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JobLink Launch: Opportunities in the Obama Administration with Amb. Susan Rice

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Do you have what it takes to be a leader? Apply for a YPFP staff position.

YPFP Is Looking for Enthusiastic and Talented Staff Members!

Familiar Faces: YPFP Member in the Washington Post

Mark Simakovsky, a long-time YPFP member, was featured in the Washington Post May 10.

When war broke out between Russia and Georgia in August 2008, Mark Simakovsky was a largely unnoticed junior Pentagon staffer. But almost overnight, the 28-year-old became a key policy adviser when he was called upon to provide timely information and insights to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and other top government officials.

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Articles

Targeting Iran's Revolutionary Guard

In the aftermath of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini established the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to protect the ideologies of the Islamic Revolution from foreign and domest

Iran Sanctions: A Double-Edged Sword

A year after the Obama Administration's decision to attempt a new policy of engagement with Iran, the U.N.

Obama and the Middle East

The reported success of the Obama - Netanyahu summit by the mainstream U.S.

Donating to Haiti and Beyond

An overwhelming majority of Americans (84 percent) believe they have a responsibility to help Haiti.

Israel Raids Flotilla Bound for Gaza: Impact and Aftermath

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Jobs

Internship with New Defense Approaches Project, CSIS

Center for Strategic and International Studies
Date: 
07/30/2010

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a non-profit, bipartisan public policy organization established in 1962 to address international policy issues and to provide policy option

Stabilization Adviser

Development Transformations
Date: 
07/27/2010

Development Transformations (DT) is a specialized consultancy that enhances interagency responses to a range of complex situations including humanitarian disasters, weak and failing states, and post-c

Africa Program Intern

Partners for Democratic Change
Date: 
07/27/2010

Partners is seeking an intern to work on Africa-programs to: assist in event planning and preparation, conduct and summarize country-specific and subject-area research; attend meetings/presentations and provide summary information to senior staff; develop presentations and interactive exercises; help prepare proposals for future projects; and brainstorm program ideas.

Sponsor Assignments Operations

Save the Children
Date: 
07/26/2010

Save the Children US, the leading independent organization creating real and lasting change for children in need in the U.S. and around the world seeks a Sponsor Assignments Operations Manager.

Program Manager: Asia

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
Date: 
07/26/2010

The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) seeks a Program Manager with political and organizational expertise to support NDI’s democratic development programs in China and ot