Bridging The Gap
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Promoting scholarly contributions to public debate and decision making on global challenges and U.S. foreign policy.
We are pleased to spotlight another incredible BTG alum for their important work!
Dr. Muhib Rahman's “The Folly of India’s Illiberal Hegemony” was published in Foreign Affairs. Read about how "China gains from New Delhi’s support for South Asian autocrats": www.foreignaffairs.com/south-asia/f...
Dr. Muhib Rahman's “The Folly of India’s Illiberal Hegemony” was published in Foreign Affairs. Read about how "China gains from New Delhi’s support for South Asian autocrats": www.foreignaffairs.com/south-asia/f...
The Folly of India’s Illiberal Hegemony
China gains from New Delhi’s support for South Asian autocrats.
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January 22, 2026 at 5:45 PM
We are pleased to spotlight another incredible BTG alum for their important work!
Dr. Muhib Rahman's “The Folly of India’s Illiberal Hegemony” was published in Foreign Affairs. Read about how "China gains from New Delhi’s support for South Asian autocrats": www.foreignaffairs.com/south-asia/f...
Dr. Muhib Rahman's “The Folly of India’s Illiberal Hegemony” was published in Foreign Affairs. Read about how "China gains from New Delhi’s support for South Asian autocrats": www.foreignaffairs.com/south-asia/f...
Media spotlight: We're excited to highlight BTG alum Dr. Lawrence Rubin, who recently joined PBS “Global Perspectives” as a featured guest, exploring how space and emerging technologies are reshaping the region’s strategic landscape.
Watch the episode here: www.pbs.org/video/dr-law...
Watch the episode here: www.pbs.org/video/dr-law...
Global Perspectives | Dr. Lawrence Rubin | Season 2025 | Episode 6
Dr. Rubin is co-director of the GTDC Program, Assoc. Prof. in the School of International Affairs.
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January 15, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Media spotlight: We're excited to highlight BTG alum Dr. Lawrence Rubin, who recently joined PBS “Global Perspectives” as a featured guest, exploring how space and emerging technologies are reshaping the region’s strategic landscape.
Watch the episode here: www.pbs.org/video/dr-law...
Watch the episode here: www.pbs.org/video/dr-law...
Postdoc Opportunity Alert: The Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) is hiring multiple positions!
A great opportunity for recent PhDs working on great power competition, deterrence, arms control, or related topics who want to stay active in both policy and academia. Applications due Jan. 17.
A great opportunity for recent PhDs working on great power competition, deterrence, arms control, or related topics who want to stay active in both policy and academia. Applications due Jan. 17.
Center for Global Security Research Postdoctoral Researcher
<p><strong>Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!</strong></p><p>Are you interested in joining some of the brightest talent in the world to strengthen the United States’ security? Come join Lawrence...
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January 12, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Postdoc Opportunity Alert: The Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) is hiring multiple positions!
A great opportunity for recent PhDs working on great power competition, deterrence, arms control, or related topics who want to stay active in both policy and academia. Applications due Jan. 17.
A great opportunity for recent PhDs working on great power competition, deterrence, arms control, or related topics who want to stay active in both policy and academia. Applications due Jan. 17.
We are excited to give a special shout out to BTG member Katie Whipkey, the lead author for the recently published report, 2025 Defining Feminist Foreign Policy. Read it here: lnkd.in/d3J6kwbr
Katie also participated in an interview with Modern Diplomacy about the report: lnkd.in/efnFzBta
Katie also participated in an interview with Modern Diplomacy about the report: lnkd.in/efnFzBta
January 7, 2026 at 10:24 PM
We are excited to give a special shout out to BTG member Katie Whipkey, the lead author for the recently published report, 2025 Defining Feminist Foreign Policy. Read it here: lnkd.in/d3J6kwbr
Katie also participated in an interview with Modern Diplomacy about the report: lnkd.in/efnFzBta
Katie also participated in an interview with Modern Diplomacy about the report: lnkd.in/efnFzBta
The Bridging the Gap team is humbled and grateful to announce continued programming with renewed funding of $2+ million through 2028!
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January 7, 2026 at 6:36 PM
The Bridging the Gap team is humbled and grateful to announce continued programming with renewed funding of $2+ million through 2028!
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Good Authority announces the call for its 2026/2027 fellows program! Fellows will receive training and mentorship in public engagement, especially in writing blog posts about political science research in ways that are accessible and engaging to a broader audience.
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Announcing the 2026-2027 Good Authority fellows program!
Apply by Jan. 9, 2026 to join the Good Authority team of contributors.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Good Authority announces the call for its 2026/2027 fellows program! Fellows will receive training and mentorship in public engagement, especially in writing blog posts about political science research in ways that are accessible and engaging to a broader audience.
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IPSI applications are now open for 2026!
This 5-day professional workshop helps international affairs scholars sharpen policy engagement, media skills, and public-facing writing. Professors and post-docs are encouraged to apply.
Spread the word to your networks! bridgingthegapproject.org/ipsi
This 5-day professional workshop helps international affairs scholars sharpen policy engagement, media skills, and public-facing writing. Professors and post-docs are encouraged to apply.
Spread the word to your networks! bridgingthegapproject.org/ipsi
IPSI — Bridging the Gap
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December 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
IPSI applications are now open for 2026!
This 5-day professional workshop helps international affairs scholars sharpen policy engagement, media skills, and public-facing writing. Professors and post-docs are encouraged to apply.
Spread the word to your networks! bridgingthegapproject.org/ipsi
This 5-day professional workshop helps international affairs scholars sharpen policy engagement, media skills, and public-facing writing. Professors and post-docs are encouraged to apply.
Spread the word to your networks! bridgingthegapproject.org/ipsi
Shout out to BTG Director Suparna Chaudhry on her recent media appearances!
"Why everybody is hating on NGOs," NPR Think: bit.ly/3Kj6Qkf
"Busting myths about young Australian voters, plus the decline of NGOs," Australia Broadcasting Corporation, Late Night Live with David Marr: bit.ly/3M07qEd
"Why everybody is hating on NGOs," NPR Think: bit.ly/3Kj6Qkf
"Busting myths about young Australian voters, plus the decline of NGOs," Australia Broadcasting Corporation, Late Night Live with David Marr: bit.ly/3M07qEd
Why everybody is hating on NGOs - Think
Suparna Chaudhry joins guest host John McCaa to discuss what happened to the reputation of NGOs.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Shout out to BTG Director Suparna Chaudhry on her recent media appearances!
"Why everybody is hating on NGOs," NPR Think: bit.ly/3Kj6Qkf
"Busting myths about young Australian voters, plus the decline of NGOs," Australia Broadcasting Corporation, Late Night Live with David Marr: bit.ly/3M07qEd
"Why everybody is hating on NGOs," NPR Think: bit.ly/3Kj6Qkf
"Busting myths about young Australian voters, plus the decline of NGOs," Australia Broadcasting Corporation, Late Night Live with David Marr: bit.ly/3M07qEd
Congratulations to BTG member Jamie J. Hagen on her new book!
Read Queering Women, Peace and Security: Expanding Feminist Approaches to Gender in Peacebuilding, published by Oxford University Press: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Read Queering Women, Peace and Security: Expanding Feminist Approaches to Gender in Peacebuilding, published by Oxford University Press: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Congratulations to BTG member Jamie J. Hagen on her new book!
Read Queering Women, Peace and Security: Expanding Feminist Approaches to Gender in Peacebuilding, published by Oxford University Press: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Read Queering Women, Peace and Security: Expanding Feminist Approaches to Gender in Peacebuilding, published by Oxford University Press: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Congratulations to BTG member Kai M. Thaler for his new article published in Security Studies.
Check out "Stumbling out of the Gates: Security Strategy and Military Weakness after Revolutionary Victory" here: doi.org/10.1080/0963...
Check out "Stumbling out of the Gates: Security Strategy and Military Weakness after Revolutionary Victory" here: doi.org/10.1080/0963...
Stumbling out of the Gates: Security Strategy and Military Weakness after Revolutionary Victory
Revolutionary regimes may prove durable over time, yet they are often weak and militarily ineffective after victory. How do the circumstances of victory shape these weaknesses? Where old regime sec...
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November 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Congratulations to BTG member Kai M. Thaler for his new article published in Security Studies.
Check out "Stumbling out of the Gates: Security Strategy and Military Weakness after Revolutionary Victory" here: doi.org/10.1080/0963...
Check out "Stumbling out of the Gates: Security Strategy and Military Weakness after Revolutionary Victory" here: doi.org/10.1080/0963...
Now accepting applications: Foreign Policy for America’s NextGen Initiative is a unique opportunity for young foreign policy leaders to take action, engage with a strong community, and grow professionally.
Learn more: www.fp4america.org/nextgen-init...
Apply by Nov. 24: forms.gle/GwTraNgQQqeq...
Learn more: www.fp4america.org/nextgen-init...
Apply by Nov. 24: forms.gle/GwTraNgQQqeq...
NextGen Initiative - Foreign Policy for America
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November 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Now accepting applications: Foreign Policy for America’s NextGen Initiative is a unique opportunity for young foreign policy leaders to take action, engage with a strong community, and grow professionally.
Learn more: www.fp4america.org/nextgen-init...
Apply by Nov. 24: forms.gle/GwTraNgQQqeq...
Learn more: www.fp4america.org/nextgen-init...
Apply by Nov. 24: forms.gle/GwTraNgQQqeq...
Call for applications: The Simon-Skjodt Center's 2026–2027 Genocide and Atrocity Prevention Research Fellowship is designed for early-career scholars advancing policy-relevant research on genocide, mass atrocities, and prevention. Fellows receive funding, travel support, and more. Apply by Dec. 15!
Call for Applications: 2026–2027 Genocide and Atrocity Prevention Research Fellowships - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The fellowships will provide support for policy-relevant research on the prevention or mitigation of mass atrocities.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Call for applications: The Simon-Skjodt Center's 2026–2027 Genocide and Atrocity Prevention Research Fellowship is designed for early-career scholars advancing policy-relevant research on genocide, mass atrocities, and prevention. Fellows receive funding, travel support, and more. Apply by Dec. 15!
We're pleased to spotlight BTG Alum Wendy Leutert's recent policy publication with the RAND Corporation entitled “China’s Growing Domestic Economic, Social, and Environmental Challenges."
Read the article here: www.rand.org/pubs/conf_pr...
Read the article here: www.rand.org/pubs/conf_pr...
Understanding China’s Politics, Policies, and Society: Papers Presented at a RAND Corporation Conference on China Research
In light of the challenges brought about by a more complicated and consequential China, whose internal resources have become harder for foreign scholars and experts to access, RAND organized a large-s...
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October 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
We're pleased to spotlight BTG Alum Wendy Leutert's recent policy publication with the RAND Corporation entitled “China’s Growing Domestic Economic, Social, and Environmental Challenges."
Read the article here: www.rand.org/pubs/conf_pr...
Read the article here: www.rand.org/pubs/conf_pr...
CONGRATULATIONS to Bruce Jentleson, BTG Senior Advisor, who has been appointed to serve a two-year term on the Committee on Conscience, which plays a key advisory role for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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Bruce Jentleson Appointed to U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Committee on Conscience | Sanford School of Public Policy
Sanford faculty member Bruce W. Jentleson has been appointed to serve a two-year term on the Committee on Conscience, which plays a key advisory role for the U.S. Holocau
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October 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
CONGRATULATIONS to Bruce Jentleson, BTG Senior Advisor, who has been appointed to serve a two-year term on the Committee on Conscience, which plays a key advisory role for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
sanford.duke.edu/story/bruce-...
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Congratulations to BTG community member Danielle Lupton on a new publication in PS: Political Science & Politics!
Check out "Base Assumptions: The Complex Electoral Geography of Stateside US Military Installations" below.
Check out "Base Assumptions: The Complex Electoral Geography of Stateside US Military Installations" below.
Base Assumptions: The Complex Electoral Geography of Stateside US Military Installations | PS: Political Science & Politics | Cambridge Core
Base Assumptions: The Complex Electoral Geography of Stateside US Military Installations
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October 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Congratulations to BTG community member Danielle Lupton on a new publication in PS: Political Science & Politics!
Check out "Base Assumptions: The Complex Electoral Geography of Stateside US Military Installations" below.
Check out "Base Assumptions: The Complex Electoral Geography of Stateside US Military Installations" below.
BTG community member Gregory Winger recently had an article published in War on the Rocks. Read "Washington’s Ironclad Commitments Are Rusting in the Indo-Pacific": bit.ly/3IXOQLR
The article is partly based on an article published with Contemporary Security Policy, available here: bit.ly/4q6AQzX
The article is partly based on an article published with Contemporary Security Policy, available here: bit.ly/4q6AQzX
Washington’s Ironclad Commitments Are Rusting in the Indo-Pacific
The recent wave of meetings between U.S. officials and allies in the Indo-Pacific have been studies in the duality of American diplomacy under President
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October 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
BTG community member Gregory Winger recently had an article published in War on the Rocks. Read "Washington’s Ironclad Commitments Are Rusting in the Indo-Pacific": bit.ly/3IXOQLR
The article is partly based on an article published with Contemporary Security Policy, available here: bit.ly/4q6AQzX
The article is partly based on an article published with Contemporary Security Policy, available here: bit.ly/4q6AQzX
Congratulations to BTG team member Danielle Gilbert for her recent article, "Trump wants to punish countries that wrongfully detain U.S. citizens."
Read how "a new executive order aims to strike back against 'hostage diplomacy.'"
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Read how "a new executive order aims to strike back against 'hostage diplomacy.'"
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Trump wants to punish countries that wrongfully detain U.S. citizens
A new executive order aims to strike back against “hostage diplomacy.”
goodauthority.org
October 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Congratulations to BTG team member Danielle Gilbert for her recent article, "Trump wants to punish countries that wrongfully detain U.S. citizens."
Read how "a new executive order aims to strike back against 'hostage diplomacy.'"
goodauthority.org/news/trump-w...
@danigilbert.bsky.social
Read how "a new executive order aims to strike back against 'hostage diplomacy.'"
goodauthority.org/news/trump-w...
@danigilbert.bsky.social
Call for applications! Recent doctoral graduates or soon-to-be graduates, check out this great postdoc opportunity at MIT's Center for International Studies: cis.mit.edu/opportunitie...
Applications will be reviewed starting October 15, so prospective applicants are encouraged to apply soon!
Applications will be reviewed starting October 15, so prospective applicants are encouraged to apply soon!
Postdoctoral Associate Program | Center for International Studies
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October 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Call for applications! Recent doctoral graduates or soon-to-be graduates, check out this great postdoc opportunity at MIT's Center for International Studies: cis.mit.edu/opportunitie...
Applications will be reviewed starting October 15, so prospective applicants are encouraged to apply soon!
Applications will be reviewed starting October 15, so prospective applicants are encouraged to apply soon!
BTG alum Meicen Sun recently wrote an op-ed published in The Hill on the need to expand, not shrink, the H-1B visa.
Read it here: thehill.com/opinion/immi...
Read it here: thehill.com/opinion/immi...
October 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
BTG alum Meicen Sun recently wrote an op-ed published in The Hill on the need to expand, not shrink, the H-1B visa.
Read it here: thehill.com/opinion/immi...
Read it here: thehill.com/opinion/immi...
2025 IPSI alum Hana Attia recently published the article 'When and How Do Presidents Terminate Sanctions? The Effect of Domestic Factors on US Sanctions Policy.' Check it out below!
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When and How Do Presidents Terminate Sanctions? The Effect of Domestic Factors on US Sanctions Policy
Abstract. How do domestic factors influence US presidents’ decisions to lift sanctions? Drawing on work emphasizing the domestic costs related to leaders’
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September 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
2025 IPSI alum Hana Attia recently published the article 'When and How Do Presidents Terminate Sanctions? The Effect of Domestic Factors on US Sanctions Policy.' Check it out below!
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Congratulations to Jordan Tama and Susanna Campbell on the publication of their book chapter, "Bridging the Gap in International Relations" (chapter 24) in the new Handbook of International Relations!
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September 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Congratulations to Jordan Tama and Susanna Campbell on the publication of their book chapter, "Bridging the Gap in International Relations" (chapter 24) in the new Handbook of International Relations!
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The Teaching, Research, and International Policy (TRIP) Project is seeking proposals for short-term collaborative research partnerships between academic researchers and policy practitioners! Find more information below!
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September 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The Teaching, Research, and International Policy (TRIP) Project is seeking proposals for short-term collaborative research partnerships between academic researchers and policy practitioners! Find more information below!
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BTG alum Debak Das just published Explaining the Proliferation of Nuclear Delivery Vehicles in Security Studies. Check in out below.
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Explaining the Proliferation of Nuclear Delivery Vehicles
How and why do nuclear delivery vehicles proliferate? This article identifies a permissive environment in the nonproliferation regime shaped by three drivers for proliferation: First, the multipurp...
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September 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
BTG alum Debak Das just published Explaining the Proliferation of Nuclear Delivery Vehicles in Security Studies. Check in out below.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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American University is currently hiring two faculty positions in international affairs!
Assistant Professor, International Security:
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Assistant Professor, Economic Security
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Assistant Professor, International Security:
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Assistant Professor, Economic Security
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August 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
American University is currently hiring two faculty positions in international affairs!
Assistant Professor, International Security:
www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
Assistant Professor, Economic Security
jobs.chronicle.com/job/37868709...
Assistant Professor, International Security:
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Assistant Professor, Economic Security
jobs.chronicle.com/job/37868709...
2025 IPSI participant Minseon Ku recently published the following!
The digital reproduction of the state: Public diplomacy, digital entitativity, and strategic ontology journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The digital reproduction of the state: Public diplomacy, digital entitativity, and strategic ontology journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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August 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
2025 IPSI participant Minseon Ku recently published the following!
The digital reproduction of the state: Public diplomacy, digital entitativity, and strategic ontology journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The digital reproduction of the state: Public diplomacy, digital entitativity, and strategic ontology journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...