Washington, DC Area

International Relations-

National Security

Internship Resources 

Government Agencies:

• CIA

https://www.cia.gov/careers/student-opportunities/index.html

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

http://www.cdc.gov/employment/

• National Defense University – NDU Institute for National Strategic Studies

http://www.ndu.edu/aa/internship.cfm

http://www.ndu.edu/inss/staff/INSS_Staff.htm#javascript

• Millennium Challenge Corporation

http://www.mcc.gov/

• National Security Council

http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/

• Office of the Secretary of Defense

http://www.defenselink.mil/comptroller/

• US Agency for International Development – USAID

http://www.usaid.gov/careers/studentprograms.html

• US Department of Defense

http://www.defenselink.mil/

• US Department of Energy

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/education/internships.html

• US Department of Homeland Security

http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/careers/content_multi_image_0011.shtm

• US Department of State

http://www.state.gov/

• US Trade Representatives Office

http://www.ustr.gov/

Congressional Offices

• House and Senate Armed Services Committees

http://armed-services.senate.gov/

http://armedservices.house.gov/

• House and Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittees

http://appropriations.house.gov/Subcommittees/sub_def.shtml

http://appropriations.senate.gov/defense.cfm

• Senate Foreign Relations Committee

http://www.senate.gov/~foreign/

• House International Relations Committee

http://www.internationalrelations.house.gov/

• House and Senate Homeland Security Committees

http://www.senate.gov/~govt-aff/

http://homeland.house.gov/ 

• House and Senate Intelligence Committees

http://intelligence.house.gov/

http://intelligence.senate.gov/

Non-Governmental Organizations:

• American Association for the Advancement of Science: Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy Internship

http://www.aaas.org/programs/centers/cstsp/internship.shtml

• American Council for the United Nations University

http://www.acunu.org/ 

• Commission for Security and Cooperation in Europe – The Helsinki Commission

http://www.csce.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Home.Internships

• Corporate Council on Africa

http://www.africacncl.org/(xdpsggfo0tkyul55ipquf555)/About_CCA/working.asp

• Organization of American States

http://www.oas.org/

• United Nations Information Centre

http://www.unicwash.org/job/intern.html

Think Tanks:

• AEI

http://www.aei.org/about/contentID.20038142214000059/default.asp

• American Foreign Policy Council

http://www.afpc.org/inemp.shtml

• Atlantic Council of the United States

http://www.acus.org/programs-education-projects-Baker.asp

• Brookings Institution

http://www.brook.edu/admin/internships.htm

• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

http://www.carnegieendowment.org/about/index.cfm?fa=employment

• Cato Institute

http://www.cato.org/jobs/intern/about.html

• Center for Defense Information

http://www.cdi.org/about/internships.cfm

• Center for National Policy

http://www.cnponline.org/index.php?tg=articles&topics=18

• Center for National Security Studies

http://www.cnss.org/

• Center for Security Policy

http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/Home.aspx?CategoryID=47&SubCategoryID=172

• Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments

http://www.csbaonline.org/2006-1/5.AboutUs/Employment.php

• Center for Strategic and International Studies

http://www.csis.org/about/jobs_interns/

• Council on Foreign Relations

http://www.cfr.org/

• CSIS

http://www.csis.org/ 

• German Marshall Fund

http://www.gmfus.org/template/index.cfm

• Global Security Institute

http://www.gsinstitute.org/gsi/employment.html

• Heritage Foundation

http://www.heritage.org/internships/

• Hudson Institute

http://www.hudson.org/learn/index.cfm?fuseaction=internship_home

• Institute for Policy Studies

http://www.ips-dc.org/projects/internship.htm

• International Institute for Strategic Studies

http://www.iiss.org/staffexpertise/director-generals-office/kathryn-floyd

http://www.iiss.org/about-us/regional-offices/washington/internemployment-opportunities

• Jewish Institute for National Security

http://www.jinsa.org/home/home.html

• Nixon Center

http://www.nixoncenter.org/index.cfm?action=showpage&page=internships

• Open Society Institute – Dana Johnson

http://www.soros.org/about/careers#washington

• The Henry L. Stimson Center

http://www.stimson.org/about/?SN=AB2001110511

• The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/

• Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=internships.welcome

• World Security Institute

http://www.worldsecurityinstitute.org/jobs.cfm

Industry/Contractors:

• Boeing

http://www.boeing.com/ 

• Booz Allen Hamilton

http://www.boozallen.com/ 

• Computer Sciences Corp

http://www.csc.com/

• General Dynamics

http://www.generaldynamics.com/ 

• Lockheed Martin

http://www.lockheedmartin.com/wms/findPage.do?dsp=fnec&ti=100

• MITRE

http://www.mitre.org/employment/student_opps.html

• Northrop Grumman

http://www.northropgrumman.com/ 

• Raytheon

http://www.raytheon.com/ 

• Rolls Royce

http://www.rolls-royce.com/index_flash.jsp 

• SAIC

http://www.saic.com/

Advocacy:

• American Council for the United Nations University

http://www.acunu.org/millennium/inship.html 

• Arms Control Association

http://www.armscontrol.org/internships.asp 

• Business Executives for National Security

http://www.bens.org/contact-us/employment-internships.html  

• Center for National Security

http://www.cnss.org/ 

• CHF International

http://www.chfinternational.org/ 

• Citizens Development Corps Inc.

http://www.volunteersforprosperity.gov/busorg/profiles/citizens-development-corps.htm 

• Globalsecurity.org

http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/interns.htm

• National Council on US-Arab Relations

http://www.ncusar.org/internship/

• National Security Archive

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/ 

• Nuclear Threat Initiative

http://www.nti.org/index.html

• Partners for Development

http://www.pfd.org/

• Society for International Development

      http://www.sidint.org/

• The National Security Education Program

http://www.iie.org/programs/nsep/default.htm

Law:

• American Bar Association:  Standing Committee on Law and National Security

http://www.abanet.org/natsecurity/intern_opportunities.shtml

• Arnold & Porter, National Security Law and Policy Practice

http://www.arnoldporter.com/practice.cfm?practice_id=40

• Patton Boggs, Defense and National Security Practice

http://www.pattonboggs.com/services/ServiceDetail.aspx?firmService=42 

• Williams & Connolly, Federal Programs and National Defense Practice

http://www.wc.com/practice.cfm?practice_id=72 

• Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Defense, National Security and Government Contracts Practice

http://www.wilmerhale.com/defense_national_security_and_government_contracts_rss.aspx

Media:

• Allafrica.com

http://allafrica.com/whoweare/interns.html

• Aviation Week and Space Technology

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/

• Foreign Policy

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=55

• Voice of America

http://www.voanews.com/english/About/2006-08-09-interns.cfm