Bridging the Gap promotes engagement between scholarly, policy, and public spheres to inform debate and decision making on U.S. foreign policy and evolving global challenges
We equip scholars of all levels with the skills to produce influential policy-relevant research and theoretically grounded policy work. We also promote and facilitate the dissemination of cutting-edge research on problems of concrete importance to governments, think tanks, international institutions, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, and the broader public. Within the academy, we are driving changes in university culture and processes designed to incentivize public and policy engagement.
Core Programs
Bridging the Gap creates new opportunities for policy-relevant scholarship that are deeply respected inside research universities as well as useful to policy and decision makers.
BTG-OUP Book Series
The Bridging the Gap OUP Series publishes manuscripts that are written to engage both academic and policy audiences, and make significant contributions to debates in both communities.
Additional Initiatives
Bridging the Gap continues to innovate with new opportunities relevant to research universities as well as useful to policy and decision makers.
Resources & Past Work
“Good policy is informed by good ideas, and good ideas are not formed in a vacuum.”
- Stephen Del Rosso, The Carnegie Corporation of New York
BTG in the Media
The Guardian view on Trump’s omnipresence: commanding attention like a king
Sarah Bush and Lauren PratherThe Guardian
June 4, 2026
Emergency Response Rooms and Collective Action in Sudan
Noaman Elwaleed Mousa
CSIS Into Africa Podcast
April 9, 2026
AI is Quietly Reshaping Nuclear Risk in South Asia
Sahar Khan
Asia-Pacific Leadership Network
March 27, 2026
Americans Actually Support U.S. Global Leadership
Rebecca LissnerCouncil on Foreign Relations
April 16, 2026
Pakistan mediates US-Iran talks amid threats, troop buildup and regional escalation
Lawrence RubinChannel News Asia 938
Will WalldorfThe Conversation
April 1, 2026
Nate Allen and Joel AmegbohThe Conversation
February 24, 2026
From Altruism to Instrumentalism? Aid-Diplomacy Mergers and the Future of Foreign Policy
Rachel GeorgeGlobal Studies Quarterly
February 2026
Trump’s War Is Punishing the Poor, Starting at the Gas Pump
Jeff D. ColganThe New York Times
May 14, 2026
PaxGlobal Voices
Jeffrey Pugh (Creator)UMASS Boston Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development
Why Iran targeted Amazon data centers and what that does — and doesn’t — change about warfare
Dennis MurphyThe Conversation
April 2, 2026
Eisenhower’s lessons in alliance management
Mary S. Barton and James Graham WilsonEngelsberg Ideas
April 1, 2026
How massive US footprint in the Gulf became a bullseye overnight
Sahar KhanResponsible Statecraft
April 23, 2026