The Institute of World Politics (IWP) is an independent, regionally accredited[1] graduate school of national security and international affairs. Founded in 1990 and located in Washington, D.C., U.S., 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.
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The Institute of World Politics offers Master's degree, certificate, and continuing education programs with a professional curriculum covering the various elements of statecraft. Its curriculum includes an interdisciplinary foundational course of study of the relevant elements of comparative political culture, Western moral precepts, practical political economics, and political and diplomatic history.
IWP's curriculum has six major components:
1. The study of all of the elements of statecraft, including: the arts of war, peacemaking, and diplomacy; public diplomacy and cultural diplomacy; psychological strategy and political action; economic strategy; intelligence and counterintelligence; the exercise of intangible instruments of power such as moral leadership, will-power, courage, rhetoric, etc.; and the integration of such elements into overall national strategy.
2. The study of diplomatic history, salient elements of comparative political culture, ideology and religion, the practices of foreign powers, and developments that affect the security interests of the United States. This component focuses on the role and consequences of ideas in international politics. It also includes the study of unpleasant realities of international affairs, such as: treaty violations; massive violations of human rights; terrorism; disinformation, strategic deception, and psychological warfare; economic warfare; espionage; and other instruments employed by authoritarian regimes that the United States is likely to encounter in the world.
3. The review of fundamental principles of American political philosophy, including: democratic republicanism, limited government, individual rights, private property, the rule of law, and morally ordered political/economic liberty.
4. The study of the Western moral tradition and the application of ethics to policy.
5. The study of economics, including economic statecraft and the salient elements of economic theory and history necessary for those working in the defense, intelligence, and foreign affairs communities.
6. Character-building education that encourages those who pursue public service to cultivate those qualities necessary for statesmanship and moral leadership.
The student body at The Institute of World Politics is composed of 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 knowledge and credentials. Students have come to IWP from across the United States as well as approximately 60 countries, every branch of the United States armed forces, most departments of the United States Government, and nearly all members of the United States intelligence community. Though many IWP students and professors hold security clearances, holding a security clearance is not a prerequisite for studying at IWP, as all classroom discussions, coursework, and research takes place at an unclassified level. A majority of IWP graduates gain employment in national security, foreign affairs and intelligence agencies.
The Institute of World Politics is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax-exempt educational institution. It relies solely on private charitable donations and tuition to sustain itself. Tuition accounts for approximately 65% of annual operating expenses.[2] Foundations, corporations, and individuals who choose to support the Institute provide the bulk of its remaining budget as well as long-term capital funding.
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