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News Assistant / Staff Reporter

The Asahi Shimbun is Japan’s leading national daily newspaper. Based in Tokyo, it has a circulation of more than eight million. Its North American bureaus are located in New York, Los Angeles, San Jose, and Washington, D.C.

Qualifications:
Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree (master’s degree preferable). Background in U.S. defense and security issues is highly desirable. Japanese language is helpful but not required. U.S. citizenship is required.

Description:
Duties include assisting our Washington-based diplomatic correspondents with articles by conducting thorough background research, attending press briefings, gathering news and views, arranging interviews, and closely following developments in the area of U.S. defense and security, primarily covering the Pentagon. Some administrative support, such as transcribing interviews and other assignments, is also required.

Research Assistant, China Center- Brookings

Description:

The Brookings Institution is a private nonprofit organization devoted to independent research and innovative policy solutions. Established in 1916, Brookings analyzes current and emerging issues and produces new ideas that matter - for the nation and the world.

The Brookings Institution seeks to fill a Research Assistant position. The Research Assistant provides research, editing and general administrative support to one or more Brookings senior fellow(s) in the areas of Chinese elite politics, decision-making, political transformation, foreign policy, energy, security policy and military affairs.

World Bank Junior Professional Associate

Dear JPAs and Colleagues,

I would appreciate it greatly if you could forward the enclosed job descriptions to your friends who might be interested in a JPA position at the Bank, specifically, in HR (Human Resources). We at the HR Analytics and Systems unit plays an important role in gathering, analyzing and publishing HR data and staffing facts to inform key discussions on HR and organizational strategies. We are currently looking for a JPA with strong analytical skills and experience to join our growing team. For more details about the position, please see the enclosed.

Thank you very much in advance.

Research Assistant/Associate – Middle East - Stimson Center

Research Assistant/Associate – Middle East

The Henry L. Stimson Center, a nonprofit public policy institute committed to finding and promoting practical, innovative solutions to security challenges, seeks a full-time research assistant/associate to support the Regional Voices: Transnational Challenges project. This project works on developing a diverse network of policy expertise comprising NGOs, think tanks, and public intellectuals from the Middle East, East Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. This multi-regional network of nongovernmental institutions and individuals seeks to gather and share non-US perspectives, priorities, and analysis of critical security issues with US policymakers.

Research Associate, The Project on Middle East Democracy

Project on Middle East Democracy
Research Associate Openings

The Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to examining how genuine democracies can develop in the Middle East and how the U.S. can best support that process. Through dialogue, research, and advocacy, POMED aims to strengthen the constituency for U.S. policies that peacefully support democratic reform in the Middle East.

POMED is seeking research associates to monitor, conduct research, and write on political developments in the Middle East, as well as U.S. policy toward political reform in the region. Each research associate will be responsible for one country, and will be expected to manage, edit, and update one country webpage and one country backgrounder. POMED pages and backgrounders bring together the best available open-source information and analysis on a given country, and organize the material for easy reference in a user-friendly format.

Research Assistant, CNAPS- Brookings

Description:
The Brookings Institution is a private nonprofit organization devoted to independent research and innovative policy solutions. Established in 1916, Brookings analyzes current and emerging issues and produces new ideas that matter - for the nation and the world.

The Brookings Institution seeks to fill a Research Assistant position. The Research Assistant performs in-depth research into primary and secondary sources on East Asian international relations for Senior Fellow / Director of the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (CNAPS); provide other assistance to Director as requested. Serve as primary coordinator for CNAPS Visiting Fellows program.

Deputy Director and Fellow, Project on Internal Displacement- Brookings

Description:
The Brookings Institution is a private nonprofit organization devoted to independent research and innovative policy solutions. Established in 1916, Brookings analyzes current and emerging issues and produces new ideas that matter - for the nation and the world.

The Brookings Institution seeks to fill a Deputy Director and Fellow position. The Deputy Director and Fellow directs research, and provides leadership, program guidance and administrative oversight on all areas of Project activity.

To view the complete job description, please visit: http://www.brookings.edu/about/employment/fp11408.aspx

Research Associate, U.S. Foreign Policy

Council on Foreign Relations
Human Resources Office
58 E. 68th St., New York, NY 10065
FAX: (212) 434-9893
humanresources@cfr.org
www.cfr.org

Founded in 1921, the Council on Foreign Relations is an independent national membership organization and a nonpartisan center for scholars dedicated to producing and disseminating ideas so that individual and corporate members, as well as policymakers, journalists, students, and interested citizens in the United States and other countries can better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other governments. The Council, which is headquartered in New York with an office in Washington, DC, does this by: convening meetings where prominent thinkers debate and discuss the major issues of our time; conducting a wide-ranging studies program; publishing Foreign Affairs, the preeminent journal covering international affairs and U.S. foreign policy; maintaining a diverse membership; sponsoring independent task forces; and providing up-to-date information about the world and U.S. foreign policy on the Council’s website, cfr.org.

China Analyst

Eurasia Group is an independent research and consulting firm specializing in global political risk analysis, with offices in New York, NY, Washington, DC, and London, UK. For more information on Eurasia Group, please visit our website at www.eurasiagroup.net.

We are seeking an experienced and motivated analyst of Chinese political affairs, to be located in the firm's New York or Washington office.

In this position, you will assess the political risks flowing from political, security and economic developments in China of relevance to Eurasia Group’s financial, corporate, and government clients. You will either have, or will develop, the ability to analyze specific sectors of the Chinese economy. You will perform in-depth research and will write both short analyses and longer

Russia Analyst (New York, DC or London)

Eurasia Group is seeking an experienced and motivated analyst of Russian political affairs. This position is available in New York, Washington, DC or London.

In this position, you will assess the political risks flowing from political, security and economic developments in Russia of relevance to Eurasia Group’s financial, corporate and government clients. You will have the ability to analyze specific sectors of the Russian economy. You must have a significant background and experience working on the mining, consumer-driven (retail) and/or other sectors. You will also have a strong knowledge of Russian domestic and economic political developments. You will perform in-depth research and will write both short analyses and longer papers. You will frequently brief both private sector and government clients. You will therefore have excellent analytical and presentation (oral and written) skills. You understand deadline and you write in a good, succinct style at native English standard.

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