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What Interning Means at ICAS

Tired of being told to look after the printers and fax machines? Tired of being assigned to do work, and looking rather for a place to take the initiative? Tired of sitting in your cubicle and never able to talk to the “big bosses”? Want to escape from the dead quiet and be able to have more in-person engagement with your fellow interns and policy specialists?

Then ICAS is just the right fit for you, offering an open-door workplace where you are always welcome to share, discuss and learn! Do the work you’re interested in, work hard, seize the publishing opportunities that come your way, and consult the “bosses” with anything related to your career and academic development. We’re a tight-knit team and here to help and invest in your future!

Internship Highlights

What Our Interns do

PUBLISH

Interns have the opportunity to co-author with ICAS researchers, as well as publish blog posts, commentaries, and issue briefs under their own names.

Apprentice

In addition to the practical experience interns acquire, interns can take educational and skill enhancing seminars. Interns are also encouraged to pursue their own topics and interests with full support from our expert mentors.

CONNECT

ICAS provides opportunities that allow our interns to connect with leaders within the field. Interns have the opportunities to attend events where they can meet and talk with the nation's opinion-leaders and establish friendships and contacts that will last a lifetime.

Internship Postings

ICAS offers full-time and part-time internships for undergraduates, master’s students, and recent graduates who are interested in gaining practical experience in foreign relations. In addition to real-world experience, ICAS interns participate in a variety of activities that support ICAS, including research, writing and project development.

Please keep checking back in the near future for more opportunities.

Thank you for your interest!

Please view the profile below for our current open position.

Intern Reflections

What Our Alumni Have To Say

I came to ICAS hoping to improve my knowledge in defining global trends and acquire skill sets needed for addressing some of the world's most pressing issues. I have received these and so much more. More importantly, ICAS scholars and peers have inspired me with their passion, wisdom, and encouraging nature.

Asiana Cooper

Research Assistant Intern

This internship at ICAS is providing me with a lot of opportunities to experience almost all aspects of working at a research institution. Not only have I been able to conduct the kind of research that made me want to study International Affairs in the first place, I am also blessed to work with the other interns and witness the different skill sets everyone is bringing to the table.

Mengze Li

Research Assistant Intern

Aside from the tight-knit, spirited environment contributed to by the whole team, I most value how ICAS interns are actively supported in debating and publishing their own research and analysis. The ICAS scholars trust the caliber of my work to be professional while still providing the technical expertise to improve my research and writing skills.

Jessica Martin

Research Assistant Intern

Interning at ICAS is a uniquely enriching foray into China studies. Its tight-knit staff and collaborative atmosphere let interns sample from a smorgasbord of research opportunities that span the breadth of U.S.-China relations, but we're also given the freedom and responsibility to delve deeply into our own research aims right off the bat.

Interning at ICAS is a distinctly rewarding and illuminating experience. All members of the ICAS team deeply care about my professional and personal growth. I feel supported to further my research interests and am also given the opportunities to challenge myself with previously unfamiliar issues.

What interning at ICAS is like": Interning at ICAS provide me wide and deep prospective to view delicate international relations. Getting to know what kind of world we are live in is really meaningful to me.

I came to ICAS hoping to improve my knowledge in defining global trends and acquire skill sets needed for addressing some of the world's most pressing issues. I have receive these and so much more. More importantly, ICAS scholars and peers have inspired me with their passion, wisdom, and encouraging nature.

After graduating from my undergraduate institution, I had worked with other organizations in D.C. When I joined ICAS, I found an institution that took an iconoclastic approach to understanding the ever-changing global political economy—instead of narrowly focusing on issues that are not mutually exclusive, ICAS scholars employ a myriad of perspectives and analyses for truly understanding and analyzing a complex global society. My own scholarship improved thanks to that of ICAS.

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