Cognitive Warfare Project Internship

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) is committed to training the next generation of national security leaders through its innovative educational programs. ISW seeks motivated and experienced college students or recent graduates to join our intern team. ISW offers internships across diverse research portfolios and departments, including Russia, China, and Iran's Axis of Resistance. ISW also offers internships in National Security and Intelligence Analysis, and Geospatial Intelligence and National Security Technologies and in non-profit management, including Communications.

ISW believes that ground realities must drive the formulation of strategy and policy. In pursuit of this principle, ISW conducts detailed open-source intelligence analysis to provide timely and accurate information on current conflicts and security threats directly to policymakers and warfighters.

Interns at ISW have an unparalleled opportunity to analyze conflicts in ways that directly inform policymakers on some of the most pressing issues facing American national security. Our interns work directly with analysts. They receive classroom education, regular leadership engagement, and a chance to work with cutting-edge technologies employed in business and the intelligence community. Interns have the opportunity to stand at the front lines of military research and policy development, tackling the latest crises in the headlines.

The ISW Internship Program is one of three core education programs housed within The General David H. Petraeus Center for Emerging Leaders, launched to identify, educate, and develop the future cadre of leaders committed to America’s national security. ISW views interns as an integral component of its team. ISW has worked with interns to draft, edit, and publish their own research under the mentorship of senior analysts.

It has also hired many interns onto its staff.

Interns will support the new Cognitive Warfare Project (CWP) at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), which studies, analyzes, and visualizes adversary cognitive warfare against the United States and its allies. Interns are expected to collect, process, analyze, and synthesize open-source intelligence (OSINT) relating to adversary cognitive campaigns. Interns will support long-term research assignments and may also have valuable interactions with software partners who are transforming the national security space.

Interns will learn to analyze the cognitive domain and how itimpactspolicymaking, kinetic activities, and strategy. This is a full-time internship (five days per week), but part-time work will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

• Candidates must havedemonstratedinterest in cognitive and information warfare; disinformation/misinformation; artificial intelligence (AI) and information technology; international affairs; or propaganda and media studies.
• Candidates should have a demonstrated interest in national security or regional studies, particularly relating to Russia, Ukraine, Europe, or China.
• Candidates should preferablypossessstrong critical language capabilities in Russian, Ukrainian, or Mandarin.
• Experience conducting research using primary sources in a foreign language is a plus.
• Experience with data visualization tools, large data sets, AI, and data management systems are a plus.
• Candidates mustpossessexcellent writing, editing, research, and oral communication skills.
• Candidates must display the ability to conduct complex tasks ina timelyand efficient manner.
• Candidates should be self-motivated, independent, creative, and capable of working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• Candidates must show commitment…