Washington Program on National Security (WaPoNS)

Applications Now Open for AHI Summer National Security Program

Applications are now open for the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) Washington Program on National Security (WaPoNS) which will be held June 16 to 29, 2019. Application materials should be sent to either AHI Senior Fellow Dr. Juliana Pilon (juliana.geran.pilon@gmail.com) or AHI Executive Director Robert Paquette (bob@theahi.org). The deadline for applications [...]

AHI’s Washington Program on National Security “An Incredible Two Weeks”

One of the most lauded initiatives of the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is its Annual Washington Program on National Security (WAPONS). Directed by AHI Senior Fellow, Dr. Juliana Geran Pilon, the program concluded its third year on June 30 with an impressive group of students from across the country, bringing [...]

Dr. Stephen Bryen Discusses Cyber Security with AHI-WAPONS Students

On June 27th 2018 to the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) Washington Program on National Security (WAPONS) spent some time listening to Dr. Stephen Bryen, former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Trade Security Policy about cyber security. Dr. Bryen recently blogged about his session with the students "Cyber Security [...]

AHI Senior Fellow Juliana Geran Pilon Publishes New Book Review

Juliana Geran Pilon, Senior Fellow Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) recently published a review in the Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs of the two books "Jews and Leftist Politics: Judaism, Israel, Antisemitism, and Gender," edited by Jack Jacobs (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017) and "Antisemitism and the Left: On the Return [...]

AHI’s Juliana Geran Pilon and Academic Advisor Roger Pilon Headline U of C Annual Career Conference

Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) Senior Fellow Juliana Geran Pilon and her husband Roger Pilon, member of the AHI’s Board of Academic Advisors, participated in the University of Chicago’s Ninth Annual Career Conference for graduate students and postdocs on April 6, 2018.  The Pilons, who between them have five U of [...]

Applications are Now Open for the 2018 AHI Washington Program on National Security (WAPONS)

Applications are now being accepted for the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) Washington Program on National Security (WaPoNS) program June 18 – June 30, 2018, in Washington, DC.  The application deadline for submission is May 4, 2018 and application requirements include: ⦁ The most recent transcript of courses and grades ⦁ Two [...]

AHI Announces Annual Conference on American Polity to be Held at Colgate University

The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that the Annual Undergraduate Conference on the American Polity will be held in 2018 at Colgate University, April 13-14. The event will feature Russian-born journalist Cathy Young and Jamie Muir, a philosopher who specializes in education. Dr. Elizabeth L'Arrivee, lecturer [...]

From the President’s Desk

Dear Friend: On September 17, The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) celebrated its tenth anniversary. AHI Charter Fellow Douglas Ambrose delivered the Tenth Annual David Aldrich Nelson Lecture on Constitutional Jurisprudence, an electrifying performance to a packed house on "Revisiting the Idea of a Godless Constitution.” As the holiday season [...]

AHI’s Washington Program on National Security an “Amazing Experience”

The nation’s capital was once again host to a remarkable group of college students from throughout the United States, participants in the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization’s (AHI) increasingly well-known Washington Program on National Security (WAPONS). The program, now in its second year, was made possible by a generous grant from the Lynde and [...]

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