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Servants of the Devil: Facilitators of the Criminal and Terrorist Networks
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: Servants of the Devil: the Facilitators of the Criminal and Terrorist Networks, was published in February of this year. It details ...
The Biden Administration Faces Growing North Korean Threat
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This event is sponsored by the Asia Initiative Lecture Series at The Institute of World Politics. About the lecture: For decades, every incoming U.S....
The Process of Forced Mental Transformation and its Role in World Events
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: This talk focuses on Martin’s “ATOP” theory of mental manipulation, the four-step process historically used to transform and ...
Crafting of Natalie Grant’s Book, Disinformation: Soviet Political Warfare
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This lecture is in Memoriam of Herb Romerstein. About the lecture: When Natalie Grant (Wraga) died in November 2002 at the age of 101, few people oth...
Robotic Process Automation
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This event is part of The Cyber Intelligence Initiative Series sponsored by The Institute of World Politics. About the lecture: RPA is currently the ...
Seventy Years of Chinese Strategic Intelligence Threats
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This event is sponsored by the Asia Initiative Lecture Series at The Institute of World Politics. About the lecture: In 1949, to the surprise of Amer...
The Return of Great Power Rivalry
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This event is sponsored by the Asia Initiative Lecture Series at The Institute of World Politics. About the lecture: The United States of America has...
Estonia’s “Total Defense” Principle: Learning from History
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This event is part of The Intermarium Lecture Series sponsored by The Institute of World Politics. About the lecture: The defensibility of the Baltic...
Communist China’s Modern Intelligence Reforms
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This event is sponsored by the Asia Initiative Lecture Series at The Institute of World Politics. About the lecture: Since their 1949 victory, the Ch...
Ethiopia in 2021: Tackling Challenges and Looking Toward the Future
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: Ethiopia today is at a crossroad, the government of Ethiopia recently launched a campaign to uphold the rule of law in order to kee...
Children of the Borderlands by Doctor Lucyna Kulinska
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This event is part of the Intermarium Lecture Series sponsored by The Institute of World Politics. About the lecture: The book Children of the Border...
Where the Birds Never Sing, The True Story of the Liberation of Dachau
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: Jack Sacco’s presentation (based on his award-winning book, Where the Birds Never Sing), details his father’s heroic journey th...
Poland at War (1914-1921)
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: Most politically active Poles welcomed the outbreak of the Great War as a chance to regain independence for their nation. Polish po...
Poland's Power and Others vs. the Revolution
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: It took Poland 123 years to regain its independence in 1918. Since 1772 each generation witnessed lost wars, uprisings, conspiracie...
Revolutionary Slaughter and Pogroms
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: The autocratic system's inefficiencies, Russia's economic backwardness, the opposition's maximalist dissatisfaction, ghoulish slaug...
1918: Germany wins and collapses
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: Germany's final thrust to the east, coupled with revolutionary turmoil in Russia, which Berlin exacerbated greatly by its support o...
The Devil and Karl Marx: Communism’s Long March of Death, Deception, and Infiltration
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This event is part of the Intermarium Lecture Series sponsored by The Institute of World Politics. About the lecture: “Thus Heaven I’ve forfeited...
Taiwan: China’s Most Important Target On The Way To Global Hegemony
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This event is part of the China Lecture Series sponsored by The Institute of World Politics. About the lecture: In 2019 China began to apply noticeab...
How Not to Underestimate the Evolving Threat
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: This lecture will examine the misapplication of new systems in the run-up to conflict–eg French and Russian pre-WWII misunderstan...
Disinformation and the National Security Implications of Technology
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: Mr. Glenn Gerstell will discuss the national security burdens that our private sector must bear due to the advent of new technology...
Asia’s New Geopolitics: Essays on Reshaping the Indo-Pacific
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This event is part of the China Lecture Series sponsored by The Institute of World Politics. About the book: The Indo-Pacific is fast becoming the wo...
The Dangers of False National Security Narratives
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: When we accept certain narratives on which national security policy rests, and those narratives are incorrect, we get ourselves int...
Russia: Revolution and Civil War
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: A revolution broke out in Russia in February 1917, which overthrew the Tsar. Instead of ushering in a liberal democracy, it quickly...
Policies in a Strange Land: Conventional Authorities, Cyber Operations
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This event is part of the Cyber Intelligence Initiative Series sponsored by The Institute of World Politics. About the lecture: The establishment of ...
Philippines-U.S. Alliance in a Post-Pandemic World
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This event is a part of the Asia Initiative Lecture Series at The Institute of World Politics. About the lecture: As the world adapts to a new normal...
The Katyn Forest Massacre: An Annotated Bibliography of Books in English
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This event is part of the Intermarium Lecture Series sponsored by The Institute of World Politics. About the book: “The Katyn Forest Massacre: An A...
Experiences of a Polish Officer in the Austrian Army in WWI
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Full title: Experiences of a Polish Officer in the Austrian Army in WWI Dying Echoes: Memoirs of the War 1914-1920 by Stanisław Kawczak This lecture...
Stanislawa Leszczynska: The Miracle of Life in a Death Camp
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This lecture is a part of the 13th Annual Kościuszko Chair Conference by the Kościuszko Chair of Polish Studies and the Center for Intermarium Studi...
Saint John Paul II and President Ronald Reagan – an alliance for good
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This lecture is a part of the 13th Annual Kościuszko Chair Conference by the Kościuszko Chair of Polish Studies and the Center for Intermarium Studi...
Ronald Reagan and John Paul II: Two Partners Who Won the Cold War and Changed History
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the book: Even as historians credit Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II with hastening the end of the Cold War, they have failed to recognize th...
The Count to be Saint: János Esterházy (1901-1957)
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This lecture is a part of the 13th Annual Kościuszko Chair Conference by the Kościuszko Chair of Polish Studies and the Center for Intermarium Studi...
The Conservative Revolution: The Movement That Remade America
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This lecture is part of the 13th Annual Kościuszko Chair Conference hosted by the Kościuszko Chair of Polish Studies and the Center for Intermarium ...
Post-Revolution Sudanese Security Sector Reform and Social Transformation
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This event is part of The African Strategic Forum sponsored by The Institute of World Politics. About the lecture: As Sudan transitions to a more tra...
Winning Without War: Building Alliances and Partnerships
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: The rise of great power politics has resulted in a new, global competition for political influence. Alliances and partnerships are ...
An Assessment of the Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This event is sponsored by the Asia Initiative Lecture Series at The Institute of World Politics. About the lecture: After 20 years of White House Na...
Regime Change through Women’s Liberation: The Soviets to the Bush Doctrine
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This event is part of the Intermarium Lecture Series sponsored by The Institute of World Politics. About the lecture: This lecture investigates the s...
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD): Power Needs vs. Water Security
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This event is part of The African Strategic Forum sponsored by The Institute of World Politics. About the lecture: The tension over GERD has created ...
Chinese Communist Espionage
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This event is sponsored by the Asia Initiative Lecture Series at The Institute of World Politics. About the lecture: Hitherto, almost all writings ab...
What will Foreign Policy Look Like in the next Administration?
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, U.S. foreign policy has been built on an assumption of hegemony and a sense of exceptionali...
Lessons for Strengthening America at Home and in the World
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the book: The Decline of Nations takes an in-depth look at the condition of the contemporary United States and shows why Americans should be dee...
How the Civil War Completed the Constitution: A 2020 Perpetuation Address
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This event is a part of IWP’s Annual Constitution Day Lecture series. About the lecture: As we celebrate the Constitution, let us reflect that it ...
Transforming US Intelligence for Irregular War: Task Force 714 in Iraq
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This event is sponsored by The Institute of World Politics’ IAFIE Student Chapter. About the book: When Joint Special Operations Command deployed T...
Becoming Kim Jong Un
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This event is sponsored by The Global Impact Discussion: US-East Asia Lecture Series. About the book: When Kim Jong Un became the leader of North Ko...
Human Rights Atrocities in North Korea
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: The lecture focuses on the human atrocities prevalent in North Korea. It begins with a review of how the world has dealt with post-...
2020 Student Symposium: Deal of the Decade: How the United States Should Handle Afghanistan
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Full Title: Deal of the Decade: How the United States Should Handle Afghanistan in the Era of the Taliban Peace Talks About the Lecture: This present...
2020 Student Symposium: New Age Public Diplomacy
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the Lecture: This seminar aims to expound on the impact of globalization on US public diplomacy, emphasizing Sports, Entertainment, and Culture....
2020 Student Symposium: The Implications of China’s Belt & Road Initiative for US National Security
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the Lecture: The strategic initiative of China’s leadership to harness an unprecedented influx of wealth from the West to re-establish histori...
Electoral Reform in Angola and Mozambique
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: There are opportunities and challenges in Angola and Mozambique to reform the electoral processes. What role can the local stakehol...
The U.S. and World Order
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the interview: Dr. John Tierney, IWP professor, spoke with IWP about world order. He discussed the the history of polarity, U.S. interest in wor...
Soviet Defectors: Revelations of Renegade Intelligence Officers, 1924-1954
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the book: The book compiles for the first time corroborative primary sources in English, Russian, French, German, Finnish, Italian, Japanese, La...
ACTING – in the interest of National Security
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This event is part of the Student Speaker Series sponsored by The Institute of World Politics. About the lecture: The classical definition of acting ...
Countering Islamist Political Extremism by Orchestrating the Instruments of National Power
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This event is part of the Winning without War series sponsored by The Institute of World Politics. About the lecture: Despite suffering repeated setb...
The Power of Humor and Ridicule as a Tool of Influence and Opposition
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: Charlie Chaplin, Daffy Duck, Dr. Seuss, Team America, and Winnie-the-Pooh have entertained audiences using humor. What is perhaps l...
German and Austrian Occupation of the Intermarium, 1915-1919
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: In 1915 Germany's successful offensive in the east resulted in the occupation of the Western chunk of the Russian Empire, a swath o...
How the Nuclear Arms Control Lobby Killed Arms Control!
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: Since 1972, the nuclear disarmament community —led by major self-described arms control organizations— hasn’t supported any s...
Perspectives for Peace: The Escalation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani Border
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This event is part of the Intermarium Lecture Series sponsored by The Institute of World Politics. About the lecture: Ambassador Nersesyan will prese...
Exiled Children - Damned or Delivered?
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This lecture is part of the 10th Annual Kościuszko Chair Spring Symposium in honor of Lady Blanka Rosenstiel sponsored by the Kościuszko Chair of Po...
Bolshevism, non-Bolshevism, and anti-Bolshevism in White Ruthenia, 1917-1920
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This lecture is a part of our 10th Annual Kościuszko Chair Spring Symposium in honor of Lady Blanka Rosenstiel. This event is sponsored by the Kości...
Early Modern Polish Commanders and the Use of Combined Arms
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This event is part of the 10th Annual Kościuszko Chair Spring Symposium in honor of Lady Blanka Rosenstiel sponsored by the Kościuszko Chair of Poli...
Toward the Catastrophe of Armistice
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: Buoyed by the victory in the east sealed by the Treaty of Brest Litovsk in March 1918, Germany and her allies scrambled to transfe...
COVID-19 and Global Energy Security
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: In this lecture, Dr. Sara Vakhshouri will discuss the fundamentals and changes in the energy market, and Mr. C. Derek Campbell will...
Assessing the Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Impact of the Covid-19 Crisis
19 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: With the pandemic receding in much of the world, government and business leaders are starting to think about the geopolitical and g...
Overlaps between Cyber, Information, and Intelligence Operations
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This event is part of The Cyber Intelligence Initiative Series sponsored by The Institute of World Politics. About the lecture: A discussion of the c...
China’s Influence in South Korea: Belt and Road and More
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This event is part of the China Series sponsored by The Institute of World Politics. About the lecture: Dr. Tara O will discuss China’s influence i...
A Covert Action: Reagan, the CIA, and the Cold War Struggle in Poland
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the book: The dramatic, untold story of one of the CIA’s most successful Cold War intelligence operations. December, 1981—the CIA receives ...
U.S. China Relations Post-Coronavirus
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This event is part of The China Series sponsored by The Institute of World Politics. About the lecture: Dr. Spalding will discuss the origins of the ...
Brest Litovsk: Roots, Impact, and Implications, December 1917-March 1918
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: An ephemeral victory for Germany, the Treaty of Brest Litovsk was the first international conference ostensibly appealing to the id...
Pushing Back Ideological Support for Militant Islamism
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the interview: Mr. Tobias Brandt, a Brent Scowcroft Award Fellow at the Aspen Strategy Group and IWP alumnus, spoke with IWP about the importanc...
Taiwan’s Cybersecurity Environment versus China’s Cyber Strategy
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This event is part of The Cyber Intelligence Initiative Series sponsored by The Institute of World Politics. About the lecture: Dr. Hwang will introd...
Reagan’s Cold War: Indications & Warning Intelligence
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Ninth Annual Ronald Reagan Intelligence Lecture About the lecture: Reagan’s efforts against the Cold War resulted in tremendous global change ...
Winning without War: Educating Diplomats, Warriors and Spies!
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Focus: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, radical Islamism, and a global pandemic. Never has the United States faced so many external threats, each of ...
Are we Becoming more Radical? The Rise of Democratic Socialism in America
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: Thirty years ago last fall we celebrated the fall of the Berlin wall. Many thought this represented the end of history–capitalism...
National Self-Determination: Proletarian or Liberal?
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: During World War I the idea of national self-determination came into its own. There were two principal proponents of this concept. ...
Islamic Insurgency in Northern Mozambique and its Regional Implications
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: Mozambique is facing Islamic insurgency partly due to social, political, and economic factors. Instead of addressing these underlyi...
The Role of Nuclear Weapons in China’s Strategy
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This event is part of the China Series sponsored by The Institute of World Politics. About the lecture: The Chinese seek to supplant the US as the wo...
How Might the Coronavirus Pandemic Influence U.S.-China Relations?
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This event is part of The Global Impact Discussion Series sponsored by The Institute of World Politics. About the lecture: How might the coronavirus ...
Don’t Take Your Base: America’s Baseball Diplomacy with Cuba
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: The presentation will explore the history of baseball diplomacy between the United States and Cuba, specifically focusing on the Tr...
The Intermarium's Nationalisms: Old and New
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: The Intermarium's Nationalisms: Old and New discusses historic nationalism, which was predicated on civic and local identity, and n...
The Great War in the Intermarium
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: This is Dr. Chodakiewicz's first lecture in his series on the First World War and its Aftermath in the Intermarium, the lands betwe...
Book Review: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the book review: Dr. Christopher C. Harmon, the Bren Chair of Great Power Competition at Marine Corps University and IWP professor, reviewed Eri...
The Rise of Socialism in American Politics
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the interview: Dr. Joshua Muravchik, Distinguished Fellow at the World Affairs Institute, spoke with IWP about the rise of socialism in American...
The Virus and the China Threat
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the discussion: Dr. John Lenczowski will discuss how the coronavirus pandemic has raised America’s consciousness of the reality of communist r...
What is the Economic Impact of the Coronavirus?
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the interview: Dr. Anne Bradley, Vice President of Economic Initiatives at the Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics and IWP professor, spoke...
What is the Impact of the Coronavirus Outbreak on the Energy Market?
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the Interview: Dr. Sara Vakhshouri, Professor of Energy Security at IWP and President of SVB Energy International, spoke with members of the IWP...
D-I-M-E Reshuffled, “I” Card High
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This event was co-sponsored by the Marine Corps University Foundation and the Krulak Center at Marine Corps University. About the lecture: The initia...
Complicit Campuses? Biased Terror Data, Gulf State Cash, and U.S. National Security
13 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the Lecture: Dr. Hull will discuss concerns about American universities’ activities in the security space, including apparent bias in the fede...
False WWII Narratives Circulated by Russian Propaganda
13 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the Lecture: Russian President Vladimir Putin periodically regurgitates Soviet propaganda about the Second World War. Lately, Poland has trigger...
How the Kremlin Weaponized Yandex and Telegram in Tensions with Belarus
13 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the Lecture: Historical Pompeo’s visit to Minsk amid Russia-Belarus tensions was met with thousands of posts, comments, memes, manipulative pu...
Why the Founders Created the Electoral College
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the Lecture: Michael C. Maibach will discuss reasons why the Founders agreed on the Electoral College and give a response to its main criticisms...
Postcards From Hell: Siberia 1940 in Deported Children’s Accounts
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: In winter 1940, Soviet authorities organized mass deportations to Siberia of Polish citizens from the Polish territories annexed in...
American Values in a Time of Global trade and Modern Monetary Policy
21 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: Ms. Stacy will discuss America’s current situation in terms of market levels, economic data, and the China trade deal. She will a...
Influencing a Wired World with Cyber Intelligence
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the Lecture: How do you influence your target audience in a wired world? How are we vulnerable to unseen influence operations that are targeting...
Ancient and Modern Democracy: Ideology, Morphology, and Pathology
18 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the Lecture: “Our democracy is getting self-destroyed, for it abused the rights of freedom and of equality; for it taught the citizens to rega...
Corruption and the Democratic Process in Angola
12 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the Lecture: The aim of this lecture is to discuss present and future of Angolan political process and how corruption is undermining the new dem...
Socialism Then and Now: Cultural Marxism Debate
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the Event: On November 15, 2019, the Institute of World Politics hosted a special day-long debate event examining the past, present, and future ...
Socialism Then and Now: The Fall of the Berlin Wall
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the Event: On November 15, 2019, the Institute of World Politics hosted a special day-long debate event examining the past, present, and future ...
Socialism Then and Now: Are Socialism & Communism still viable?
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the Event: On November 15, 2019, the Institute of World Politics hosted a special day-long debate event examining the past, present, and future ...
Russian Worldview, Grand Strategy and Cyberspace
31 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the lecture: What is the origin of Russian behavior in international politics? What is their worldview and grand strategy? How do they apply it ...
China's Vision of Victory
28 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the Book: A path-breaking work on Chinese global strategy, China’s Vision of Victory brings the reader to a new understanding of China’s gra...
Philippines-US Relations in a Changing Indo-Pacific
24 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
About the Lecture: Ambassador Romualdez will speak on Philippines-US relations in the context of a quickly changing Indo-Pacific, including the emergi...