IWP salutes the members of the US Armed Forces

Publication Date: Friday, May 17, 2013

The trustees, faculty, staff, and students of The Institute of World Politics wish to salute the Members of the United States Armed Forces.  {read more}

Secure Freedom Radio interviews Prof. Raymond Batvinis on Russia's arrest of a U.S. diplomat on spy charges

Publication Date: Thursday, May 16, 2013

Prof. Raymond Batvinis discussed Russia's recent arrest of a U.S. diplomat on spy charges, as well as American counterterrorism efforts, on a segment for Center for Security Policy's Secure Freedom Radio.  {read more}

In Memoriam: Kathryn W. Davis, DHL HON 2007

Publication Date: Thursday, May 16, 2013

The Institute of World Politics has lost one of its most outstanding honorary graduates, Kathryn Wassermann Davis (Doctorate of Laws Honoris Causa 2007).  {read more}

US Army War College Fellow promoted to the rank of Colonel

Publication Date: Thursday, May 16, 2013

Rick Ullian, 2012-13 US Army War College Fellow at IWP, has been promoted to the rank of Colonel effective May 1, 2013.  {read more}

The Tsarnaevs’ Moscow connection: Dr. Chodakiewicz comments

By Marek Jan Chodakiewicz

Publication Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2013

The suspicious six-month trip of the elder Boston Terror Bomber, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, to Russia last year has raised many red flags. Primarily, the journey to post-Soviet Russia's Islamist-ridden Northern Caucasus has generated questions about Moscow's exact role in the Boston Terror Attack.   {read more}

Prof. Norman Bailey in Globes: War can wait

By Norman A. Bailey

Publication Date: May 9, 2013

It is increasingly apparent that there is no appetite in either the United States or Israel at this time to go to war with Iran by attacking the Iranian nuclear facilities.  {read more}

Prof. Paul Goble discusses the impending extinction of the Karaim people

By Paul A. Goble

Publication Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2013

The Karaims, an ancient people surrounded in mystery because of their combination of Jewish, Christian and Muslim characteristics, are at the edge of extinction in both Ukraine and the Russian Federation, a situation that neither Kyiv nor Moscow seems ready or able to combat.  {read more}

Comps prepare students for jobs in diplomacy, defense, and intelligence

Publication Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2013

"If you have a Master's degree, you need to have mastery over your field of study," says IWP president John Lenczowski.  This is why the Institute has comprehensive exams ("comps") in addition to its rigorous classes--to ensure that each of the 57 Master's degree recipients who will cross the stage on May 18 understand their area of study inside and out.    {read more}

Herb: A reflection by Prof. Marek Chodakiewicz

Publication Date: Thursday, May 9, 2013

Herb Romerstein has just passed away. He was very ill for a couple of years. Yet, not so long ago, after the Venona decrypts became, ahem, available to the public, he stood up at a conference and yelled at a detractor: "You traitor! You were a paid agent of Stalin."   {read more}

In Memoriam: Herb Romerstein, Professor and Freedom Fighter

Publication Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2013

On May 7, longtime IWP professor Herb Romerstein passed away at the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington in Rockville, Maryland.  {read more}