Dear IPS students, faculty, staff, and members of the Carnegie Mellon community,
The alumni featured in this week's spotlights both felt the influence of internships in Washington, DC, on their careers.
Jacki Cortese knew she had to get back there. She eventually returned as an intern for NASA, and now she is a Senior Manager of Civil Space Government Relations at Blue Origin, one of the leading commercial spaceflight companies.
Billy Joraskie went from DC to the Pennsylvania state legislature in Harrisburg, and the dichotomy between the two showed him the immediacy of the impact available in state and local politics. He is now a budget analyst for Pennsylvania State Senator Pat Browne, the chairman of the Appropriations Committee.
Read on to learn more about Cortese and Joraskie, the story of the economic agreement between Serbia and Kosovo from Presidential Envoy for Kosovo/Serbia and IPS Senior Fellow Richard Grenell, and of course the latest educational and professional opportunities.
Sincerely,
Bill Brink
IPS Communications Specialist
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Richard Grenell grasped the depths of the economic issues between Serbia and Kosovo early. While planning trips to Pristina, Kosovo’s capital, and Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, the US Ambassador to Germany and his staff found that you couldn’t fly from one to the other.
“I thought, wow, if we can’t fly, that means there’s a whole bunch of businesses that can’t fly between the two, and commerce is really stuck,” said Grenell, who would become the Presidential Envoy to Kosovo-Serbia and is now a Senior Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University’s Institute for Politics and Strategy.
The lack of air travel informed Grenell’s approach as he led negotiations that resulted in an agreement to normalize economic relations between the two sides. The agreement, signed in September, intentionally eschewed the politics in the region to focus on commerce and job creation. Read more
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Missed any of our events? Catch up with an article and a video!
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The increase in homeschooling during the COVID-19 pandemic has given terrorist organizations new targets for digital recruiting, IPS Assistant Teaching Professor Colin Clarke told the Financial Times.
“It ... sends exactly the wrong signal – that the fight against ISIS is over, which anyone paying attention clearly recognizes is not the case.” IPS Assistant Teaching Professor Colin Clarke spoke to The National about the resignation of Christopher Maier from the Pentagon.
“In many ways, he was the bridge leader from Osama bin Laden that allowed Al-Qaeda to remain a cohesive entity,” IPS Assistant Teaching Professor Colin Clarke told Daily News Egypt. “While Al-Zawahiri certainly lacked charisma, his leadership did prove capable in maintaining Al-Qaeda’s core relationships with its affiliate and franchise groups.”
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Professional and Academic Opportunities |
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Professor Scott Sagan is seeking a tenacious research assistant with first-rate analytical capabilities and outstanding academic credentials to conduct social science research, draft reports, support teaching and lecture activities, and assist with a range of administrative needs. The candidate will research and write about international security issues including nuclear weapons policy, public opinion on the use of force, nuclear nonproliferation, and the laws of armed conflict and ethics of war. Candidates should be familiar with nuclear policy or ethics in war issues desired.
This is a fixed-term position. The position will begin summer of 2021 and the term concludes August 31, 2022, and may be extended based on programmatic need and funding availability.
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Applications for the Technology and Public Purpose (TAPP) Fellowship hosted at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs are now open for the 2021-2022 academic year!
Crafted in response to the greater need to train people to carry out multidisciplinary tech policy and practitioner analysis in both government and industry, the fellowship is open to individuals from all disciplines — whether that is product management, software engineering, policy development, investing, or civil advocacy — with a demonstrated interest in tech and public purpose in their work.
Fellows are appointed for a nine-month term and are part of a cohort responsible for conducting independent research in a tech and public purpose field, such as privacy, safety and security, transparency and accountability, or diversity and inclusion.
Applications close January 11, 2021 at 11:59pm EST.
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Applications are open for the the American Political Science Association's Ralph Bunche Summer Institute Program
The Ralph Bunche Summer Institute Program is an annual, intensive five-week program held at Duke University. The program is designed to introduce aspiring political scientists to the world of doctoral study. The program is open to students from traditionally underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds or those interested in broadening participation in political science and pursuing scholarship on issues affecting underrepresented groups or issues of tribal sovereignty and governance.
To apply, create an APSA profile and submit an online application. All application materials (transcripts and letters of recommendation) must be submitted through the online application portal to be reviewed by the selection committee. You may submit unofficial transcripts or degree audits in lieu of official transcripts for the purposes of application
Deadline: January 15, 2021.
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Call for Applications: CISAC 2021-22 International Security Fellowships
The Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford University is seeking applicants for its 2021-2022 Fellowship Program. Every year, CISAC offers approximately fifteen fellowships to predoctoral students, postdoctoral scholars, and junior faculty members who are researching topics related to international security, nuclear security, biosecurity, environmental security, and digital security that contain elements of policy-relevance.
The application deadline is January 15, 2021. Interested candidates can apply here.
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Attend a virtual info session for Vanderbilt Law School's PhD Program in Law and Economics
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. EST
The Vanderbilt Law School Ph.D. Program in Law and Economics invites you to attend a virtual information session on Tuesday, December 15th. In this Zoom info session, prospective students can learn more about Vanderbilt Law School's fully-integrated, fully-funded graduate program in law and economics.
Learn from current program students how they conduct policy-relevant research through our innovative law and economics curriculum, and ask questions about the program and application process from current faculty, staff, and students. Applications for Fall 2021 are currently open.
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APSIA Virtual Open Houses
Want to learn more about some of the most crucial issues facing our world today? Want to connect with some of the best graduate programs in the world while doing so? Register today for a free online series of events featuring leading grad schools from around the world, presented by the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs.
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Saw something in a previous issue of this newsletter that isn't included here? Check the archives.
Govern For America is searching for the next generation of public-sector leaders to address our nation’s biggest challenges. Apply for a fellowship by December 21.
Apply now for the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments Journalism Seminar Series. Interested parties should submit a current CV and cover letters to [email protected] by Friday, December 11, 2020.
The RAND Pardee School offers a full-time PhD program in policy analysis — the first and largest of its kind in the country. Apply by January 5, 2021.
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