John Lenczowski

Dr. John Lenczowski (born July 20, 1950 in Hamilton, NY) is the Founder and President of The Institute of World Politics – an independent graduate school of statecraft and national security affairs in Washington, D.C.

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, Lenczowski served in the United States Department of State as Special Advisor to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs. His highest priority was strengthening Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, so they could overcome Soviet jamming and rapidly disseminate news of resistance to Soviet authority. Lenczowksi succeeded in getting $2.5 billion to modernize Voice Of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. In 1981, he became part of the newly founded Active Measures Working Group, which aimed to counter soviet disinformation campaigns. Lenczowski encouraged the group to take a more proactive role in countering disinformation.  From 1983 to 1987, he was Director of European and Soviet Affairs at the National Security Council. In that capacity, he served as principal Soviet affairs advisor to President Ronald Reagan. He was involved in developing many of the policies that helped prompt the collapse of the Soviet empire. One of which came from a memo Lenczowski wrote to President Reagan outlining America's strength and military deterrence by promoting the truth and goals of communism and the Soviet Union.

Lenczowski was educated at the Thacher School, earned his B.A. at the University of California, Berkeley, 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, the University of Maryland, College Park, the American Enterprise Institute, the Ethics and Public Policy Center, the Council for Inter-American Security, and the International Freedom Foundation.

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