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

Americans Aren’t as Skeptical of Foreign Aid as Washington Thinks

Rachel A. George

Foreign Policy
August 27, 2026

How China Uses Space to Build Influence in the Middle East

Lawrence Rubin

China Global South Project
August 13, 2026

Five Plays to Seize Time and Deter War in the Western Pacific

Gary J. Sampson

Modern War Institute
July 24, 2026

The Small Suffer What They Must?

Tom Long and Stewart Patrick

Foreign Affairs
July 23, 2026

Trump Needs to Defy History to End the Iran War

Will Walldorf

Foreign Policy
July 21, 2026

The Lost Art of Coercion: Why Trump’s Belligerence Is a Sign of Weakness

Reid Pauly and Matthew Cebul

Foreign Affairs
July 16, 2026

The Other American Anniversary


Tom Long and Stewart Patrick

Foreign Policy
July 15, 2026

Exiting Somalia’s war: End U.S. military operations
Will Walldorf

Defense Priorities
July 14, 2026

AI, Global Security and the Future of International Cooperation

Pooja Arora

Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS)
June 15, 2026

Why Lower Munitions Stocks Won't Undercut Deterrence of China

Michael Poznansky and Michael O'Hanlon

Brookings
June 10, 2026

The Guardian view on Trump’s omnipresence: commanding attention like a king

Sarah Bush and Lauren Prather

The Guardian
June 4, 2026

China Won’t See the Iran War as a Green Light for Aggression

Michael Poznansky and Michael O'Hanlon

WSJ Opinion
May 21, 2026

US colleges face a chilling crackdown on DEI and immigration compliance

Amy E. Stambach

Times Higher Education
May 5, 2026

It's Time Rhode Islanders Make Housing a Human Right

Skip Mark and Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz

Boston Globe
April 22, 2026