Modern War Institute The Modern War Institute at West Point generates new knowledge for the profession of arms, enhances the West Point curriculum, and serves as an intellectual resource for solving military problems. Modern War Institute The Modern War Institute at West Point generates new knowledge for the profession of arms, enhances the West Point curriculum, and serves as an intellectual resource for solving military problems. Breadcrumb research centers and institutes modern war institute About the Institute The Modern War Institute (MWI) at West Point is a national resource at the United States Military Academy that studies recent and ongoing conflicts to prepare present and future leaders to win in a complex world. Leveraging the intellectual capital unique to West Point, MWI faculty use a research, educate, and integrate model to remain academically grounded, operationally connected to the force, and fully engaged with cadets and the military program curriculum. As such, MWI directly enhances the quality of cadet military education and training through scholarship, multi-disciplinary contemporary battlefield assessments, symposia, curriculum updates, academy outreach, and strategic communication. Visit the MWI website