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35-586: IWP may refer to: Education [ edit ] The Institute of World Politics , Washington DC, US International Writing Program , Iowa, US Government and politics [ edit ] International Workers Party , an American psychoanalytic-Marxist group (founded 1974) Internationalist Workers Party (Fourth International) , an American Trotskyist group (founded 1980) Interview Waiver Program , for United States visa applicants Science and technology [ edit ] GSM Interworking Profile (DECT) ,

70-1279: A ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House. His other awards include the Honorific Medal for the Defense of Human Rights of the Republic of Poland, the Canterbury Medal of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty , the Philip Merrill Award of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni , the Irving Kristol Award of the American Enterprise Institute , the Sidney Hook Award of the National Association of Scholars ,

105-810: A corresponding member. He is a member of the boards of the Ethics and Public Policy Center (where he is Vice-Chairman of the Board), the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty , the National Center on Sexual Exploitation , the Center for Individual Rights , The Heritage Foundation , the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation , and the Academic Freedom Alliance, which he co-founded in 2021. He

140-504: A mobile telephony standard Indo-West Pacific , a biogeographical region Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title IWP . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IWP&oldid=1176432264 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

175-635: A visiting fellow in law at Oxford University , working on his book Making Men Moral: Civil Liberties and Public Morality . George was promoted to associate professor with tenure at Princeton in 1994 and to professor in 1999, being named to Princeton's McCormick Chair of Jurisprudence, an endowed professorship previously held by Woodrow Wilson , Edward S. Corwin , William F. Willoughby , and Walter F. Murphy . George founded Princeton's James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions in 2000 and serves as its director. While George describes

210-597: Is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education . The institute provides one Doctor of Statecraft and National Security program, seven Master of Arts degrees, and 18 graduate certificates. 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

245-560: Is also a past member of the board of the American Enterprise Institute and the Templeton Foundation Religion Trust. He is Of Counsel to the law firm Robinson & McElwee and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations . George is a contributor to Touchstone , a magazine of which he is also a senior editor. In 2009, George was called the "most influential conservative Christian thinker" in

280-576: Is an American legal scholar, political philosopher, and public intellectual who serves as the sixth McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University . He lectures on constitutional interpretation , civil liberties , philosophy of law , and political philosophy . George is also the founder of the Witherspoon Institute , where he

315-547: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The 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 . His stated purpose for establishing

350-705: 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

385-465: Is of Syrian and Italian descent. The grandson of immigrants, he grew up in Morgantown, West Virginia . George received a Bachelor of Arts from Swarthmore College , a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School , a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School , and a Doctor of Philosophy from Oxford University . As a doctoral student at New College, Oxford , George studied

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420-568: Is the Herbert W. Vaughan senior fellow. He is also a senior fellow of the American Enterprise Institute , and is the Ronald Reagan Honorary Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Nootbaar Honorary Distinguished Professor of Law at Pepperdine University . He has frequently been a visiting professor at Harvard Law School . George was born on July 10, 1955, in Morgantown, West Virginia , and

455-1014: The Middle States Commission on Higher Education . IWP is licensed to operate in Washington, DC by the DC Higher Education Licensure Commission and in Virginia by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia . In 2008, IWP became one of 17 academic institutions qualified by the US Army to host Senior Service Fellows. IWP has awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws to then-U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis , Dr. Hadley Arkes , General Michael Hayden , Victor Davis Hansen , General Raymond Odierno , Robert McFarlane , Robert P. George , Lady Blanka Rosenstiel , Chen Guangcheng , and LTG Michael Flynn . The Institute of World Politics

490-719: The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom in 2013, outgoing Chairwoman Katrina Lantos Swett , a Democrat appointed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , praised George as "a true human rights champion whose compassion for victims of oppression and wisdom about international religious freedom shine through all we have accomplished." George was described by The New Yorker in 2014 as "a widely respected conservative legal philosopher" who has "played [intellectual] godfather to right-leaning students on [the Princeton] campus." George's critics, including some Catholic scholars, have argued that he has neglected critical aspects of

525-627: The "Robert P. George Initiative in Faith, Ethics, and Public Policy" as part of its "Baylor in Washington" program. In 2020, the Initiative became a joint project of the University of Dallas and the American Enterprise Institute . George is a finger-style guitarist and bluegrass banjo player. His guitar playing is in the style of Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed . His banjo playing has been influenced by Earl Scruggs, Don Reno, and Bela Fleck. As

560-930: The Bradley Prize for Civic and Intellectual Achievement, the Paul Bator Award of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy , the Barry Prize of the American Academy of Sciences and Letters, and Princeton University's President's Award for Distinguished Teaching. He holds twenty-three honorary degrees, including a doctorate honoris causa awarded by the Universitat Abat Oliba CEU University in Barcelona. In 2017, Baylor University launched

595-471: The China/Asia Program. 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. Professors emeriti include the late S. Eugene Poteat , Kenneth deGraffenreid , Dr. John J. Tierney, Jr. , and

630-556: The Christian message, including "the corruption of human reason through original sin, the need for forgiveness and charity and the chance for redemption," focusing instead on "mechanics" of morality, and – through his political associations and activism – turned the church "into a tool of Republican Party." On December 8, 2008, George was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal by President George W. Bush in

665-467: 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 . From 1991 to 2005, it maintained an affiliation with Boston University . This affiliation ended in 2006, as IWP attained independent accreditation by

700-594: The Institute. The Institute holds the private library of former CIA Director William Casey and the American Security Council Foundation Library. In 2020, IWP opened a campus in Reston, Virginia. 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

735-564: The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Harvard Law School. Supreme Court Justice and former Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan has praised George as "one of the nation's most respected legal theorists," saying that the respect he had gained was due to "his sheer brilliance, the analytic power of his arguments, the range of his knowledge," and "a deeply principled conviction, a profound and enduring integrity." In announcing his election as chairman of

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770-529: The United States by David Kirkpatrick of the New York Times . Kirkpatrick goes on to state: George's admirers say he is revitalizing a strain of Catholic natural-law thinking that goes back to St. Thomas Aquinas . His scholarship has earned him accolades from religious and secular institutions alike. In one notable week a few years ago, he received invitations to deliver prestigious lectures at

805-404: The accused killer of Dr. George Tiller (a Wichita abortion-provider) was acquitted. For his crimes, Shulman was sentenced by Federal Judge Paul A. Crotty to 41 months' imprisonment and 3 years' supervised release . George endorsed U.S. Senator Ted Cruz in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries . In his own words, he "fiercely opposed" the candidacy of Donald Trump , saying that he

840-797: The effectiveness of large scale government-run social welfare projects in Appalachia and other low income rural and urban areas. In 2009, George founded the American Principles Project , which aimed to create a grass-roots movement around his ideas. He is a past chairman of the National Organization for Marriage , an advocacy group opposed to same-sex marriage , and co-founder of the Renewal Forum, an organization that seeks to end sex trafficking and commercial exploitation of women and children. George

875-643: The following year was elected Chairman of the Commission. He served until hitting the statutory term limit in 2016. He is a former Judicial Fellow at the Supreme Court of the United States , receiving during his tenure there the Justice Tom C. Clark Award. He has served as the U.S. member of UNESCO's World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST), of which he remains

910-447: The late Ambassador Alberto Martinez Piedra . 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. Holding a security clearance is not a prerequisite for studying at IWP, as all coursework takes place at an unclassified level. The Institute of World Politics

945-503: The late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks of Great Britain to combat anti-Semitism. Much of George's work on religious liberty has centered on the idea that religion is a "distinct human good", which he asserts allows people to "live authentically by ordering one's life in line with one's best judgments of conscience." George was threatened with death by abortion rights extremist Theodore Shulman , who also targeted Priests for Life director Rev. Frank Pavone , saying that they would be killed if

980-448: The philosophy of law under the supervision of John Finnis and Joseph Raz and served as a lecturer in jurisprudence at the college. Since the completion of his DPhil, the University of Oxford has presented George with a BCL , DCL , and DLitt . George joined the faculty of Princeton University as an instructor in 1985, and in the following year, he became a tenure-track assistant professor. He spent 1988–89 on sabbatical leave as

1015-449: The program as not ideological, articles in the media have described it as a program that fosters conservative ideals. George has been a frequent conversation partner with Cornel West , a leading left-wing public intellectual , and the two are considered close friends. They have appeared together at colleges and universities around the country, arguing for civil dialogue and a broad conception of campus freedom of speech as essential to

1050-681: The townhouses and later donated them to the Institute. He also endowed the Donald E. Bently Chair of Political Economy. 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. Robert P. George Defunct Newspapers Journals TV channels Websites Other Economics Gun rights Identity politics Nativist Religion Watchdog groups Youth/student groups Miscellaneous Other Robert Peter George (born July 10, 1955)

1085-399: The truth-seeking mission of academic institutions. In March 2017, they jointly published the statement "Truth-Seeking, Democracy, and Freedom of Thought and Expression," in response to what they described as "campus illiberalism," stemming from an incident where an invited speaker and his faculty conversation partner at Middlebury College were shouted down and physically attacked; the letter

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1120-592: The very people who elected Mr. Trump and may well re-elect him." George served from 1993 to 1998 as a presidential appointee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights , and from 2002 to 2009 as a member of the President's Council on Bioethics . George was appointed to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom by the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012, and in

1155-599: Was "a person of poor character." In July 2017, after Trump had become president, George praised his nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. However, he characterized his attempts to restrict immigration to the United States from certain countries as "unnecessary and therefore unjust." He went on to say, "One thing you have to say for President Trump is that he has been fortunate in his enemies. Although he gives them plenty to legitimately criticize him about, they always go overboard and thus discredit themselves with

1190-562: Was one of the drafters of the 2009 Manhattan Declaration , a manifesto signed by Orthodox, Catholic and Evangelical leaders that "promised resistance to the point of civil disobedience against any legislation that might implicate their churches or charities in abortion, embryo-destructive research or same-sex marriage." He has also joined with Muslim scholar Shaykh Hamza Yusuf in urging hotel chains and other businesses to refrain from offering or promoting pornography. He has worked closely with his former student Rabbi Meir Soloveichik and with

1225-615: Was picked up by national media. George twice served as Governor of the West Virginia Democratic Youth Conference, and attended the 1976 Democratic National Convention as an alternate delegate. He moved to the right in the 1980s, largely due to his views on abortion , and left the Democratic Party as a result of what he saw as its increasingly strong commitment to legal abortion and its public funding, and his growing skepticism about

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