Press Releases

Above: New students at orientation in Fall 2018 — including many members of the Class of 2020. Although our plans to celebrate the Class of 2020 at our May Commencement ceremony have been derailed due to the pandemic, the IWP faculty has sent congratulations notes to share with the class. Congratulations, Class of 2020!! “Class…

In a recent webinar with the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF), Dr. John Lenczowski served as a panelist to discuss “China and COVID-19, What’s Next for America?” During his time speaking, Dr. Lenczowski called attention to the Cold War-style strategy and policies that China has been pursuing for the last 30 years. Visible elements of…

Through his nonprofit Asia America Initiative (AAI), IWP Professor Al Santoli is providing front line support to service providers in the fight against the coronavirus in the Philippines. Through these efforts, he is engaging in citizen diplomacy as a peacebuilding mechanism in this region. Thus far, more than 1,062 frontline aid workers have been infected…

Dr. Wayne Schroeder served as the Project Director for “MOVING OUT: A Comprehensive Assessment of European Military Mobility,” a report recently published by the Atlantic Council, where he serves as a Nonresident Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Security Initiative, with the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. This report was based on the work of a Task…

In a recent episode of Let’s Talk America, Dr. John Lenczowski spoke with Dr. Alan Keyes about national security, our health as a nation, and the COVID-19 crisis. The episode may be found below:  

As with so many other schools and businesses, IWP has temporarily moved all operations online due to precautions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. After March 13, the campus closed, and following spring break, on March 23, all classes moved seamlessly online. “While it is not the same as gathering in a classroom, IWP faculty have adapted…

This past spring, Dr. Paul Gelpi joined the adjunct faculty to teach IWP’s course on military strategy. A U.S. historian with over 20 years’ worth of experience in higher education, Dr. Gelpi brings with him an expertise in U.S. military history, military strategy and theory, and aviation history and airpower theory. Dr. Gelpi has an…

In a debate organized by the Oxford Union, Professor Michael Pillsbury spoke about China and the ever-growing concern it poses for the United States national security and foreign policy. Dr. Pillsbury noted that under President Obama there was an indictment of five Chinese military hackers breaking into a nuclear reactor companies in Pittsburgh to get…

In early April, War on the Rocks had a podcast with Rebeccah Heinrichs, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and an adjunct faculty member here at The Institute of World Politics. In this particular episode of the “Horns of a Dilemma” podcast, Will Inboden, director of the Clements Center at the University of Texas…

In a recent episode of Fed Access on Federal New Radio, IWP career director Derrick Dortch interviewed Yuna Huh Wong, a research analyst at the Rand Corporation, on the future of AI and autonomous systems. Listen here