The Week That Will Be

Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar)

Monday, October 30 at 2:00 pm: The American Series of International Law will have an online panel on The Use of Force under International Law. Jack Goldsmith, Oona Hathaway, and Laura Dickinson will participate. Register to watch.

Monday, October 30 at 5:00 pm: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing on The Authorizations for the Use of Military Force: Administration Perspective. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense James Mattis will testify. Find more details here.

Wednesday, November 1 at 5:00 pm: The Hoover Institution will host another event in the Security by the Book series on Susan Landau’s new book Listening In: Cybersecurity in an Insecure Age. Benjamin Wittes will interview Landau. RSVP required. Register here.

Thursday, November 2 at 9:30 am: The Brookings Institution will host an event about the recent Chinese Communist Party summit titled New Team, New Agenda? What the 19th Party Congress Tells Us. The event will feature a lecture from Cheng Li on developments in China’s senior political leadership. A panel discussion with J. Stapleton Roy, David Dollar, Richard McGregor and Susan Lawrence will follow. Register.

Thursday, November 2 at 10:00 am: The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars will host an event on Trump’s Vision for Asia: What to Expect from the U.S. Presidential Visit to the Asia-Pacific Region. Abraham Denmark, Kurt Campbell, Walter Lohman and Mira Rapp-Hooper will participate in a panel discussion. RSVP.

Employment Announcements (More details on the Job Board)

Lawfare Internship, Spring 2018

Lawfare is now accepting spring internship applications. For more details, check out the Brookings application announcement and apply here.

Overview

This external sponsorship/academic credit spring internship, beginning January 2018, is an opportunity for undergraduate students in their junior or senior year or graduate students with an interest in national security to apply principles and theory learned in the classroom in a professional environment. This intern will assist with running and maintaining Lawfare, a website devoted to serious, non-ideological discussion of national security legal and policy issues.

Lawfare has emerged as the internet’s indispensable resource for information and analysis on the law of national security. Devoted to “Hard National Security Choices,” the site features top-quality writing and analysis from experts on developing stories in the national security arena, relevant legislation, and judicial opinions. It is a digital magazine that includes a podcast, a book review, research tools, a daily news roundup, an events calendar, and exhaustive coverage of events other media touch only glancingly.

This unpaid internship provides a pre-professional learning experience that offers meaningful, practical work experience related to the student’s field of study or career interest. It will provide an opportunity for career exploration and development as well as a chance to learn new skills.

Responsibilities

Learning Objectives

Students will have an opportunity learn a variety of research skills such as writing, research and blog maintenance. Learning will fall into three main categories:

Writing: Work with Associate Editor to monitor national security and foreign policy developments, and 4-5 times per week, co-write “Today’s Headlines and Commentary”; Work with Associate Editor to co-write “The Week that Will Be,” a weekly feature that outlines upcoming events, academic announcements, and employment announcements; Work with the Associate Editor to co-write a deep-dive analytical piece on a relevant national security law and policy issue; Sole-author “The Week that Was,” a weekly piece that provides a guide to the week’s Lawfare.

Research: Provide research support to the Lawfare editorial team as needed.

Maintaining the blog: Tag and categorize Lawfare posts; Track relevant Congressional hearings; Track and add relevant events to the Events Calendar.

In addition to providing direct support to the scholars, interns will have the opportunity to attend internal meetings, local think tank events, professional development workshops, and public Brookings events as well as participate on Brookings sports teams and network with other interns throughout the Institution.

Qualifications

Education/Knowledge/Skills

Graduate or undergraduate student (who has completed their sophomore year) working towards a degree in government, political science, international relations, and law are encouraged to apply. Our most successful interns have very strong writing, analytical, and research skills, as well as excellent verbal and organizational skills—preferably demonstrated through prior independent research or previous experience as a research assistant.

Additional Information

Successful completion of a background investigation is required for interning at Brookings.

Brookings requires that all applicants submit a cover letter and resume. Please submit your resume as instructed and add your cover letter as an attachment when you apply. Your cover letter should highlight your educational experience and skills, along with an explanation of how this internship will contribute to your professional goals.

Brookings is an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, veteran status, or other factors protected by law.

Cyber Initiative and Special Projects Fellow, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is seeking a Cyber Initiative and Special Projects Fellow, a three-year fixed term position, to be based in Menlo Park, California.

About the Foundation

The Hewlett Foundation is a nonpartisan, private charitable foundation that advances ideas and supports institutions to promote a better world. For 50 years, the foundation has supported efforts to advance education for all, preserve the environment, improve lives and livelihood in developing countries, promote the health and economic well-being of women, support vibrant performing arts, strengthen Bay Area communities, and make the philanthropy sector more effective. The Hewlett Foundation’s assets are more than $9 billion with annual awards of grants totaling more than $400 million. More information about the Hewlett Foundation is available at: www.hewlett.org.

About the Position

As the job title suggests, the Cyber Initiative and Special Projects Program Fellow will play an integral role in two distinct grantmaking efforts housed in the foundation President’s office.

The fellow will work closely with the Program Officer for The Cyber Initiative, who will provide the fellow with direction on the Initiative’s grantmaking activities. Launched in March 2014, the goal of the Initiative (and its $70 million grantmaking budget) is to build a capable field of cyber policy experts and expertise. The Cyber Initiative takes a broad view of cyber policy to include issues ranging from encryption to net neutrality to Internet governance to cyber conflict. Moreover, the 2016 election dramatically raised awareness about cybersecurity and democratic institutions—highlighting new needs, but also creating new opportunities.

Working directly with Foundation President, Larry Kramer, the fellow will help shape and implement grantmaking for the Special Projects portfolio. Special Projects grants are diverse – ranging from support for public broadcasting to exploration of artificial intelligence and the future of work -- sometimes ad hoc, and require nimble and thoughtful attention to detail and execution. They strive to promote internal collaboration between different foundation programs, external collaboration with other funders, and/or discrete opportunities outside of the foundation’s core interest areas.

This position presents a unique opportunity to engage in both the strategic and tactical aspects of grantmaking under the Cyber Initiative and Special Projects program. As such, the fellow must be comfortable working across a changing and evolving landscape of work and juggling multiple projects at the same time.

The broad goals and responsibilities for the fellow are:

• Partner with the Cyber Initiative team to implement the Initiative’s strategy, evaluate potential grantees, suggest new grant awards to the Foundation president and board, and manage its grants portfolio.
• Work with the Cyber Initiative team to evaluate the effectiveness of its grantmaking, monitor its progress, and recommend strategy improvements.
• Work with the foundation president to plan and execute Special Projects grants.
• Manage the Special Projects budget, tracking all active and planned grants and other funding commitments.
• Manage relationships and communications with grantees and serve as their primary point of contact.
• Represent the foundation at meetings with key stakeholders from civil society, government, the private sector, and academia.
• Attend and represent the foundation at external events, including speaking on panels.
• Follow the cyber policy debate globally, stay abreast of trends and developments, and identify new opportunities for the foundation’s grant-making.
• Travel to conduct site visits and attend conferences.

Professional Qualifications and Personal Attributes

Candidates should exhibit the following professional qualifications and personal attributes:

Professional Experience:

• An undergraduate or advanced degree as appropriate in law, policy, business, computer science, engineering, or related disciplines (preferred).
• Demonstrated interest and work experience in areas relevant to the Cyber Initiative.
• Excellent research and critical thinking skills and ability to conceptualize, think creatively, and thoughtfully approach assigned projects.
• Demonstrated capability to process and present complex information (both quantitative and qualitative) in a compelling manner both orally and in writing.
• Proficiency with technology tools and applications including MS Office.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Willingness and interest in work travel to conduct site visits and participate in relevant conferences and meetings.

Personal Attributes:

• Possess an open-minded curiosity and willingness to carry out both substantive and administrative tasks.
• Passionate commitment to the values and mission of the Hewlett Foundation.
• Poise and comfort representing the foundation externally and engaging a diverse array of partner organizations.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to pay attention to details, along with a demonstrated track record of consistently meeting deadlines.
• Independent initiative, a sense of humor, and a collegial spirit in sharing ideas and receiving feedback. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively.
• Personal integrity, excellent judgment and flexibility.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.

Compensation

Compensation for the Fellow, President’s Office includes a competitive salary, and an excellent package of health and other employee benefits.

Physical Demands/Work Environment

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to sit for extended periods of time and to travel via various modes of transportation for extended periods of time.

To Apply:

Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter responding specifically to the experience and qualifications being sought to: Daniel Sherman, President, Explore Company at resumes@explorecompany.com. Refer to Hewlett/SPF in the subject line. No phone inquiries please.

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and invites individuals who bring a diversity of culture, experience and ideas to apply.

All correspondence will remain confidential.

Legal Intern - International Humanitarian Law (Spring and Summer 2018), The International Committee of the Red Cross

FUNCTION DESCRIPTION

Intern – International Humanitarian Law

OBJECTIVE: The Intern in the IHL Department at the Washington Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) provides research and writing on topics of IHL, other branches of international law, and U.S. law as needed, thus contributing to the thematic and operational priorities of the legal team.

Minimum required knowledge & experience:

• Basic knowledge of IHL and a related legal field (e.g. National Security or Human Rights Law).
• Excellent oral and written English skills, good understanding of French an asset

• Currently pursuing a U.S. J.D. or LLM degree (or JD graduate pursuing another graduate degree)
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents (student work permits are excluded)

JOB DESCRIPTION

Main Responsibilities

Work with the IHL team to provide legal advice to the delegation in Washington, and to the ICRC as a whole on matters of IHL, human rights law, national security law, or other U.S. legal issues.

1. Research and Writing. Research such topics as scope of application of IHL, detention, conduct of hostilities, cyber/new technology and weapons, and other related topics. Possibility of authoring articles or other short pieces for the ICRC’s U.S. blog (intercrossblog.icrc.org).
2. Monitor Legal Developments Regular monitoring of legal blogs and news coverage to identify significant legal developments of interest to the delegation. In addition to research, the intern will attend conferences and meetings in order to monitor developments on specific legal issues on behalf of the legal team.
3. Reporting. Regular and timely reporting and analysis on meetings and events attended, as well as a weekly report on any relevant legal developments reported in external sources such as legal blogs. Reports are written for the purpose of ensuring the institution is informed of developments in U.S. policy, as well as to advance its thinking on key issues.

Management and Reporting Line. The IHL Intern reports directly to the IHL Legal Advisor. He/she is expected to collaborate with colleagues throughout the delegation in order to carry out these and other reasonably related duties.

For the spring semster, the intern will be expected to work 20 hours a week for 12 weeks between January and May. For the summer, the intern will be expected to work 40 hours a week for 12 weeks between May and August. Starting and ending date are negotiable. This is a paid internship. For information about the position, please contact Andrea Harrison at anharrison@icrc.org. To apply, please send CV and optional cover letter to Mackenzie Chernushin at mchernushin@icrc.org. Applications are due October 31, 2017.

Congressional Nuclear Security Fellowship, Nuclear Security Working Group at the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs

The Nuclear Security Working Group at the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs is seeking applications for its 2018-2019 Congressional Nuclear Security Fellowship program.

Fellows will spend one year (January 2018 – January 2019) working in a designated House or Senate office. Stipends range from $45,000 to $80,000 depending on qualifications. We will award up to six Fellowships this year.

Fellows’ duties will include supporting the priorities and activities of House and Senate offices and organizing bipartisan briefings and events on timely national and nuclear security issues for Members and staff. Fellows will also help develop relationships with the broader security policy community for their respective offices.

This is an excellent opportunity for promising scholars and policy practitioners who may be transitioning to mid-career or for any outstanding professional seeking to contribute to and gain valuable experience in the legislative branch.

Details about eligibility requirements and instructions about how to apply are available on the NSWG website at this link: http://nuclearsecurityworkinggroup.org/nuclear-security-working-group-congressional-fellowship-now-accepting-applications/.

Please help us circulate this information about this important opportunity to your friends and colleagues. We much appreciate your help in identifying and encouraging exceptional candidates.

Applications will be accepted until October 31, 2017. Finalists will be interviews in person. Fellows must be ready to begin work by early January 2018 and must be willing to commit for a full calendar year.

Any questions should be directed to nswg@email.gwu.edu.