International Institutions and Global Governance Intern at the Council on Foreign Relations

Council on Foreign Relations

Human Resources Office

58 East 68th Street

New York, NY 10065

Fax: (212) 434-9893

humanresources@cfr.org

www.cfr.org

 

 

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY

Department: International Institutions and Global Governance

Semester: Fall 2011

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested citizens in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries. Founded in 1921, CFR carries out its mission by maintaining a diverse membership, with special programs to promote interest and develop expertise in the next generation of foreign policy leaders; convening meetings at its headquarters in New York and in Washington, DC, and other cities where senior government officials, members of Congress, global leaders, and prominent thinkers come together with CFR members to discuss and debate major international issues; supporting a Studies Program that fosters independent research, enabling CFR scholars to produce articles, reports, and books and hold roundtables that analyze foreign policy issues and make concrete policy recommendations; publishing Foreign Affairs, the preeminent journal on international affairs and U.S. foreign policy; sponsoring Independent Task Forces that produce reports with both findings and policy prescriptions on the most important foreign policy topics; and providing up-to-date information and analysis about world events and American foreign policy on its website, CFR.org.
CFR’s volunteer internships give selected interns the opportunity to receive training in the area of foreign policy; as well as skills training in areas such as writing, research, and program planning.
The Council has an internship available in the Studies Department. The intern will report to a fellow in the studies department and will assist the fellow with research, editing and administrative tasks.

The responsibilities of the intern will include (but are not limited to):

• Ongoing assistance for research on global governance issues for the program on Global Governance and International Institutions (IIGG). The intern can provide valuable assistance to ongoing research that feeds into our work, including the role of rising powers in global governance, U.S. attitudes towards global governance, and aspects of regionalism and multilateralism.
• Finding videos and photographs in the AP archives for the program’s multimedia project, the Global Governance Monitor.
• Monitoring and updating the IIGG planning calendar, and help in formatting, hyperlinking, and fact-checking relevant information for the CFR.org website

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate or graduate student with demonstrated background and interest in International Affairs.
• Word processing and Internet research skills
• Strong research & administrative abilities
• Excellent attention to detail & follow-through
• Enthusiastic attitude.

CFR internships are unpaid. A modest stipend is offered upon completion of the internship.

Please mail or fax a resume and cover letter INCLUDING POSITION NAME, DAYS AND TIMES AVAILABLE TO WORK to the Human Resource Office at the above address. The Council on Foreign Relations is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Quality, diversity and balance are the key objectives sought by the Council on Foreign Relations in the composition of its workforce.