The Institute of World Politics

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The Institute of World Politics' headquarters in Washington, D.C.
The Institute of World Politics' headquarters in Washington, D.C.

The Institute of World Politics (IWP) is an independent, regionally accredited graduate school of national security and international affairs. Founded in 1990 and located in Washington, DC, the school focuses on the development of leaders in the intelligence, national security, and diplomatic communities and the teaching of the ethical exercise of statecraft in international relations. Its faculty consists primarily of senior scholar-practitioners from the intelligence, national security and diplomatic communities. It currently offers three Master of Arts degrees: Statecraft and National Security Affairs; Statecraft and World Politics; and Strategic Intelligence Studies. It also offers Certificates of Graduate Study and continuing education courses. It is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and licensed by the District of Columbia Education Licensure Commission.

[edit] Funding

The Institute of World Politics has received almost all of its grants from conservative organizations with primarily free market ideals. These contributors include the Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation ($1,078,000), the Earhart Foundation ($842,597), the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation ($395,000), the Smith Richardson Foundation ($212,500), the John M. Olin Foundation ($100,000), the JM Foundation ($45,000), and the Castle Rock Foundation ($25,000). IWP has also accepted a total of $850,000 from the Charlotte and Walter Kohler Charitable Trust.[1] [2] The only organizations without political ties that have donated to IWP are the William H. Donner Foundation ($240,000) and the Hickory Foundation[3]($275,000).


[edit] References

  1. ^ Media Transparency: Grants to Institute of World Politics. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  2. ^ While the Charlotte and Walter Kohler Charitable Trust is technically independent, it has given large donation to conservative and religious organizations such as the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution, the Rockford Institute, and Nashotah House. Charlotte and Walter Kohler Charitable Trust: Tax Exempt/NonProfit Organization Information. Retrieved on 2008-04-14. Media Transparency: Charlotte and Walter Kohler Charitable Trust. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  3. ^ Though the Hickory Foundation has given over $1 million to The Empire Foundation for Policy Research, a conservative oranization. Media Transparency: Hickory Foundation. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.

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