Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies

Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies

Named after	Arnold A. Saltzman
Founded	1951
Founder	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Type	Research Center
Location	Morningside Heights, New York City, New York, U.S.
Director	Page Fortna
Key people	William T. R. Fox Warner R. Schilling Richard K. Betts
Parent organization	Columbia University
Website	www.siwps.org
Formerly called	Institute of War and Peace Studies

The Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies (SIWPS) is a research center that is part of Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs in New York. It was founded in 1951 by President of Columbia Dwight D. Eisenhower as the Institute of War and Peace Studies (IWPS) and was led for its first 25 years by Professor William T. R. Fox. It was given its current name in 2003. By its own description, the institute's researchers analyze "the political, military, historical, legal, economic, moral, psychological, and philosophical dimensions of international relations."^[1]