ISW provides analysis and expertise to US policymakers and media on national security issues. Their analysts and board members regularly testify before Congress and are cited by major media. ISW also educates the next generation of security leaders through internship and fellowship programs. They have trained nearly 100 young professionals. Additionally, ISW revolutionizes intelligence gathering by analyzing unclassified sources to provide early warnings on crises.

1. AT THE FOREFRONT OF
NATIONAL SECURITY

2. Keeping U.S. decision-makers and the public
informed

3. Anastasia Vlasova taking photos
of Berkut during Euromaidan, Kyiv,
December 8, 2013
Photo by Pavlo Podufalov
ISW’s president Kimberly Kagan testifies to the Congress about U.S.
policies in the Middle East.

4. Our analysts and board members are subject matter experts for major
media and Congress. You can follow ISW on Twitter @TheStudyofWar.

5. ISW maps continue to be used by major news sources as a crucial visual
complement to breaking news stories and cutting edge analysis.

6. .
ISW’s president Kimberly Kagan hosts a talk about the future of the
Army with former U.S. Army Chief of Staff, General Raymond T. Odierno.

7. Educating the next generation of security
leaders

8. General David H. Petraeus (U.S . Army, Ret.) leads a
discussion on counterinsurgency with students of the
Hertog War Studies Program.

9. Anastasia Vlasova in war-torn Mariupol on
January 26, 2015
Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka
ISW has provided training to near 100 young leaders through both ISW
internship program and the Hertog War Studies Program. The program
alumni have been already using the knowledge working for the leading
private and public sector organizations in the area of security.
Lieutenant General James Dubik (U.S. Army, Ret.) discusses strategy and
tactics while on a tour of the Gettysburg battlefield with Hertog War
Studies Program students.

10. ISW Syria Team interns discuss military engagements around the eastern
city of Deir ez-Zour as they prepare their weekly Intelligence Summary
(INTSUM).

11. Revolutionizing the conduct of intelligence
from unclassified sources

12. ISW issues accurate and
prescient early warnings, as we
strongly believe that
intelligence should inform
decision-makers before crisis
strikes when there are more
opportunities to act.

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Corporate Council by contacting the ISW development department at
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