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Resources, Power, and Nation Building: Critical Minerals and the New Geopolitics of the 21st

2

Why Poland Is Inconvenient for EU’s Left-Liberal Elites

3

Remembered Homelands, Divided Lands: Ottoman Legacies and the Roots of Ethnic Conflict

4

The Life and Fate of Paweł Z. Woś. Methodology of Research on the Polish War Generation

5

Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks: Russian Intelligence and Putin’s Secret War

6

The European Union as a Defense Actor

7

Wife, Mother, Spy: An Extraordinary Life Filled with Ordinary Days.

8

AI-Powered Simulation Training for Diplomacy, Negotiation, and Crisis Communication

9

Private Military Contractors: Understanding the Non-State Actors Changing the Institution of War

10

The CEE Region and the 21st-Century Window of Opportunity

11

Polish Foreign and Security Policy in the Context of the Russian Ukrainian War

12

Challenges to Poland’s National Security in the Changing Geopolitics

13

Solidarity across borders: London’s support for Poland’s Solidarity Movement

14

The War in Ukraine - An Update from The Front

15

Standing With a Witness of Faith During the War in Ukraine

16

Book Lecture: The Israeli

17

Artificial General Intelligence: America's Next National Security Frontier

18

At Sea Against the Soviet Fleet, A Conversation with the Author

19

The Demise of Democracy? Lessons from Ancient Athens on the Ideology and Pathology of Democracy

20

Book Lecture: Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) in U.S. Security Cooperation

21

KC Military Lecture in Honor of General Walter Jajko: Could Poland Have Helped the Russian Whites Against the Bolsheviks?

22

The Halabja Massacre: Remembering, Reflecting and Rebuilding

23

The Future of U.S. Involvement in the Middle East

24

Russian Information and Cyber Warfare Threats: What We Know from the Russian Attack on Ukraine

25

Chinese Espionage Operations and Tactics

26

A Solution for the Kurdish Conflict in Iran: Federalism or Secession?

27

The Electoral College and How Other Republics Elect Heads of Government

28

Information as a Domain of War with Professor Larry Dietz

29

The World on Fire with Col. John Mills

30

Book Lecture: A Rage to Conquer

31

Russian Hybrid Warfare in Central Europe With Dr. Ivana Stradner

32

The Smolensk Disaster and Its Political Implications Professor Przemysław Żurawski vel Grajewski

33

Assessing U.S. Relations with Russia and Ukraine

34

Conquering the Datasphere: Assessing the Threat of Chinese Data Collection With Ms. aren Reesman

35

Abrahamic Peace Initiative: An Alternative to Conflict and Bloodshed

36

Repatriation of North Korean Refugees Escaping Through Southeast Asia

37

Ukrainian Courage and Hope: Trauma, Trafficking, Troll Farms, and Tenacity With Mitzi Perdue

38

Countering the CCP: A Conversation with Chairman Moolenaar

39

Svalbard_ A History and Analysis of NATO's Potential Arctic Frontier Fortress

40

Book Lecture: The Russian FSB

41

Pig Butchering and National Security

42

Jason Hsu

43

Africa’s Central Role in the Chinese Communist Party’s Global Ambitions

44

Constitutional Thinking In The Early Cold War

45

Soulcatcher

46

Res Publica: Polish Commonwealth According to the Legacy of Master Wincenty

47

Cracking the Nazi Code: The Untold Story of Canada's Greatest Spy

48

TikTok from First Principles: Why it’s the CCP’s Most Potent Weapon Against America and the West

49

Ukraine’s Most Important Battle: Fighting for American Hearts and Minds

50

Countering the Dragon: Preparing for Potential Chinese Aggression

51

UNESCO 3.0

52

China's Space Operations: Assessing PLA Capabilities for U.S. Strategy

53

Book Lecture: Revealing Secrets

54

Addressing The Evolving Security Challenges In Korea - 20240304 150517 - Meeting Recording 1

55

Wagner Group: The Privatization of the Instruments of National Power

56

The World of Lobbying and Current State of Politics on Capitol Hill

57

Is America Teachable? Lessons Never Learned in our Dealings with "Russia"

58

The Perspective of an American Advisor to Putin's Transition Team

59

Finding Waypoints: A Warrior's Journey Towards Peace and Purpose

60

Montesquieu's The Spirit of the Laws: A Critical Text

61

The United States in the Multipolar World

62

Philosophical Aspects of the Formation of the European Union

63

Book Lecture: Pillars for Freedom

64

Political Islam and its International Implications

65

The American Civil Rights Movement and Public Diplomacy

66

Turkey, Russia, & Iran through the Lens of Modern Warfare & Terrorism

67

Private Investment as a Critical Support to U.S. National Security

68

Politicization of US Intelligence: Causes and Consequences

69

By Way of Deception Thou Shalt Do War: The Psychology of Intelligence with Dr. Enrico Suardi ('19)

70

Wither the CIA? with Fred Rustmann

71

2023 Chancellor Council Meeting: Introduction & Remarks by Dr. James S. Robbins

72

Ukraine’s Return to Europe and the Death Throes of an Empire with James Rice

73

Moscow and Tehran: U.S. Policy Considerations with Mr. Ilan Berman

74

Foreign Leaders Analysis: A Profile of Narendra Modi of India with Dr. Enrico Suardi ('19)

75

Introduction to the Intermarium and Trimarium – Concept and New Realities Symposium

76

Reflections about Oskar Halecki with Dr. Marek Chodakiewicz

77

Implications of U.S. Policy for Russia’s Strategic Decision Making on Ukraine with Dr. Lenczowski

78

East Central Europe - Oskar Halecki's Concept: How It Was Developed and Why It Matters

79

Oskar Halecki in the Independent Poland (1918-1939) with Professor Marek Kornat

80

People's Poland towards Oskar Halecki and his works (1945 - 1990), with Professor Tadeusz Rutkowski

81

Oskar Halecki , a Political Activist? - with Professor Thaddeus V. Gromada

82

Professor Oskar Halecki - Polish Scholar In-Exile (1939 - 1973), with Dr. Alexander M. Jablonski

83

Christian Genocide in Nigeria: Its Causes and Reasons It Continues with Mr. Douglas Burton

84

The Changing Dynamics of Outer Space Competition with Dr. Matthew Jenkins

85

The World Post-Putin with Mr. Robert T. Roseberry ('23)

86

The Impact of Russia's State Failure with Mr. Janusz Bugajski

87

Structure of INDOPACOM and Comparable U.S. Agencies for Asia-Pacific Region

88

Soldier-Citizens and Citizen-Soldiers: Spiritedness and the Constitution

89

Soldier-Citizens and Citizen-Soldiers: Spiritedness and the Constitution

90

The Road to Socialism and Back: An Economic History of Poland, 1939–2019

91

Why Ukraine Must Win, with Thomas Cromwell

92

Modern Terrorist Propaganda Summer Seminar And Training

93

The Role Of Multilateral Cooperation In Shaping AI Governance

94

A Historical Overview Of Coercive Persuasion

95

Over-Classification: How Bad Is It, What's The Fix?

96

Affordable And Mass - Producible Nuclear Safeguards For Homeland Security

97

The War in Ukraine: An Estonian Perspective

98

Maoist Revolutionary War Outside China

99

Ronald Reagan’s Global Strategy for Peaceful Victory in the Cold War

100

Remarks by Amb. Aldona Wos at the Presidential Investiture and Commencement

101

Keynote Address by Chen Guangcheng at IWP Commencement 2023

102

Valedictory Remarks by Kevin Phelan, Class of 2023

103

Global Energy Security: The Role of Canada

104

The Myths and Realities of the 1968 Tet Offensive

105

The North Korean Threat and Allied Policy Options - with Bruce Klinger

106

The War in Ukraine: A Belgian Perspective - with Amb. Jean-Arthur Régibeau

107

The U.S.-Philippines Alliance - with Amb. Jose Manuel G. Romualdez

108

The Free World’s Response to a Sino-Taiwanese War, with LCDR Chris D. Glass

109

No Limits Partnership: The China-Russia Information Nexus - with Bret Schafer

110

In Defense of Capitalism: Debunking the Myths, with Dr. Rainer Zitelmann

111

Developing Deradicalization Programs for US Domestic Extremism, with Dr. Baiju Gandhi

112

Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms at 80 - with Donald Bishop

113

Lessons Learned From the Russo-Ukraine War and How They Can be Applied to a U.S. China Conflict

114

From General to Statesman: President Ulysses S. Grant, Military Realism & Foreign Policy

115

The Coming Hypersonic Revolution and its Impact on International Security - with Bill Brunner

116

Pursuing Justice Worldwide - with Amb. Morse H. Tan

117

U.S. Cold War Strategy against China

118

Thinking about Ukraine: Four Options -- Dr. Henry Nau

119

Foreign Leaders Analysis: A Profile of Xi Jinping with Dr. Enrico Suardi (’19)

120

China Is Preparing for War, America Is Not with Mr. Gordon G. Chang

121

Modern Applications of Xenophon’s Persian Expedition

122

PRC Cyberattacks on Taiwan: What the U.S. Should Learn from Them

123

Secrets of the Archives: Reconsidering Research of Bukovsky & Romerstein

124

MENA: A Summary and Forecast

125

Modern Intelligence Operations Across Multi-Domain Environments

126

How to Address the Innovation Adoption Problem in Defense

127

A View of the Ukraine War You Haven’t Heard with Mrs. Mitzi Perdue

128

Countering the Threat of Insider Spies

129

The World Crisis and American Grand Strategy, with Walter Russell Mead

130

The U.S. Nuclear Deterrent and the Military Buildup of our Adversaries

131

The Evolution of North Korean Espionage

132

Communism in China and the Oppression of Ethnic Minorities

133

The Economic Situation in the MENA Region

134

Civic Virtue and the Constitution

135

Chernobyl: The First Domino in the Fall of the Soviet Union

136

Terrorism at Munich: Lessons Learned 50 Years On

137

China’s Threat in the Realm of 5G and Cyber

138

Internal Conflicts in the MENA Region

139

The Politics of Classical Aesthetics, Natural Law, and Conflicts in Art

140

How the PLA Applies Sunzi’s Art of War to Contemporary Warfare

141

Anti-Ukrainian Propaganda in Poland

142

External Conflicts in the MENA Region

143

The Strategic and Economic Implications of Anti-Russian Sanctions

144

Beyond Nuclear Crisis: New and Long-Term Strategy for the Korean Peninsula

145

The Abraham Accords: What do they Mean for MENA?

146

America on Europe’s Eastern Frontier

147

The Russia-Ukraine War and Global Energy Security

148

The Behavioral Sciences in U.S. National Security

149

Turkey’s President Erdogan’s Balancing Leading to the 2023 Elections

150

THE 56: Liberty Lessons From Those Who Risked All to Sign The Declaration of Independence

151

The MENA Region in May 2022: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

152

Ukrainian National Identity and Russian Intelligence Failure

153

War in Ukraine: Geopolitical Implications for Europe and the United States

154

Current Discussions on the Rule of Law in Poland

155

The American Rescue of Poland Through Danzig in 1919

156

Channeling Stalin: Unscrambling Russian Propaganda in Ukraine

157

Polish-Ukrainian Relations, Past and Present: Some Thoughts

158

Hitler’s Eastern Dream: Its Origins and Consequences

159

Strategic Deception and Active Measures

160

THE CORPORATE WARRIOR? Strategies for Executives from Top Generals

161

Russia’s War on Ukraine

162

Ukraine and Russia: What’s going on?

163

The Algerian Dream: Youth and the Quest for Dignity

164

Today Hong Kong, Tomorrow the World

165

Does America have the Industrial Base it needs to be a Great Power?

166

The Trend Toward a Concentration of Power and China’s Hegemonic Goal

167

Poland, Martial Law’s 40th Anniversary (13 December 1981-13 December 2021)

168

Conquest Without War: The Threat of Communist Chinese Political Influence Operations

169

Europe is Essential and NATO is the Key

170

National Readiness for Great Power Competition

171

Gaza Conflict 2021: A Book Talk by Jonathan Schanzer

172

Putin’s Playbook: Russia’s Secret Plan to Defeat America

173

Syria, The Tragedy of A Pivotal State

174

The UN’s Human Security Challenge: The Plight of North Korean Refugees in China

175

The Massacre in Jedwabne Revisited

176

The Forgotten Battlefield? September 1939 and the History of World War II

177

Uncle Władek – One Katyn Family Story: Major Władysław Julian Siemek, Geographer (1897 – 1940)

178

Strategic Defense Against Communism: The case of Cardinal Wyszynski (1901 – 1981)

179

The Evolution of Active Measures and Disinformation

180

Inaugural Address By Hon. James H. Anderson, Ph.D., President Of The Institute Of World Politics

181

Keynote Address by GEN (Ret.) Keith Alexander at IWP's 30th (+1!) Anniversary Gala

182

Cyber Terrorism: Current Threats and Responses

183

Defectors and Intelligence

184

Economic Freedom: The Forgotten Weapon in the War on Terror

185

Afghanistan in Perspective

186

The Evolution of U.S. Nuclear Policy: Continuity and Change

187

Security Situation on The Korean Peninsula

188

The Founders’ Philosophy of Foreign Policy

189

A Space Vision To Guide America’s Strategic Competition with China

190

Strategy, Statecraft, and Character in Ulysses S. Grant’s Civil War Memoir

191

Japanese Foreign Intelligence and Grand Strategy

192

The Moral Imperative for Intervention Post-Natural Hazard

193

Operating inside Asia: The Secrets to Success

194

2021 Student Symposium: Incels as a Domestic Terrorist Group

195

2021 Student Symposium: Muqtada al-Sadr and the Mahdi Army: Friend or Foe

196

2021 Student Symposium: Avenging Angels: Russia’s Legacy of Female Terrorism

197

Book Review: MAOISM -- A Global History by Julia Lovell

198

Foreign Threats to the US Federal Elections

199

Fear and Insecurity: Addressing North Korean Threat Perceptions

200

How to Best Leverage U.S. Alliances and Partnerships against the PRC

201

“The Pygmy Among the Giants”? – Polish Eastern Policy

202

The Art of Provocation

203

Iron Felix: The Early Days of Feliks Dzierżyński (1877-1926)

204

Boleslaw Piasecki's Game for Life

205

485 Days at Majdanek, Surviving a German Concentration Camp

206

Religious Freedom as the Cornerstone of the Western World

207

Servants of the Devil: Facilitators of the Criminal and Terrorist Networks

208

The Biden Administration Faces Growing North Korean Threat

209

The Process of Forced Mental Transformation and its Role in World Events

210

Crafting of Natalie Grant’s Book, Disinformation: Soviet Political Warfare

211

Robotic Process Automation

212

Seventy Years of Chinese Strategic Intelligence Threats

213

The Return of Great Power Rivalry

214

Estonia’s “Total Defense” Principle: Learning from History

215

Communist China’s Modern Intelligence Reforms

216

Ethiopia in 2021: Tackling Challenges and Looking Toward the Future

217

Children of the Borderlands by Doctor Lucyna Kulinska

218

Where the Birds Never Sing, The True Story of the Liberation of Dachau

219

Poland at War (1914-1921)

220

Poland's Power and Others vs. the Revolution

221

Revolutionary Slaughter and Pogroms

222

1918: Germany wins and collapses

223

The Devil and Karl Marx: Communism’s Long March of Death, Deception, and Infiltration

224

Taiwan: China’s Most Important Target On The Way To Global Hegemony

225

How Not to Underestimate the Evolving Threat

226

Disinformation and the National Security Implications of Technology

227

Asia’s New Geopolitics: Essays on Reshaping the Indo-Pacific

228

The Dangers of False National Security Narratives

229

Russia: Revolution and Civil War

230

Policies in a Strange Land: Conventional Authorities, Cyber Operations

231

Philippines-U.S. Alliance in a Post-Pandemic World

232

The Katyn Forest Massacre: An Annotated Bibliography of Books in English

233

Experiences of a Polish Officer in the Austrian Army in WWI

234

Stanislawa Leszczynska: The Miracle of Life in a Death Camp

235

Saint John Paul II and President Ronald Reagan – an alliance for good

236

Ronald Reagan and John Paul II: Two Partners Who Won the Cold War and Changed History

237

The Count to be Saint: János Esterházy (1901-1957)

238

The Conservative Revolution: The Movement That Remade America

239

Post-Revolution Sudanese Security Sector Reform and Social Transformation

240

Winning Without War: Building Alliances and Partnerships

241

An Assessment of the Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy

242

Regime Change through Women’s Liberation: The Soviets to the Bush Doctrine

243

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD): Power Needs vs. Water Security

244

Chinese Communist Espionage

245

What will Foreign Policy Look Like in the next Administration?

246

Lessons for Strengthening America at Home and in the World

247

How the Civil War Completed the Constitution: A 2020 Perpetuation Address

248

Transforming US Intelligence for Irregular War: Task Force 714 in Iraq

249

Becoming Kim Jong Un

250

Human Rights Atrocities in North Korea

251

2020 Student Symposium: Deal of the Decade: How the United States Should Handle Afghanistan

252

2020 Student Symposium: New Age Public Diplomacy

253

2020 Student Symposium: The Implications of China’s Belt & Road Initiative for US National Security

254

Electoral Reform in Angola and Mozambique

255

The U.S. and World Order

256

Soviet Defectors: Revelations of Renegade Intelligence Officers, 1924-1954

257

ACTING – in the interest of National Security

258

Countering Islamist Political Extremism by Orchestrating the Instruments of National Power

259

The Power of Humor and Ridicule as a Tool of Influence and Opposition

260

German and Austrian Occupation of the Intermarium, 1915-1919

261

How the Nuclear Arms Control Lobby Killed Arms Control!

262

Perspectives for Peace: The Escalation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani Border

263

Exiled Children - Damned or Delivered?​

264

Bolshevism, non-Bolshevism, and anti-Bolshevism in White Ruthenia, 1917-1920

265

Early Modern Polish Commanders and the Use of Combined Arms​

266

Toward the Catastrophe of Armistice

267

COVID-19 and Global Energy Security

268

Assessing the Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Impact of the Covid-19 Crisis

269

Overlaps between Cyber, Information, and Intelligence Operations

270

China’s Influence in South Korea: Belt and Road and More

271

A Covert Action: Reagan, the CIA, and the Cold War Struggle in Poland

272

U.S. China Relations Post-Coronavirus

273

Brest Litovsk: Roots, Impact, and Implications, December 1917-March 1918

274

Pushing Back Ideological Support for Militant Islamism

275

Taiwan’s Cybersecurity Environment versus China’s Cyber Strategy

276

Reagan’s Cold War: Indications & Warning Intelligence

277

Winning without War: Educating Diplomats, Warriors and Spies!

278

Are we Becoming more Radical? The Rise of Democratic Socialism in America

279

National Self-Determination: Proletarian or Liberal?

280

Islamic Insurgency in Northern Mozambique and its Regional Implications

281

The Role of Nuclear Weapons in China’s Strategy

282

How Might the Coronavirus Pandemic Influence U.S.-China Relations?

283

Don’t Take Your Base: America’s Baseball Diplomacy with Cuba

284

The Intermarium's Nationalisms: Old and New

285

The Great War in the Intermarium

286

Book Review: The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson

287

The Rise of Socialism in American Politics

288

The Virus and the China Threat

289

What is the Economic Impact of the Coronavirus?

290

What is the Impact of the Coronavirus Outbreak on the Energy Market?

291

D-I-M-E Reshuffled, “I” Card High

292

Complicit Campuses? Biased Terror Data, Gulf State Cash, and U.S. National Security

293

False WWII Narratives Circulated by Russian Propaganda

294

How the Kremlin Weaponized Yandex and Telegram in Tensions with Belarus

295

Why the Founders Created the Electoral College

296

Postcards From Hell: Siberia 1940 in Deported Children’s Accounts

297

American Values in a Time of Global trade and Modern Monetary Policy

298

Influencing a Wired World with Cyber Intelligence

299

Ancient and Modern Democracy: Ideology, Morphology, and Pathology

300

Corruption and the Democratic Process in Angola

301

Socialism Then and Now: Cultural Marxism Debate

302

Socialism Then and Now: The Fall of the Berlin Wall

303

Socialism Then and Now: Are Socialism & Communism still viable?

304

Russian Worldview, Grand Strategy and Cyberspace

305

China's Vision of Victory

306

Philippines-US Relations in a Changing Indo-Pacific

307

Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain

308

The Global Counterterrorism Fight Since 2017

309

Three cases of Polish captivity in the years 1918 – 1924

310

Russia’s Use of Private Military Companies to Advance Foreign Policy Goals

311

What does moral courage have to do with the return of Americans taken hostage?

312

Sneak Peek into forthcoming book ‘The Bonfire of the Verities’

313

National Security, Whistle-Blowers and the Nature of Secrecy

314

Witold Pilecki: an ordinary man turned volunteer for Auschwitz? ​

315

Polish lands 1939-1956: Civilians’ Survival Strategies During the War, Occupation, and Liberation​

316

The town of Pinsk, the gubernya of Minsk: On the Eve of the Great War​

317

The Miracle Man on the Vistula​​

318

The Way Forward in the Post Revolution Sudan

319

How Nation States Attack High Value Assets

320

Ideology: A Word in Search of Meaning

321

Remarks: Encounter with Katyn

322

Encounter With Katyn

323

What Thucydides can Teach Us About Hong Kong and China: a Critical Response

324

The War for Muddy Waters: Pirates, Terrorists, Traffickers, and Maritime Insecurity

325

Federal Pianist: The Rueful Tales of the Only One

326

The Middle Eastern Origin of the Venezuela Crisis

327

Examining the Construct of Great-Power Competition

328

Leadership . . . With Chinese Characteristics

329

Stealth War: How China Took Over While America’s Elite Slept

330

Measuring Energy Security Risk: Assessing Risk in a Global Energy Market

331

Assad or We Burn the Country: How One Family’s Lust for Power Destroyed Syria

332

The Red Sea Region between War and Reconciliation

333

Continuous Cyber Security Management: An industry standards based approach

334

President Trump and Iran: Cutting Through the Misinformation

335

War and Humanitarianism: The Case of Maurice Pate (1894-1965)

336

Russification vs Westernization: battle for hearts and minds of Belarusians

337

Israel’s Energy Security and Strategy: Changing Dynamics in the Age of Gas

338

The war begins: Poland, September 1939

339

The Fight So Far

340

How NGOs are Using Digital Media to Advance Human Rights

341

Losing One’s Country Twice, Finding it Once

342

To Lose a Country: France 1940

343

The Artful Recluse: 17th Century China

344

Citizens as Instruments of National Power

345

Chinese Influence Operations Against Taiwan and Beyond

346

A Journey to the Gulag: Experiencing History Through Virtual Reality

347

Human Liberty 2.0 Advancing Universal Rights in the Digital Age

348

Red Crew: Fighting the War on Drugs with Reagan’s Coast Guard

349

Turkey and America: East & West - Where the Twain Meet

350

Subordinating Intelligence: The DoD/CIA Post-Cold War Relationship

351

Valedictory Remarks By Jack Doyle, IWP Class Of 2019

352

Gender Systems and National Security

353

Remarks by General John W. Nicholson, Jr., USA (Ret.) at IWP Commencement

354

Remarks By John Lenczowski At IWP Commencement 2019

355

Invocation By Captain Christopher D. Glass, Sr., USN (Ret.) At IWP Commencement 2019

356

Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters in Germany: An Assessment of the Threat and Policy Options

357

Challenges of the Millennial Generation Towards the Future of U.S. National Security

358

The Geopolitics of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue: Maritime Theory or Practice?

359

China's Belt and Road Initiative: A Story of Assessment and Strategic Adaptation

360

Heaven on Earth: The Rise, Fall, and Afterlife of Socialism

361

New Dynamics of Energy Security; US sanctions on Iran & Venezuela, Shale boom & OPEC

362

America and Canada: The Statecraft of Two Nations

363

Blockchain 2035: The Digital DNA of Internet 3.0

364

The Weaponization of Social Media

365

Between Politics and Social Work

366

Boris Smyslovski: WWII, White Russian, Counterinsurgency and Counterintelligence

367

For the Entente's Cause in Tsarist Uniforms: Polish Military Formations in Tsarist Russia During WWI

368

The United States' Practice of Wartime Detention

369

The New Rules of War: Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder

370

Chinese Espionage and U.S. Security

371

China: Kidnapped by the Communist Party

372

The Challenge of Counterintelligence Cultures

373

Belarus Under Putin's Radar

374

The Economics of Targeted Sanctions

375

No God, No Civilization: The New Atheism and the Fantasy of Perpetual Progress

376

Diplomacy Through Aid: The 2014 - 2015 West African Ebola Epidemic

377

Insider Spies: New Ideas to Counter the Threat

378

The Future of the European Union

379

Insights from an Exiled Venezuelan Opposition Figure

380

Grand Strategy and American Power in the Asia Pacific Since 1783

381

Iraqi Governance and the Challenge of Iranian Interference

382

Suki w Zakone: A Criminal Key to Putin's Russia

383

China's Military and Geopolitical Rise and its Challenge to the US

384

Sovereignty in the 21st Century

385

Economic Democracy: The Unexplored Foundation for a Free Economy

386

The Hunt for and Identification of CIA Traitor Aldrich Ames

387

Saved from Overseas: Contribution of the General Haller’s Army to the Independence of Poland

388

Radical Islam and Resettlement Jihad: Are Poland and Its Neighbors the Next Potential Victims?

389

Russian Cyber Doctrine and the Targeting of U.S. Critical Infrastructure

390

The Secret World: A History of Intelligence

391

Venezuela's Future: Where do we go from here?

392

Competitive Strategy and America's Future

393

Invisible Slaves: The Victims and Perpetrators of Modern-Day Slavery

394

Ethnic and Religious Minorities in Iraq and Syria Panel

395

Confessions of a Corporate Lobbyist

396

China Builds for Global Power Projection

397

The Foundation of the CIA: Harry Truman, The Missouri Gang, and the Origins of the Cold War

398

Democratic Governance as a Strategic Concept for Latin America

399

The Virtue of Nationalism

400

Superpower China: The "Great Game Changer"

401

The Impact of Religion on the American Character

402

The League of the Militant Godless

403

North Korean Military Proliferation in the Middle East and Africa

404

Russian Military History

405

Anatomy of Failure: Why America Loses Every War It Starts

406

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism

407

America’s Generational Challenge: China

408

Energy Trends: Nuclear and Non-nuclear

409

Seoul Leadership, Seoul Power: Riding the Korean Wave

410

Monte Rosa: Memoir of an Accidental Spy

411

Panel 3: Deterring and Defending against the North Korean Threat

412

Panel 2: ROK-US Alliance Issues under Moon & Trump

413

Luncheon Speech with ROK Ambassador to USA

414

Panel 1: Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula

415

COKUSS/CUSKOS 33rd International Security Conference: Opening Ceremony and Remarks

416

OCEANS VENTURED: Winning The Cold War at Sea

417

E Pluribus Unum in Ukraine? Reconciling Conflicting National Identity in the Borderland

418

How to do Global Privatizations from Margaret Thatcher's Investment Banker

419

Russian Strategy and Cyber Influence Operations Against the United States

420

Who's Afraid of China's Belt and Road Initiative?

421

Corruption inside the UN: the Strategic Implications

422

Commencement Address by Vice Chairman John Lovewell

423

Valedictory Remarks by CPT (P) Gregory Abide

424

Commencement Address by Dr. John Lenczowski

425

Address by Secretary of Defense James Mattis at IWP Commencement

426

Student Symposium: Terrorist Threat in the Mali and Sahel Region

427

Student Symposium: Chinese Economic and Security Statecraft in Central Asia

428

Student Symposium: Russia's Pacific Fleet: History, Strategy, and Attempts for Revival

429

Persistent Challenges in South Asia

430

The Lost Kingdom: Memoir of an Afghan Prince - His Royal Highness Prince Ali Seraj

431

Russian Lobby in Belarus: Could Belarus be the Next after Ukraine?

432

Edward Snowden: The Man Who Conned the World

433

Perspectives on Character Assassination

434

Finland: The Most Capable Defence Force in Northern Europe - Brigadier General Pekka Toveri

435

Spy Schools: How Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit U.S. Universities - Daniel Golden

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Trump and Cyber Conflict: An Evidence-Based Discussion

437

Improving Energy Security - Dr. Anna Ebers Broughel

438

Reagan’s 1968 Dress Rehearsal: Ike, RFK, and Reagan’s Emergence as a World Statesman - Gene Kopelson

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Dr. Russell Kirk Commemoration Panel

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Putinomics: Power and Money in Resurgent Russia - Chris Miller

441

The Many Myths of Marxism - Dr. Lee Edwards

442

Reaping the Rewards - Dr. Wayne E. Lee

443

Teamwork, Tone, Tenacity: Military Leadership Lessons That Work Anywhere - Paul Becker

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Current Affairs and Security Issues in Southeastern Europe - Predrag Boškovic, MSc

445

The Statesmanship of Abraham Lincoln - Dr. Allen C. Guelzo

446

The Reporter Who Spilled the Secret behind the U.S. Navy's Victory at Midway

447

For Me, the Truth Is: What Relativism Is and Is Not - Joseph R. Wood

448

George Washington: The Indispensable President - Stephen F. Knott

449

Economic Freedom as a Threat to Terrorism - Dr. Anne Rathbone Bradley

450

Propaganda, Paranoia, and the Public's Interest

451

The Burns-Novick Vietnam War Film: A Different Perspective

452

The Rise of Chinese Seapower: Fear, Honor, and Interest

453

The Terrorist Argument: Modern Advocacy & Propaganda

454

Blood Profits: Corruption and Insurgency in the Americas

455

Slovenian War of Independence: Another Perspective

456

Foundational Information Security

457

Novorossiya or Intermarium? The Fight for Donbas

458

The British Royal Navy and the Collapse of the Atlantic Slave Trade

459

Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century

460

Radical Islam and Resettlement Jihad

461

Iran and the US Response with Dr. Douglas Streusand

462

The Future of Statecraft

463

Reconnaissance on the Eastern Front in WWI

464

Eurasian Geopolitical Power and Its Threat to the U.S.

465

Inside Terrorism

466

10th Annual Kościuszko Chair Conference: Bicentenary of Gen. Thaddeus Kościuszko’s death

467

10th Annual Kościuszko Chair Conference: Is Russia at War with the U.S.?

468

10th Annual Kościuszko Chair Conference: Forced migrations in Poland after 1944

469

10th Annual Kościuszko Chair Conference: Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth

470

Which Orthodox Church in Ukraine? Kirill and Filaret in the Donbas

471

How War With Iran Benefits Russia

472

The Eastern Question, the Crimean War, Lessons for Today

473

(OLD VERSION) The Eastern Question, the Crimean War, Lessons for Today

474

The Soldier Returns: The Veteran’s Odyssey

475

Russian Policy in its Neighborhood

476

No to Russia Engagement: Final Answer of the Trump Administration?

477

The North Korean Energy Picture: Potential and Reality

478

The Origins of Public Diplomacy in US Statecraft

479

Wind from Heaven: John Paul II: The Poet Who Became Pope

480

Russia-Latin America and Caribbean Relations in 2017

481

Does Europe Need Nukes?

482

The Chinese Threat to the World and the Chinese Invasion of Southeast Asia

483

Energy Security: New Market Realities

484

The Constitution of our Character with William B. Allen

485

Social Engineering in Cybersecurity: The Evolution of a Concept

486

The True Ambitions of Russian Foreign Policy Today

487

In Defense of the Fatherland: Russian WWII Narratives as Tools of the Kremlin

488

Politics, Hacking, and the New Russia

489

Islam in the Russian Domain: History, Threats, and Containment

490

Nicaragua: A Renewal of Russian Influence

491

All Measures Short of War: The Contest For the 21st Century and the Future of American Power

492

Where is Paris in the Moscow-Berlin Axis?

493

Hidden in Plain Sight

494

World War II Book Talk: Home Front to Battlefront: An Ohio Teenager in WWII

495

Human Geography of the Caucasus: Identity, Culture, and the Russian Factor

496

The Iraq WMD Program: A Search for Truth

497

John Quincy Adams and the Grand Strategy of the Republic

498

The Indispensability of US Nuclear Weapons and Why Anti-nuke Idealists are Wrong

499

Safety in Tradition: Homeschooling's Unexpected Rise in Post-Soviet Russia

500

Valedictory Remarks By Andrew Harris IWP Commencement 2017

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National Anthem By Staff Sergeant Andre McRae USA IWP Commencement 2017

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Remarks By IWP President John Lenczowski Commencement 2017

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Commencement Remarks By Dr. Hadley Arkes

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Valedictory Remarks By Andrew Harris IWP Commencement 2017

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Invocation By Captain Christopher D. Glass Sr. USN - Retired At IWP Commencement 2017