Dartmouth - "U.S. Foreign Policy and International Security Fellows" 2025-26

While scholars at any stage of their career are eligible, applications from recent recipients of a PhD or equivalent degree are especially encouraged to apply. Fellows are provided with an office and access to Dartmouth faculty and resources. They must be in-residence during their fellowship and participate in Dickey Center seminars and events.

U.S. Foreign Policy and International Security Fellows utilize their year at Dartmouth to maximize progress on their research, build contacts with other Fellows, Dartmouth faculty and with policy networks, and contribute to the intellectual life of the College. 

All Fellows are assigned a faculty mentor with whom they meet on a regular basis. Faculty mentors are intended to provide professional advice for career building and integrating into the Dartmouth intellectual community as well as substantive expertise.

Fellows typically will:

• Give a faculty seminar on the work discussed in the Dickey Center's seminar series on international politics and foreign policy
• Present work in the departments of Government, History, and in other seminar series at the College
• Participate with other Fellows in an undergraduate course, taught with a Dartmouth faculty member.  Fellows also often make guest appearances in other classes,  and interact with undergraduate students in Dickey Center student groups or other organization as interest warrants
• Participate in events for Fellows organized throughout the year – topics will be determined on the basis of mutual interest and perceived need

One of the motivations of the Fellows program is to help bridge the gap between academic work on U.S. foreign policy and international security and the world of policy. Activities in the fellowship program include:

• Seminar on Op Eds, reaching out to media
  • Publishing for journals, books
  • Op-Eds
• Workshop on telling the story of your research/ media training/video production
• Networking with policy makers, Dickey Center visitors
• Building professional contacts
• Washington DC outreach, including policy workshops

Fellows have joint sessions and sometimes one-on-one meetings with visiting practitioners, including (in the last few years):

• Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State, US Senator (NY), and First Lady
• Ambassador William Burns, former Deputy Secretary of State
• General James Mattis (Ret.), former Secretary of Defense and Commander of U.S. Central Command
• Tony Blinken, former Deputy Secretary of State
• Harold Koh, former Legal Adviser of the State Department
• Ambassador Isobel Coleman, former U.S. Representative to the United Nations for UN Management and Reform
• John McLaughlin, former Deputy Director and Acting Director of the CIA
• Melanne Verveer, former U.S. Ambassador to the UN for Global Women's Issues
• Michèle Flournoy, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
• Atifete Jahjaga, former President of Kosovo
• Rand Beers, former Acting Secretary of Homeland Security
• Matthew Olsen, former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center and former General Counsel of the NSA
• Wendy Sherman, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs and Lead U.S. Negotiator in the Iran Nuclear Talks
• Aharon Barak, former President of the Israeli Supreme Court
• Neal Wolin, former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Department
• Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State
• Michael Morell, former Deputy Director of the CIA
• Mara Rudman, former Deputy National Security Advisor, and former Assistant Administrator for the Middle East at the U.S. Agency for International Development
• General Carter Ham (Ret.), former Commander of U.S. Africa Command
• Maria Otero, former Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights
• Don Steinberg, former Deputy Administrator at the U.S. Agency for International Development

In addition, a major goal of the fellowship is to build networks. Toward that end, the fellowship seeks to nurture connections among Fellows and between them and practitioners. After Fellows leave Dartmouth, they should expect to be connected to other alumni via social media and USFP/IS alumni events held in Hanover or Washington.