A Think Tank. A Professional Network. A Community.

Learn to Conduct Original Research & Get Published

Our organization will walk cohort members through the steps of writing a quality research paper over the course of a semester. Our content is published in both digital and physical formats.

Join a Tight-Knit
Community

Every semester, cohorts engage in research papers, policy discussions, social events, and team-building. MFPC offers a welcoming group of passionate individuals interested in research and foreign policy.

Take Advantage of
Prof Dev Opportunities

MFPC understands the value of finding opportunities further than our organization or the University -- we work with our connections to establish valuable professional development events.

Monday

Join everyone at MFPC for the weekly meeting, where new members are taught how to write research papers and groups collaborate on their next sections.

Tuesday

Meet with your research group to work on the next section due Friday – you might be aggregating vaccine data in Kenya, while your teammate could be analyzing Rwanda’s medical propaganda strategy.

Wednesday

Connect with your group’s dedicated Brookings Institute mentor. Depending on your team's research progress, you may refine the scope of your study, collaborate on a better way to display data, or simply hear about what’s happening in foreign policy today.

Thursday

Grab a coffee with your mentor, an upperclassman member at MFPC matched with you at the beginning of the semester based upon similar interests. You might bounce internship ideas off each other.

Saturday

Attend one of MFPC’s many socials. This week might be club-wide professional headshots – you might pose for your new Linkedin photo, grab an apple cider donut, and talk moves for that night with your friends.

Research Groups

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Climate & Energy

Climate change, natural disasters, and the transition to renewable energy sources is of great importance in U.S. foreign policy objectives. This group’s focus ranges from clean energy to sustainable infrastructure and finance.

Example Research Papers from Previous Journals:

Vol 6: Geopolitics and Energy: The Evolving Sino-Russian Relationship
Vol 5.1: An Analysis of Electric Vehicle Policies in China, France, and the United States

Global Health

Especially in the recovery stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, discussion surrounding global health and pandemic preparedness dominates international forums and agreements. Our global health group researches vaccine diplomacy, access to natural resources, and technology sharing for the advancement of public health.

Example Research Papers from Previous Journals:

Vol 6. Issue 1: Investigating Regional and International Policy Response Successes and Failures to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Eswatini: A Case Study
Vol 4. Issue 2: The Pandemic is Here: How Governments Succeeded and Failed to Control COVID-19 Outbreaks

National Security

Our most popular group, the research of our national security group bleeds into all facets of foreign policy analysis. From arms sales to cyber security breaches, terrorism, and hostile adversary nations, understand the forces at play domestically or abroad that routinely threaten a nation’s sovereignty.

Example Research Papers from Previous Journals:

Vol 6. Issue 1: The Costs of Civil War in a Globalizing World: A Case Study of Sri Lanka
Vol 3. Issue 2: The Kurdish Independence Movement and its Relationship with Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria

Trade & Economy

Economics bleeds into all sectors of foreign policy crafting and international relationships. Semiconductor policy crafting, implicit and explicit economic coercion, and international aid for economic development are some previous topics of focus for this group’s research.

Example Research Papers from Previous Journals:

Vol 5 Issue 1: Does Money Talk? Evaluating the Germany-China Relationship Through Economic and Diplomatic Lenses
Vol 6. Issue 1: The Human and Economic Consequences of U.S. Arms Sales to the Middle East and Central Asia

Human Rights

This group’s previous research topics touch on women’s rights abroad, access to media and freedom of expression, and means the United States has pursued unilaterally or multilaterally to advance human rights abroad.

Example Research Papers from Previous Journals:

Vol 5. Issue 1: Lasting Impacts of Freedom Decay in Hong Kong
Vol 6. Issue 2: Evaluating the Role of Education and Gang Violence on Femicide Rates in El Salvador and Honduras

Tech & Innovation

In the digital age, technology and innovation will continue to drive U.S. policy vested in security, economics, and general global prosperity. This group launches in Fall of 2022, and research topics might range from biotechnology to digital currencies, surveillance states, and international space capabilities, as they relate to foreign policy.

Policy Proposals

Experienced researchers take on a eight to ten page solo project when tackling a policy proposal. Topics vary based on personal interests, and each semester there are six to eight completed policy proposals.

Example Proposals from Previous Journals:

Vol 6 Issue 1: Combatting Corruption: Establishing U.S.-Sponsored Anti-Corruption Institutions in Mongolia
Vol 6. Issue 2: Reducing Disparities in Renewable Energy Development Within the Pan-Arab Clean Energy Initiative
Vol 6 Issue 2: Volatile Vaccines: Depoliticizing Immunization Campaigns in Afghanistan

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