PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The U.S. Foreign Policy Summer Program will offer two, two-week courses in the summer of 2015. The programs, which are offered for academic credit or audit, feature core lectures by program director Dr. Kimberley L. Thachuk, GW faculty, and guest speakers from a wide variety of organizations.

Students at the U.S. Foreign Policy Summer Program will also be briefed at institutions that shape U.S. foreign policy. Typical site visits include some of the following:

• U.S. Department of State

• U.S. Department of Defense

• Senate Foreign Relations Committee

• Council on Foreign Relations

• The National Defense University

• The Brookings Institution

• Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

• Al Jazeera

• Associated Press

• U.S. Institute of Peace

• The Smithsonian

• Foreign embassies

• The World Bank

• International Monetary Fund• United States Agency for

International Development

TO APPLYPlease see the program website for more information and to apply: http://usfpsp.elliott.gwu.edu. Graduates, professionals, and select advanced undergraduate students are invited to submit applications. The deadline is April 1, 2015 for Session One and May 8, 2015 for Session Two.

ABOUT THE ELLIOTT SCHOOLThe George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs is one of the world’s leading schools of international affairs and the largest school of international affairs in the United States. Located in the heart of Washington, DC, its mission is to educate the next generation of international leaders, conduct research that advances understanding of important global issues, and engage the policy community in the United States and around the world. In the January/February 2015 issue of Foreign Policy, the Elliott School’s undergraduate and master’s programs were ranked among the top ten international affairs programs in the United States by the Teaching, Research, and International Policy (TRIP) survey.

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U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IN A GLOBAL ERA:Washington, DC and the World 2015

At the Elliott School’s U.S. Foreign Policy

Summer Program, participants from the

United States and around the world study the

complex factors that shape U.S. foreign policy.

Taking full advantage of its location at the

George Washington University’s Elliott School of

International Affairs in downtown Washington,

DC, the program features briefings at key

institutions that influence U.S. foreign policy,

as well as lectures and seminars by leading

scholars and experts from government offices,

think tanks, international organizations, nonprofit

organizations, the media, and foreign embassies.

INVITING GRADUATES, PROFESSIONALS, AND SELECT ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATES TO APPLY

SESSION ONE: JUNE 1–12 SESSION TWO: JULY 6–17

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http://usfpsp.elliott.gwu.edu

U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IN A GLOBAL ERA:Washington, DC and the World 2015

U.S. Foreign Policy in a Global Era

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