Institute of World Politics

The Institute of World Politics (IWP) was founded in 1990 by John Lenczowski, the former director of European and Soviet Affairs at the United States National Security Council during the Reagan administration.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.Lenczowski, John (2011). Full Spectrum Diplomacy and Grand Strategy. Lexington Books. xii–xiv {{ISBN|0739150650}}.

From 1991 to 2005, it maintained an affiliation with Boston University.{{cite web|url=http://diplomatdc.wordpress.com/nssp/|title=NSSP|work=The DC World Affairs Blog|date=4 November 2008}} This affiliation ended in 2006, as IWP attained independent accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.{{cite web|url=http://www.msche.org/institutions_view.asp?idinstitution=278|title=Middle States Commission on Higher Education|author=Info724 Ltd.}} IWP is licensed to operate in Washington, DC by the DC Higher Education Licensure Commission{{Cite web|title=Application Assignments|url=https://helc.osse.dc.gov/Reports/InstitutionProfile.aspx?F_Institution_ID=50|access-date=2021-04-01|website=helc.osse.dc.gov}} and in Virginia by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.{{Cite web|title=Colleges & Universities|url=https://schev.edu/index/students-and-parents/explore/virginia-institutions|access-date=2021-04-01|website=schev.edu|archive-date=2021-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919205555/https://www.schev.edu/index/students-and-parents/explore/virginia-institutions|url-status=dead}}

In 2008, IWP became one of 17 academic institutions qualified by the US Army to host Senior Service Fellows.{{Cite web |url=http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/IPO/repository/SSC_Schools_%20Info_Catalog_AY12-13[1].pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-05-20 |archive-date=2013-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224233239/http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/IPO/repository/SSC_Schools_%20Info_Catalog_AY12-13%5B1%5D.pdf |url-status=dead }}

IWP has awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws to then-U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis,{{Citation |title=Address by Secretary of Defense James Mattis at IWP Commencement |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRZknaGbHjk |access-date=2024-02-23 |language=en}} Dr. Hadley Arkes,{{Citation |title=Commencement Remarks by Dr. Hadley Arkes |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqFOGlVJFxY |access-date=2024-02-23 |language=en}} General Michael Hayden,{{Cite web |title=Institute of World Politics Commencement Address {{!}} C-SPAN.org |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?286900-1/institute-world-politics-commencement-address |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=www.c-span.org}}{{Cite web |title=UVU Presidential Lecture to Feature Former NSA, CIA Director Michael Hayden {{!}} |url=https://www.uvu.edu/news/newsarchive/2017/september/presidentialnsacia.html |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=www.uvu.edu}} Victor Davis Hansen,{{Citation |title=Remarks by Dr. Victor Davis Hanson at IWP Commencement 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aaapkt3jI2k |access-date=2024-02-23 |language=en}} General Raymond Odierno,{{Citation |title=Commencement 2013: Keynote address by General Raymond T. Odierno, USA |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xk_fJbM0M8 |access-date=2024-02-23 |language=en}} Robert McFarlane,{{Citation |title=Keynote address by Hon. Robert McFarlane at IWP Commencement |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVINqwdhQO8 |access-date=2024-02-23 |language=en}} Robert P. George,{{Citation |title=Robert P. George gives keynote address at IWP Commencement |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN7eW4HKn9Y |access-date=2024-02-23 |language=en}} Lady Blanka Rosenstiel,{{Citation |title=Remarks by Lady Blanka Rosenstiel, IWP Commencement 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYWduP1IzAI |access-date=2024-02-23 |language=en}} Chen Guangcheng,{{Citation |title=Keynote Address by Chen Guangcheng at IWP Commencement 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Foznr-YhXlo |access-date=2024-02-23 |language=en}} and LTG Michael Flynn.{{cite web |last=Flynn |first=Michael |date=23 February 2003 |title=Past Directors of DIA |url=https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AS/AS26/20130227/100320/HHRG-113-AS26-Bio-FlynnUSAL-20130227.pdf |access-date=23 February 2023 |website=Defense Intelligence Agency}}

The Institute of World Politics is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.{{cite web |title=INSTITUTE OF WORLD POLITICS, THE |url=https://www.msche.org/institution/0825/ |website=Middle States Commission on Higher Education |access-date=19 March 2021}} The institute provides one Doctor of Statecraft and National Security program, seven Master of Arts degrees, and 18 graduate certificates.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-21 |title=Academics - The Institute of World Politics |url=https://www.iwp.edu/academics/ |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=www.iwp.edu |language=en-US}} It houses the Kosciuszko Chair of Polish Studies, the Center for Culture and Security, the Center for Human Rights and International Affairs, the Center for Energy Security and Diplomacy, and the China/Asia Program.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-21 |title=Centers of Study - The Institute of World Politics |url=https://www.iwp.edu/faculty-leadership/centers-of-study/ |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=www.iwp.edu |language=en-US}}

The Doctor of Statecraft and National Security (Professional) (DSNS) is a degree targeted toward those who wish to pursue national security, as opposed to teaching. In contrast to most Ph.D. programs, it avoids specialization in favor of broad understanding.{{cite web | url=https://www.iwp.edu/programs/doctor-of-statecraft-and-national-security-professional/ | title=Doctor of Statecraft and National Security (Professional) | date=11 June 2019 }}

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.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-21 |title=Accountability and Transparency - The Institute of World Politics |url=https://www.iwp.edu/why-iwp/accountability-and-transparency/ |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=www.iwp.edu |language=en-US}} Holding a security clearance is not a prerequisite for studying at IWP,{{Cite web |date=2023-08-21 |title=Graduate Application Guide - The Institute of World Politics |url=https://www.iwp.edu/admissions/graduate-application-guide/ |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=www.iwp.edu |language=en-US}} as all coursework takes place at an unclassified level.

The Institute of World Politics is located in the Dupont Circle 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 to the Sixteenth Street Historic District. Bently Hall at the Institute is named for Donald E. Bently, a longtime Institute Board member and major financial supporter of the Institute.{{cite web |title=Campus |url=https://www.iwp.edu/about/page/campus |website=www.iwp.edu |access-date=24 August 2018}}{{cite web |date=2 August 2011 |title=Philanthropist and entrepreneur Donald E. Bently honored at Reagan Ranch |url=https://www.iwp.edu/news_publications/detail/philanthropist-and-entrepreneur-donald-e-bently-honored-at-reagan-ranch |access-date=24 August 2018}}{{cite web |author=Trieschmann, Laura V. |title=Sixteenth Street Historic District (Boundary Increase) |url=https://planning.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/op/publication/attachments/Sixteenth%20Street%20Historic%20District%20Expanded%20%202006%20.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202013337/https://planning.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/op/publication/attachments/Sixteenth%20Street%20Historic%20District%20Expanded%20%202006%20.pdf |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |access-date=July 17, 2020 |publisher=National Park Service}}

The Institute holds the private library of former CIA Director William Casey{{cite web|url=http://www.iwp.edu/student_services/page/welcome-to-the-institute-of-world-politics-library |title=Welcome to The Institute of World Politics Library » Current Students » The Institute of World Politics |publisher=Iwp.edu |date=2015-09-16 |access-date=2016-02-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225173740/http://www.iwp.edu/student_services/page/welcome-to-the-institute-of-world-politics-library |archive-date=2016-02-25 }} and the American Security Council Foundation Library.{{cite web |url=http://www.ascfusa.org/app/webroot/files/fckfiles/ASC%20Founders%20and%20Benefactors.pdf |title=The American Security Council Foundation |website=Ascfusa.org |access-date=November 1, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041856/http://www.ascfusa.org/app/webroot/files/fckfiles/ASC%20Founders%20and%20Benefactors.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}

In 2020, IWP opened a campus in Reston, Virginia.{{Cite web|date=2020-01-15|title=IWP opens new campus in Reston, Virginia|url=https://www.iwp.edu/press-releases/2020/01/15/iwp-opens-new-campus-in-reston-virginia/|access-date=2021-04-01|website=The Institute of World Politics|language=en-US}}

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.{{cite web |title=IWP mourns the passing of longtime supporter Donald E. Bently |date=2 October 2012 |url=https://www.iwp.edu/news_publications/detail/iwp-mourns-the-passing-of-longtime-supporter-donald-e-bently |access-date=24 August 2018}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.iwp.edu/docLib/20070808_IWP%2520Booklet%2520Back%2520Half.pdf |title=IPW Booklet |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526070640/http://www.iwp.edu/docLib/20070808_IWP%20Booklet%20Back%20Half.pdf |archive-date=2011-05-26 }}

• Brian Mennes, United States Army general officer{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/150020/Cadet_Command_has_a_New_Brigadier_General/|title=Cadet Command has a New Brigadier General}}
• Mohammad Shafiq Hamdam,{{Cite web|title=Mohammad Shafiq Hamdam {{!}} HuffPost|url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/mohammad-shafiq-hamdam|access-date=2021-03-20|website=www.huffpost.com|language=en}} social activist, writer, political analyst and former senior media and public diplomacy advisor at NATO
• Eerik Marmei, former ambassador of Estonia to the U.S.
• Mark Tooley, president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy
• Zak Allal, a medical doctor for the United Nations in Algeria and non-resident scholar at IWP{{Cite web|date=2020-02-02|title=Entretien avec Zaki Allal, chercheur affilié à l'Institute of World Politics|url=https://www.tsa-algerie.com/entretien-avec-zaki-allal-chercheur-affilie-a-linstitute-of-world-politics/|access-date=2021-04-01|website=TSA|language=fr}}
• Peter Debbins, a convicted spy for Russia, also taught not-for-credit cyber classes at IWP{{Cite news |last=Weiner |first=Rachel |date=November 18, 2020 |title=Former Army Green Beret Admits Conspiring to Spy for Russia |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/green-beret-spy-russia/2020/11/18/a36d7e56-290e-11eb-92b7-6ef17b3fe3b4_story.html |newspaper=Washington Post}}

• Marek Jan Chodakiewicz,[https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/07/17/donald-trump%E2%80%99s-visit-poland-further-emboldens-far-right-elements Donald Trump’s Visit to Poland Further Emboldens Far-Right Elements], SPLC, Hatewatch, 17 July 2017[https://www.newsweek.com/poland-trump-anti-semitism-632702 DID A POLISH FAR RIGHT ACTIVIST HELP DONALD TRUMP WRITE HIS SPEECH IN WARSAW?], Newsweek, 6 July 2017 Director of the Center for Intermarium Studies{{Cite web|title=Center for Intermarium Studies|url=https://www.iwp.edu/center-for-intermarium-studies/|access-date=2021-03-20|website=The Institute of World Politics|language=en-US}}
• Christopher C. Harmon{{Cite web |title=Christopher C. Harmon - The Institute of World Politics |url=https://www.iwp.edu/faculty/christopher-c-harmon/ |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=www.iwp.edu |language=en-US}}
• John Lenczowski, former director of European and Soviet Affairs, National Security Council{{Cite web |title=John Lenczowski, Ph.D. - The Institute of World Politics |url=https://www.iwp.edu/leadership/john-lenczowski/ |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=www.iwp.edu |language=en-US}}
• Matthew Daniels, founder of Good of All{{Cite web |title=Matthew Daniels - The Institute of World Politics |url=https://www.iwp.edu/faculty/matthew-daniels/ |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=www.iwp.edu |language=en-US}}
• Paul A. Goble, former special advisor to the Secretary of State{{Cite web|title=Paul A. Goble|url=https://victimsofcommunism.org/leader/paul-goble/|access-date=2021-03-20|website=Victims of Communism|language=en}}
• G. Philip Hughes, former official with the White House and Departments of State, Commerce and Defense{{Cite web|title=WHITE HOUSE WRITERS GROUP — G. Philip Hughes|url=https://www.whwg.com/g-phillip-hughes|access-date=2021-03-20|website=WHITE HOUSE WRITERS GROUP|language=en-US}}
• Joshua Muravchik, writer and specialist on U.S. foreign policy{{Cite web|date=2013-05-10|title=Joshua Muravchik|url=https://www.ned.org/experts/joshua-muravchik/|access-date=2021-03-20|website=NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY|language=en-US}}
• Michael Pillsbury, senior fellow and director for Chinese strategy at Hudson Institute{{Cite web|title=Experts - Michael Pillsbury - Hudson Institute|url=http://www.hudson.org/experts/724-michael-pillsbury|access-date=2021-03-20|website=www.hudson.org|language=en}}
• Albert Santoli, Founder and Director of Asia America Initiative{{Cite web|title=Board of Directors {{!}} Asia America Initiative|url=https://www.asiaamerica.org/boards-2|access-date=2021-03-20|website=www.asiaamerica.org}}
• Henry D. Sokolski, executive director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center{{Cite web|title=NPEC|url=http://www.npolicy.org/bio.php?st=1|access-date=2021-03-20|website=www.npolicy.org}}

• Sebastian Gorka
• Kenneth deGraffenreid,{{Cite web |title=Kenneth deGraffenreid - The Institute of World Politics |url=https://www.iwp.edu/faculty/kenneth-degraffenreid/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=www.iwp.edu |language=en-US}}
• John J. Tierney, Jr.,{{Cite web |title=John J. Tierney, Jr. - The Institute of World Politics |url=https://www.iwp.edu/faculty/john-j-tierney-jr/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=www.iwp.edu |language=en-US}}
• Mackubin Thomas Owens
• Alberto Martinez Piedra{{Cite web |date=2021-12-21 |title=RIP Amb. Alberto Piedra, Longtime IWP Professor - The Institute of World Politics |url=https://www.iwp.edu/press-releases/2021/12/21/rip-amb-alberto-piedra-longtime-iwp-professor/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=www.iwp.edu |language=en-US}}
• Juliana Geran Pilon
• S. Eugene Poteat,{{Cite web |date=2021-03-15 |title=In Memoriam - The Institute of World Politics |url=https://www.iwp.edu/faculty-leadership/our-faculty/in-memoriam/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=www.iwp.edu |language=en-US}}
• Richard W. Rahn
• Herbert Romerstein[https://archive.org/download/institute-of-world-politics-advertisement.-front-matter.-foreign-affairs-vol.-75-no.-3-1996-p.-24/Institute%20of%20World%20Politics%20advertisement.%20%E2%80%9CFront%20Matter.%E2%80%9D%20Foreign%20Affairs%2C%20vol.%2075%2C%20no.%203%2C%201996%2C%20p.%2024.pdf "Study Intelligence and Foreign Affairs"] (Institute of World Politics advertisement). Foreign Affairs, vol. 75, no. 3, May–June 1996, p. 26. {{JSTOR|20047575}}.
• J. Michael Wallerhttps://centerforsecuritypolicy.org/author/imp_jmichael_waller/

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