Maria Lipman discussed her career from working at one of Russia’s fledgling post-Soviet news publications to editing leading Russian policy journals. She gives a firsthand account of President Putin’s assault on freedom of the press and her views of US-Russia relations.
Read MoreElizabeth Tsurkov is a Research Fellow at the Forum for Regional Thinking, a progressive Israeli think-tank. Her research focuses on the Syrian civil war, political violence and movements for social change in the Middle East. Tsurkov talks about her research and experience working for human rights organizations fighting for the rights of refugees, migrants and Palestinians.
Read MoreSylvia Mishra is a Herbert Scoville Jr. Fellow 2018, working at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI). Her research focuses on nuclear proliferation and strategy, Southern Asian security, India-US foreign and defense relations, US Policy in Indo-Pacific, and disruptive technologies.
Read MoreElla Bowie interviews Alicia Sanders-Zakre. Driven by years of peace activism, Washington-based Sanders-Zakre recently started a career in arms control and non-proliferation. They discuss the root of her interest in defence, the challenges of working for a think tank and her plans for the next stage of her career.
Read MoreLondon-based Andrea Berger started her career in non-proliferation as an intern the Royal United Services Institute before moving to the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. In the exclusive interview by Ella Bowie, she shares the skills she looks for in new hires, the challenges of working in a think tank and her reading list.
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Read MoreLucie Goulet interviews Feminist Foreign Policy founder & editor-in-chief Marissa Conway about her new website, masculinity in US defense intelligence and how she is planning to run a feminist website under the new Trump administration.
Read MoreI still think that the US should take a lot more refugees. It's shameful that our quota is just 10,000 people. We’ve still only resettled up to 3,000 people in the States. In spite of all the efforts that we’ve been making in the humanitarian space, when the US doesn’t step up, other countries do not feel the need to do so either. With the Paris attacks and other terrorist incidents, there’s a tendency to say, 'Refugees are responsible'. But refugees are trying to get away from violence. The voyages are difficult and dangerous, and people are dying in droves.
Read MoreWhat do you do as Program Assistant & Financial Associate at The Latin America Working Group (LAWG)?
I work on our programmes, going into US foreign policy towards Cuba, Colombia, and Central America. Primarily the northern triangle countries of Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala.
Read MoreWhat do you do as Chief Innovation Officer for the Mayor of San Jose?
My role is to think about how to use technology for social good in San Jose - to engage our citizens effectively, to deliver services at a low cost, and to build a safer, more connected, and sustainable city.
Read MoreWhat do you do as Executive Director of the Policy Centre for African People (PCAP)?
I ensure that our organisation promotes a better understanding of African topics, and advocates for enlightened policies towards Africa. I do that by organising debates and events on African topics; I also undertake, supervise and publish relevant research, and lobby policy and decision-makers here in the UK, Africa, and elsewhere.
Read MoreWhat do you do as CEO of Global Insight International?
I manage a team of consultants. We are a team of highly skilled and very passionate advisors with expertise in different thematic areas (peace and security, global health, climate change, education, and so forth) who all intersect at the use of a gender-sensitive lens and passion for gender equality.
Read MoreWhat do you do?
I run two consultancies in the foreign policy space: FromOverHere and The School of International Futures, which I co-lead with Alun Rhydderch.
FromOverHere supports governments on national strategy and strategic coherence – through research, advisory, consulting and training. We focus on open government, because a lot of issues, even in domestic policy, are emergent and influenced by international trends.
Read MoreWhat do you do as Associate Publisher and Editorial Director at Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium (TRAC)?
I wear a lot of hats - from organizing what new topics will next to be analyzed to assessments of new activity. I manage a number of people day to day; I do a lot writing and correspondence; as well as TRAC maintenance. I also spend a lot of time on social media monitoring jihadist activities directly.
Read MoreWhat do you do as Director of the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI)'s Program on the Middle East?
My work as Director of FPRI's Program on the Middle East focuses on four major areas: development, programming, scholarship, and mentorship. In terms of development, I craft and drive the Program’s fundraising strategy, and contribute to the grant writing, donor solicitation, and donor cultivation processes. In regard to programming, I am responsible for planning, managing, and implementing conferences and events from their intellectual conception to their administrative execution, as well as coordinating with internal staff and external partners to ensure their success. In terms of scholarship, I solicit, edit, and fact-check articles by affiliated scholars, and ensure their timely publication. In terms of mentorship, I work regularly with college-age interns to hone their policy-style writing and acquaint them with the think tank world.
Read MoreWhat do you do?
I co-founded (with Philip Young) and run Future Foreign Policy, an independent foreign policy think tank for the next generation with the aim to equip young people with the skills, experience, and connections to kick-start and further their careers in the industry.
Read MoreYou are a project manager for the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement. What do you do there?
Over 33.3 million people are internally displaced from their homes due to conflict, in addition to millions from natural disasters and climate change-related impacts. Unlike refugees who cross an international border and benefit from an established system of international protection and assistance, internally displaced persons (IDPs) have no predictable structures of support. As the project manager, I manage the communications, outreach and administrative functions of the Project on Internal Displacement. The research and analysis we do isn’t produced in a vacuum so a large part of my role is planning public events, coordinating trainings on IDPs for government officials, editing reports, managing our Twitter account and handling media requests to connect our work with policymakers, the public and IDPs themselves.
Read MoreWhat do you do as Research Advisor at the European Interagency Security Forum?
I coordinate projects and conduct research to help humanitarian organisations gain safer access to communities affected by conflict and emergencies. The positions covers everything from conducting field research to presenting at international conferences and trying to influence public policy, but also less glamorous roles such as managing our library and populating the database.
Read MoreWhat do you do as deputy editor for the RUSI journal?
The RUSI Journal is the flagship periodical of the British defence and security think tank RUSI (the Royal United Services Institute). As Deputy Editor, I work closely with the Editor to commission articles and shape features across the full spectrum of security issues – the armed forces, national security, transnational security (such as organised crime, cyber and counter-terrorism), and geopolitical matters.
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