Dr. John Lenczowski is the Founder and President of The Institute of World Politics

The Institute of World Politics

The Institute of World Politics is an independent, regionally accredited 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...

 – an independent graduate school of statecraft and national security affairs in Washington, D.C.

Professional life

Dr. John Lenczowski founded the Institute of World Politics as a private academic institution dedicated to teaching all the arts of statecraft in service of the defense of American liberty, including: diplomacy, military strategy, peacemaking, public diplomacy, opinion formation and political warfare, intelligence and counterintelligence, homeland security, economic strategy, and moral leadership.

From 1981 to 1983, Dr. Lenczowski served in the United States Department of State

United States Department of State

The United States Department of State , is the United States federal executive department responsible for international relations of the United States, equivalent to the foreign ministries of other countries...

 as Special Advisor to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs. From 1983 to 1987, he was Director of European and Soviet Affairs at the National Security Council

United States National Security Council

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. In that capacity, he served as principal Soviet affairs advisor to President Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

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. He was involved in developing many of the policies that helped prompt the collapse of the Soviet empire.

Education and other affiliations

Dr. Lenczowski was educated at the Thatcher School, earned his B.A. at the University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

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, and received his M.A. and Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. He has been associated with several academic and research institutions in the Washington area, including Georgetown University

Georgetown University

Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...

, the University of Maryland, College Park

University of Maryland, College Park

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, the American Enterprise Institute

American Enterprise Institute

The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research is a conservative think tank founded in 1943. Its stated mission is "to defend the principles and improve the institutions of American freedom and democratic capitalism—limited government, private enterprise, individual liberty and...

, the Ethics and Public Policy Center

Ethics and Public Policy Center

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, the Council for Inter-American Security, and the International Freedom Foundation

International Freedom Foundation

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Publications and media appearances

He is the author of The Sources of Soviet Perestroika (Ashbrook Center, Ashland University, 1990), Soviet Perceptions of U.S. Foreign Policy (Cornell University Press, 1982), and numerous other writings on U.S. foreign policy, public diplomacy, Soviet/Russian affairs, comparative ideologies, intelligence, and strategy. His articles have been published in The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal

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, The Washington Times

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, and The Christian Science Monitor

The Christian Science Monitor

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, and nationally syndicated by the Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

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. Dr. Lenczowski has testified before Congress and appeared on national television programs such as PBS’s MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour, American Interests, and Techno-Politics, CNN’s Crossfire and TalkBack Live, the Fox News Channel

Fox News Channel

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, and C-SPAN

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Personal life

Dr. Lenczowski is the son of George Lenczowski

George Lenczowski

George Lenczowski was a lawyer, diplomat, scholar, and Professor of Political Science, Emeritus, at the University of California, Berkeley. Lenczowski was a pioneer in his field as the founder and first chair of the Committee of Middle Eastern Studies at Berkeley...

, and is married with two children.

External links

The Institute of World Politics, Faculty Profile http://www.iwp.edu/faculty/detail/john-lenczowski-2

Ashbrook Center http://www.ashbrook.org/events/lecture/1989/lenczowski.html

Lecture at Texas A&M University http://www.phillysoc.org/lenctex.htm