Press Releases

IWP will be offering a new course within its Asian Specialization program, entitled North Korea and the Geopolitics of Northeast Asia (IWP 689, 4 credits) for the Fall 2019 semester. North Korea: A foreign policy and intelligence problem Perhaps no other region in the world has evoked more controversy nor generated more interest and concern…

Dr. Paul Coyer, research professor at IWP, recently spoke with Drew Griffin, the managing editor of Providence, a journal of Christianity and foreign policy, to discuss the current crisis in Venezuela and its uncertain future. The continuing crisis in Venezuela Dr. Coyer began by explaining what led Venezuela, once the wealthiest country in Latin America…

On May 31st, IWP Prof. Rebeccah Heinrichs participated in a panel hosted by the Hudson Institute with the aim of discussing the consequences of our current administration’s Iran policy.

On June 4, Senior Vice President Chris Glass represented IWP at a reception to honor the Armed Forces of Finland. The reception, hosted by Ambassador of Finland Kirsti Kauppi and Mrs. Siobhan Toveri, took place at the Embassy of Finland in Washington, D.C.

13:57:33A longtime supporter of ours, Michael C. Maibach, has joined the Board of Trustees at The Institute of World Politics. As an IWP alumnus, he has served on our Advisory Board for ten years.

This coming fall semester, Dr. Sara Vakhshouri, the founder and president of SVB Energy International, a strategic energy consulting firm, will be teaching a new course at The Institute of World Politics. 

In response to student interest, IWP has developed a Regional Studies Specialization for two of our Master of Arts programs: the M.A. in Statecraft and International Affairs and the M.A. in Statecraft and National Security Affairs programs.

On May 21st, 2019, founder and president of The Institute of World Politics John Lenczowski participated in a panel at the Polish Embassy, discussing the recently published A Covert Action: Reagan, the CIA, and the Cold War Struggle in Polandby Seth G. Jones. 

IWP Research Professor Paul Coyer has contributed a chapter entitled “Trans-Atlantic Relations in the Context of Nationalism, National Identity and Sovereignty” to a book entitled Sovranita, Democrazia e Liberta, [Sovereignty, Democracy, and Freedom] (Rome, 2019) edited by Giuseppe Valditara, pp. 45-50.

IWP MA applicants who apply before October 15, 2019 will receive consideration for the spring 2020 semester. No additional materials beyond the M.A. application are required for scholarship consideration.