About the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy's Global Intern Summer Program

 

The Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy is seeking highly qualified and motivated students to apply for its ten-week Summer Internship Program. Selected interns will have the opportunity to work on important international issues, to interact with senior Chinese and international scholars and experts, and to become an integral part of a growing global network of Carnegie centers, currently located in Washington, DC, Moscow, Beirut, Beijing and Brussels.

General requirements for all Global Interns:

  • Available to intern from about June 24–August 23, 2013
  • Contribute approximately 40hrs/week to the center
  • Recent graduate of or currently enrolled in a college or university
  • Background in international relations or a desire to work in the field
  • Submit an application no later than 5:00pm EST March 31, 2013

Individuals should have a keen interest in international affairs and international security. Applicants should have near-native written English skills, and equivalent-level knowledge of Chinese is an asset. Applications will be judged on academic performance, related academic study and/or work experience and recommendations. Personal interviews may be conducted. Requests for internships to start early or end later will be considered.

The internship is unpaid. Housing, travel, living expenses, and medical insurance connected with the internship program must be borne by interns or by outside institutions and organizations. Interns are responsible for arranging their own travel to Beijing. Visa assistance will not be provided.

Please visit http://carnegieendowment.iapplicants.com/ViewJob-411051.html to access an application.

The program offers:

  • An International Environment: become part of an international atmosphere where interns can apply classroom skills and knowledge to Carnegie-Tsinghua Center projects and activities.
  • Access: connect with the center’s alumni network of former interns, who have studied at universities such as Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, American, Princeton, Yale, Cambridge, the National University of Singapore, and Warwick University.
  • Career and Personal Development: participate in an exciting development program run by the center’s scholars and professional staff.
  • Opportunity: become a critical part of a newly established and unique think tank that hosted over 90 events last year. The range of program topics included international economics and trade, nonproliferation and arms control, climate change, energy, and global regional security issues related to North Korea, Iran, and Afghanistan.
  • Exposure: work closely with the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center’s Chinese and international scholars, as well as representatives from the government and the business, diplomatic, and academic communities in Beijing that participate in the center’s events and activities.
  • Convenience: enjoy an easy commute to the center, located near Tsinghua’s East Gate, making it conducive to a work-study schedule.

Candidates can choose from one of the following teams:

  • Communications & Media
  • Program & Research Assistants

Communications & Media

Successful candidates for the communications and media team will have a strong attention to detail and effective communication skills. Computer literacy and a basic knowledge of graphic and web design, Web 2.0, content management systems (CMS), and HTML are highly desired. Candidates should demonstrate superior writing skills and the ability to work independently and in a team setting, have a history of meeting deadlines, and negotiate and interact with a wide range of people, including scholars, vendors, event staff, and contributing teams.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Planning events: defining topics, identifying speakers, arranging venues and dining options, etc.
  • Providing on-site event preparation and logistical support
  • Working with teammates to ensure that events are successfully marketed and publicized, including press releases, invitations, and other materials
  • Overseeing maintenance and improvement of the center’s contact database system
  • Assisting in media outreach and responding to press inquiries
  • Updating the center’s website in both English and Chinese
  • Creating and maintaining branding materials and other visual aids: podium banners, publication covers and layouts, event backdrops and posters, and video publications
  • Recording events though the use of audio, video and photography
  • Working closely with the center’s leadership and other intern teams to synthesize complex and nuanced dialogue discussion into concise event summaries for publication and dissemination
  • Drafting documents including flyers, pamphlets, posters, invitations and agendas li>
  • Translating text from Chinese to English and from English to Chinese

Program & Research Assistants

Successful candidates for the program and research assistant team will have a strong attention to detail and the ability to work independently. Program and research assistants should have knowledge of their assigned scholar’s field of expertise and show a strong interest in conducting research. Candidates should demonstrate superior communication and organizational skills and should have previous research experience.

Carnegie-Tsinghua resident scholars specialize in the following research areas:

  • U.S. and Chinese foreign policy, global, and regional security issues
  • Non-proliferation and arms control
  • China-India relations
  • EU-China relations
  • Impact of Chinese public opinion on foreign policy
  • United States-China bilateral relations
  • Chinese public diplomacy and soft power
  • China’s trade and investment relations in the developing world
  • Impact of China’s core values and foreign policy

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Acting as liaison between the assigned scholar and the intern teams
  • Enhancing communication between the scholar and the center
  • Updating the center staff and online calendar with details of scholar events and publications
  • Working closely with scholars and intern teams to plan and organize events
  • Conducting research as directed by their assigned scholar
  • Assisting the assigned scholar with articles, reports, and other publications
  • Compiling scholar’s media coverage and sharing details with center staff
  • Managing the library and inventory of all center publications and other materials

Carnegie-Tsinghua Experts

  • James M. Acton
    Senior Associate
    Nuclear Policy Program

    Acton is a senior associate in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment. A physicist by training, Acton specializes in nonproliferation, deterrence, and disarmament.

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  • Chen Qi
    Resident Scholar
    Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy

    Chen Qi is an expert on U.S.-China relations, global governance, and China’s foreign policy. Chen runs the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy’s U.S.-China Track II dialogue.

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  • Evan A. Feigenbaum
    Nonresident Senior Associate
    Asia Program

    Feigenbaum’s work focuses principally on China and India, geopolitics in Asia, and the role of the United States in East, Central, and South Asia. His previous positions include deputy assistant secretary of state for South Asia, deputy assistant secretary of state for Central Asia, and member of the secretary of state’s policy planning staff with principal responsibility for East Asia and the Pacific.

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  • Matt Ferchen
    Resident Scholar
    Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy

    Ferchen specializes in China’s political-economic relations with emerging economies. At the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, he runs a program on China’s economic and political relations with the developing world, including Latin America and Africa.

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  • François Godement
    Nonresident Senior Associate
    Asia Program

    Godement, an expert on Chinese and East Asian strategic and international affairs, is a nonresident senior associate in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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  • Paul Haenle
    Director
    Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy

    Haenle served as the director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolian Affairs on the National Security Council staffs of former president George W. Bush and President Barack Obama prior to joining Carnegie.

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  • Yukon Huang
    Senior Associate
    Asia Program

    Huang is a senior associate in the Carnegie Asia Program, where his research focuses on China’s economic development and its impact on Asia and the global economy.

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  • Li Bin
    Senior Associate
    Nuclear Policy Program and Asia Program

    Li is a senior associate working jointly in the Nuclear Policy Program and Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment.

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  • Jessica Tuchman Mathews
    President

    Mathews is president of the Carnegie Endowment. Before her appointment in 1997, her career included posts in both the executive and legislative branches of government, in management and research in the nonprofit arena, and in journalism and science policy.

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  • C. Raja Mohan
    Nonresident Senior Associate
    South Asia Program

    Mohan is a nonresident senior associate in Carnegie’s South Asia Program, where his research focuses on international security, defense, and Asian strategic issues.

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  • Vikram Nehru
    Senior Associate
    Asia Program
    Bakrie Chair in Southeast Asian Studies

    Nehru is a senior associate in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment. An expert on development economics, growth, poverty reduction, debt sustainability, governance, and the performance and prospects of East Asia, his research focuses on the economic, political, and strategic issues confronting Asia, particularly Southeast Asia.

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  • Douglas H. Paal
    Vice President for Studies

    Paal previously served as vice chairman of JPMorgan Chase International and as unofficial U.S. representative to Taiwan as director of the American Institute in Taiwan.

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  • Michael Pettis
    Nonresident Senior Associate
    Asia Program

    Pettis, an expert on China’s economy, is professor of finance at Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management, where he specializes in Chinese financial markets.

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  • Lora Saalman
    Associate
    Nuclear Policy Program

    Saalman is a Beijing-based associate in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment whose research focuses on Chinese nuclear-weapon and nonproliferation policies and Sino-Indian strategic relations.

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  • James L. Schoff
    Senior Associate
    Asia Program

    Schoff is a senior associate in the Carnegie Asia Program. His research focuses on U.S.-Japanese relations and regional engagement, Japanese politics and security, and the private sector’s role in Japanese policymaking.

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  • Shi Zhiqin
    Resident Scholar
    Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy

    An expert on European issues, Shi Zhiqin runs a program on China-EU Relations at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy.

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  • Sun Xuefeng
    Resident Scholar
    Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy

    Sun Xuefeng specializes in the rise of great powers and international relations theory. At Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, he runs a program examining the international and regional implications of China’s rise.

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  • Michael Swaine
    Senior Associate
    Asia Program

    Swaine is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and one of the most prominent American analysts in Chinese security studies.

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  • Dmitri Trenin
    Director
    Moscow Center

    Dmitri Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, has been with the center since its inception. He also chairs the research council and the Foreign and Security Policy Program.

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  • Kevin Tu
    Senior Associate
    Energy and Climate Program

    Tu is a senior associate in Carnegie’s Energy and Climate Program, where he leads the organization’s work on China’s energy and climate policies.

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  • Wang Tao
    Resident Scholar
    Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy

    Wang, an expert on climate and energy issues, runs a program at the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy that examines China’s climate and energy policies, with particular attention to international climate negotiation, coal, and transportation.

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  • Yan Xuetong
    President, Carnegie-Tsinghua Management Board
    Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy

    Yan Xuetong is one of China’s leading experts on China’s foreign policy, national security, and U.S.-China relations. At Tsinghua University, he is dean of the Institute of Modern International Relations.

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  • Zhang Chuanjie
    Resident Scholar
    Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy

    Zhang Chuanjie’s expertise and program at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy examines the impact of Chinese public opinion on China’s foreign policy.

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  • Zhang Lihua
    Resident Scholar
    Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy

    Zhang Lihua is an expert on China’s traditional culture and core values. At the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, she runs a program that examines how China's culture and values impact its foreign policy and diplomacy.

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  • Zhao Kejin
    Deputy Director
    Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy

    Zhao Kejin is an expert on China’s foreign policy and diplomacy. At the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, he runs a program that examines the development of China’s public diplomacy.

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