The Institute of World Politics (IWP) is a
private graduate school
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The organization and stru ...
of
national security,
intelligence
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, and
international affairs
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in
Washington DC
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, and
Reston, Virginia. Founded in 1990, it offers courses related to intelligence, national security, and
diplomatic communities.
History
The Institute of World Politics (IWP) was founded in 1990 by
John Lenczowski, the former director of
European and
Soviet
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Affairs at the
United States National Security Council
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during the
Reagan administration
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.
[Conservative Spotlight, "John Lenczowski's Institute of World Politics," ''Human Events'' Vol. 50 Issue 1 (1/14/1994): 16.] His stated purpose for establishing the Institute was to develop a graduate school and curriculum that teaches students to apply "all the instruments of statecraft" across the spectrum of conflict but to remain grounded in American
founding principles and the rule of
international law
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.
From 1991 to 2005, it maintained an affiliation with
Boston University
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.
This affiliation ended in 2006, as IWP attained independent accreditation by the
Middle States Commission on Higher Education. IWP is licensed to operate in Washington, DC by the DC Higher Education Licensure Commission and in Virginia by the
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
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.
In 2008, IWP became one of 17 academic institutions qualified by the
US Army
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to host Senior Service Fellows.
Academics
The Institute of World Politics is accredited by the
Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The institute provides one Doctor of Statecraft and National Security program, five Master of Arts degrees, and 17 graduate certificates. It houses the Kosciuszko Chair of Polish Studies, the Center for Culture and Security, and the Center for Human Rights and International Affairs.
Master's degree programs
The Institute of World Politics offers the following M.A. programs:
* Master of Arts in Statecraft and National Security Affairs
* Master of Arts in Statecraft and International Affairs
* Master of Arts in Strategic Intelligence Studies
* Executive Master of Arts in National Security Affairs
* Master of Arts in Strategic and International Studies (Professional)
*Master of Arts in Statecraft and Strategy (Online)
*Professional Master of Arts in Statecraft and Strategy (Online)
Doctor of Statecraft and National Security
The Doctor of Statecraft and National Security (Professional) (DSNS) is a degree targeted towards those who wish to pursue national security, as opposed to teaching. In contrast to most Ph.D. programs, it avoids extreme specialization in favor of broad understanding.
Faculty
IWP faculty includes:
*Anne Bradley, former economic analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency’s Office of Terrorism Analysis
*
Marek Jan Chodakiewicz
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, founder of Good of All
*Aaron Danis, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, counter terrorism analyst with over 30 years of experience
*Michelle DiGruttolo, former White House Intelligence Briefer, Senior Managing Director at Ankura
*John J. Dziak, former senior intelligence officer and executive in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and in the Defense Intelligence Agency
*David Glancy, former Senior Advisor for Political-Military Affairs at the State Department, former policy analyst and advisor with the Office of the Secretary of Defense
*
Paul A. Goble
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, former Special Advisor to the Secretary of State
*Christopher C. Harmon, Donald Bren Chair of Great Power Competition at Marine Corps University
* Ambassador
G. Philip Hughes, former official with the White House and Departments of State, Commerce and Defense
*
Joshua Muravchik
Joshua Muravchik (born September 17, 1947 in New York City) is a neoconservative political scholar. A distinguished fellow at the DC-based World Affairs Institute. He is also an adjunct professor at the DC-based Institute of World Politics (since 1 ...
, writer and specialist on U.S. foreign policy
*
Michael Pillsbury
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, senior fellow and director for Chinese strategy at Hudson Institute
*
Albert Santoli
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, Founder and Director of Asia America Initiative
*
Henry D. Sokolski, executive director of the
Nonproliferation Policy Education Center
* Charles R. Snyder, former Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State
* Sara Vakhshouri, founder and president of SVB Energy International
Professors emeriti include
S. Eugene Poteat and Ambassador
Alberto Martinez Piedra.
Former faculty
*
Sebastian Gorka
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* Frank Marlo, former Assistant for Counter proliferation Policy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy
*
Mackubin Thomas Owens
Mackubin Thomas Owens is a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. From 2015 until 2018, he served as dean of academic affairs at the Institute of World Politics. He was previously the associate dean of academics for electives and d ...
*
Juliana Geran Pilon
*
Richard W. Rahn
*
Herbert Romerstein
Herbert "Herb" Romerstein (August 19, 1931 – May 7, 2013) was an American ex-communist and historian who became a writer specializing in anticommunism and was appointed Director of the U.S. Information Agency’s Office to Counter Soviet Disinf ...
Students
The 150 member student body is approximately 65% recent graduates planning to pursue careers in national security, foreign policy, or intelligence and about 35% mid-career professionals in those fields seeking additional credentials. Holding a security clearance is not a prerequisite for studying at IWP, as all coursework takes place at an unclassified level.
Campus
The Institute of World Politics is located in the
Dupont Circle
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neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Its campus consists of two buildings, the Marlatt Mansion and Bently Hall, both of which contain classrooms and administrative offices. Both building are designated
contributing properties
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to the
Sixteenth Street Historic District
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. Bently Hall at the Institute is named for
Donald E. Bently, a longtime Institute Board member and major financial supporter of the Institute.
The Institute holds the private library of former
CIA
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Director
William Casey
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and the
American Security Council Foundation
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Library.
In 2020, IWP opened a campus in Reston, Virginia.
Funding
Donald E. Bently purchased the Marlatt Mansion and two adjacent townhouses for the Institute. For the first 15 years, he rented the building to the Institute for $1.00 per year. He paid several million dollars to renovate the townhouses and later donated them to the Institute. He also endowed the Donald E. Bently Chair of Political Economy.
The institute is a
501(c)(3) non-profit, tax-exempt educational institution, relying on private charitable donations and tuition. Tuition accounts for approximately 65% of annual operating expenses.
Notable alumni
*
Brian Mennes,
United States Army
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general officer
*
Mohammad Shafiq Hamdam, social activist, writer, political analyst and former senior media and public diplomacy advisor at
NATO
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*
Eerik Marmei, Former Ambassador of Estonia to the U.S.
* Major General John Thomson, Former Commandant of Cadets and the
United States Military Academy at West Point
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, and current Commanding General of the 1st Cavalry Division
*
Mark Tooley, President of the
Institute on Religion and Democracy
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* Hampton Stephens, Founder and Publisher of ''World Politics Review''
*John Scimone, SVP, Chief Security Officer at
Dell
*Scott Cullinane, Executive Director of the US-Europe Alliance
*
Zak Allal, a medical doctor for the United Nations in Algeria and non-resident scholar at IWP
*Michael Maibach, Managing Director of the James Wilson Institute
*Marcio Coimbra, Executive-Director - Interlegis, Senado Federal, Brazil
*Mark Beall, Former head of strategy and policy at DoD's
Joint Artificial Intelligence Center
*David Charney, Founder and Medical Director of Roundhouse Square Counseling Center and expert on the psychology of the spy
See also
*
List of diplomatic training institutions
References
External links
*
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