National Security and Intelligence Analysis Internship Fall 2025
National Security and Intelligence Analysis Internship Fall 2025
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ISW Internship Program Overview
ISW is offering remote hybrid and inperson internships for Fall 2025. Instructions to apply for the scholarship are below.
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 Irans Axis of Resistance. ISW also offers internships in Geospatial Intelligence and National Security Technologies our Cognitive Warfare Task Force and in Communications.
Why Work for ISW
ISW believes that ground realities must drive the formulation of strategy and policy. In pursuit of this principle ISW conducts detailed opensource 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 cuttingedge 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 Americas 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.
National Security and Intelligence Analysis Internship: ISW is a leading source of innovative analysis and intelligence on global conflicts that threaten American national security. ISW publishes regular research reports and graphics to inform policymakers warfighters and journalists in Washington DC as well as the general public. Interns provide critical assistance to our analysts and receive handson training from their supervisors as well as a formal development program taught by our leadership. Interns will be trained to use innovative technologies to conduct opensource collection and analysis in a fastpaced environment.
Interns will be paired with ISW researchers on subject matter that best matches their skill sets and language capabilities. Interns are expected to collect process analyze and synthesize intelligence from native language sources under the guidance of our staff; collaborate with the wider research team to generate intelligence products; assist with editing documenting and compiling materials for publications; and support the planning preparation and of public events and private briefings held by ISW. This is a fulltime internship (five days per week) but parttime work will be considered on a casebycase basis.
Qualifications
- Candidates must be motivated and organized college students or recent graduates with demonstrated expertise in a related field.
- Candidates must possess excellent writing editing and oral communication skills.
- Candidates should preferably possess strong critical language capabilities in Arabic Hebrew Russian Mandarin Turkish Kurdish or Farsi; or a programming language such as Python.
- Candidates must display the ability to conduct complex tasks in a timely and efficient manner.
- Candidates should be selfmotivated independent creative and capable of working in a dynamic and fastpaced environment.
- Candidates must show commitment toand interest inthe core mission and values of ISW.
Fall 2025 Internship Program Dates: ISW internships starts on September 9 2025. The program will run until December 12. Interns must both be authorized to work in the United States and be physically present in the United States during their internship tenure. Working remotely outside of the United States is not authorized. If you attend a US university on a student visa you must be eligible for and obtain a CPT authorization before beginning at ISW.Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until July 25 2025.
Instructions:Please upload your resume cover letter and writing sample. Your cover letter and writing sample should be no longer than five pages combined; the writing sample can be excerpted from a longer paper.
ISW will work with students to gain academic credit for internships where applicable.
ISW Scholarship Application
The Institute for the Study of War will offer intern candidates up to a $1000 monthly living stipend as part of a scholarship program.* To be considered for the scholarship candidates must upload a scholarship application as part of their internship application. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until July 25 2025.
Candidates will be assessed based on the following criteria:
- Ability to contribute as a member of one of ISWs research operations business development or external relations teams; and
- Financial need such that an unpaid internship would not be possible without assistance.
Within the scholarship application candidates should upload a 2 to 3page cover letter which answers each of the following questions. (This should be a different cover letter than the one used for the internship application itself.
- Which ISW internship is your top choice Why do you believe you are qualified
- What do you believe to be the most pressing national security problem the US faces today What solution(s) would you propose
- Where do you see yourself in your future career How will an ISW internship help you get there
- Why have you chosen to apply for this supplemental scholarship
- Are you currently receiving federal financial aid and/or needbased aid from your university Feel free to describe using as much detail as you are comfortable.
*Please note that the up to $1000 monthly scholarship is classified as taxable income.
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Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Intern
