IWP Alumni are Assuming National Security Positions Around the World
The Institute of World Politics has consistently nurtured exceptional leaders and strategists who are making indelible contributions in vital institutions worldwide. The institute’s alumni form a dynamic and influential network, channeling the insights gained through their education at IWP into key leadership and management roles within every significant department and institution in the national security world including congressional offices, think tanks, academic institutions, and government contracting corporations.
- Contributing to the National Security Strategy of the United States of America.
- Contributing to the writing of the State Department Policy Planning Staff’s “long telegram” on the China Challenge – a sea change in U.S. assessment of, and strategy to address, the threat from China.
- Organizing the first Congressional hearings ever on the war of ideas against radical Islamism.
- Commanding all NATO land forces in Europe.
- Serving in the FBI in the White House as Senior Staff Director on the staff of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board.
- Heading security at Dell, including management of security risk across physical and cyber domains.
- Serving in the FBI in the White House as Senior Staff Director on the staff of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board.
- Successfully leading the effort to counter the massive Chinese theft of intellectual property in Silicon Valley and receiving multiple DoD awards.
Making a
National and
Global Impact
in their field of interest
Programs
Certificates
Program
rate for our alumni
Where IWP Graduates Work
of Homeland
Security
Intelligence
Agency
of Defense
State



Two alumni conduct counterintelligence investigation and receive highest FBI award
John Russo (2006), Tim B. (2012), and a small team received the most prestigious FBI award for combatting a foreign intelligence threat. Their counterintelligence investigation involved multiple agencies working together to deter foreign spies from penetrating the U.S. intelligence community and recruiting federal employees to commit espionage.
Dr. Zak Allal (’18) boosts U.S.-Algeria relations through reality TV show
WP alumnus and research scholar Dr. Zak Allal (’18) was part of a jury on an Algerian TV show supported by the U.S. Embassy in Algiers in order to encourage entrepreneurship in the country. The program Andi Hulm, or “I Have a Dream” in Arabic, featured 60 aspiring entrepreneurs who worked within member companies of the American Chamber of Commerce to develop their ideas.


Alumnus Spotlight: Stephen Dreikorn (’11), Foreign Service Officer at the State Department
Explore All Alumni News
- Press Releases, Students & Alumni
- Students & Alumni
- Students & Alumni
- Press Releases, Students & Alumni
- Press Releases, Students & Alumni
- Students & Alumni
- Students & Alumni
- Press Releases, Students & Alumni
- Press Releases, Students & Alumni
- Students & Alumni
- Students & Alumni
Stay in touch
Let IWP showcase your service to the intelligence community.
Do you have a new job? Have you been promoted? Have you been published recently? We want to know what our alumni are doing!