP student and Chaplain with the U.S. Army Reserve. This International Holocaust Remembrance Day, let us pause and reflect on the horrors of the Holocaust and acknowledge, preserve, and honor all those who fell victim to its evil manifestation. Let us begin by Acknowledging the Evil. The evil that…
Read More ›Dr. James Anderson comments on German dependence on Russian energy
In recent comments to Fox News Digital, IWP President and former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. James Anderson discussed German dependence on Russian energy and it affects the situation with Ukraine. Read more
Read More ›Boosting Indian Navy’s Firepower: How QUAD Alliance Can Strengthen Its Anti-Access Strategy To Counter China
This article was written by IWP doctoral candidate Saba Sattar. As the majority of the security establishment focuses on China’s massive military buildup in the South and East China Seas, its increasing frequency of deployments in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) will cause problems for years to come. While in a relatively nascent stage of…
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A Colorless Revolution? A review of the recent turmoil in Kazakhstan
At the beginning of the year in Kazakhstan, we had a replay of Czechoslovakia in 1968: a power struggle among the native leaders against a backdrop of popular unrest which resulted in a Moscow-led invasion. Instead of a color revolution, we should speak of satelliteization and imperial intervention. In January, Russia intervened with its puppets…
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Defense contractor opens additional positions just for IWP candidates
In December, an IWP alum sent over a job posting at a prominent defense contractor for a position involving process improvement, program management, and data analytics. The alum encouraged IWP students to apply. 15 students applied for the position, and the IWP candidates were, according to our alum, “dramatically more impressive than the other candidates…
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