2026 International Policy Summer Institute (IPSI) Applications Open!
June 7-11, Washington, DC
Click here for more information and to find the application. Applications close January 25.
IPSI is a five-day professional development program for professors (all ranks) and post-docs in the field of international affairs who want to build the tools and networks to produce and disseminate policy-relevant academic research. The Institute delivers an intensive curriculum designed to teach participants how to develop and articulate their research for a policy audience, what policy-makers are looking for when they look to scholarship on international issues, whom to target when sharing research, and which tools and avenues of dissemination are appropriate. IPSI also provides a forum for scholars to develop professional networks with their colleagues and with the broader policy community. Travel, accommodations, and most meals included.
International Studies Association Reminders
The ISA 2027-2028 Annual Election is still open. If you are an ISA member, be sure to vote for ISA officers by December 5.
If you haven't already done so, we encourage you to add RAPS to your membership. We look forward to seeing many of you at the ISA RAPS reception, sponsored by Bridging the Gap, which will be held Monday night of the conference. Looking forward to seeing many of you in Columbus!
New Voices “AI Policy” Workshop
On October 10, 2025, Bridging the Gap and New America brought together an invited group of scholars and practitioners at the New Voices in National Security workshop on “AI Policy.” Scholars Sarah Barrington, Josh Goldstein, Alan Hickey, Sam Hickey, Lauren Kahn, Dennis Murphy, and Jules Palayer spoke on the contours of AI risk and the future of AI governance. The event also featured a keynote conversation with Mike Horowitz, Senior Fellow for Technology and Innovation at the Council on Foreign Relations and Professor and Director of Perry World House at the University of Pennsylvania. The workshop was organized by BTG Principal Brent Durbin, BTG Senior Director Andrew Reddie and Director of New America's Future Security Scenarios Lab Amy Nelson, with support from New Voices Rapporteur Mariam Kvaratskhelia. You can read the post-workshop summary here.
New Voices “Responding to Closing Civic Space” Workshop
On November 7, 2025, Bridging the Gap and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace convened the New Voices in National Security workshop, “Responding to Closing Civic Space.” Scholars Andrew Heiss, Jeremy Springman, Kristopher Velasco, Jennie Barker, Catherine Herrold, Nina Reiners, and Lisa Sundstrom provided their topline insights from scholarship on various aspects of civil society responses to governmental restrictions and effective forms of international and domestic support. The event also featured a keynote conversation with Shannon Green, CEO & President of Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE) and former Assistant to the Administrator of the Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance at USAID. The workshop was convened by BTG Director Suparna Chaudhry and CEIP Senior Fellow Saskia Brechenmacher, with support from New Voices Rapporteurs Daniela Rivas Clavel and Shreya Joshi.
