Foreign Policy Fellowship Program Staff Delegation Trips

The Wilson Center's Office of Congressional Relations has hosted several trips to locations around the world in order for Congressional staff to learn about the U.S. relationship with various countries and critical foreign policy matters. See highlights below from past trips over the years.

Canada & Iceland

As travel re-opened in 2022, the Congressional Relations Team invited 10 FPFP Alumni to learn about energy, trade, sustainability, and U.S. Arctic policy in several locations around Quebec, Canada, and attend the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Mexico

Before the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the Wilson Center's Office of Congressional Relations led a Congressional Staff Delegation to Mexico to examine the U.S.-Mexico trade partnership (specifically the USMCA), border security, and immigration.

Sweden & Russia

In 2019, the Wilson Center's Office of Congressional Relations led a Congressional Staff Delegation to Sweden and Russia focused on the countries' relationship to the Arctic, geopolitical issues, democracy, and several other areas of key importance for U.S. foreign policy for Russia and Europe.

Colombia

In the summer of 2019, the Wilson Center's Office of Congressional Relations hosted a Congressional Staff Delegation to Colombia, to understand the U.S.-Colombia relationship, the Venezuelan refugee crisis, and several other issues.

For more information on our trips, please contact Jorden Jones, Program Associate for Congressional Relations, at jorden.jones@wilsoncenter.org.

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Katie Morley

Senior Legislative Assistant, Office of Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE)

“I’ve noticed for several years just how good of a job the Wilson Center has done at building relationships with and being accessible to congressional staff from early on in our careers. However, [the trip to Canada & Iceland, 2022] in particular really reinforced the Wilson Center’s leadership and widespread respect within the international community and the brilliant minds who make it all happen."

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Dhishal Jayasinghe

Legislative Correspondent, Office of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)

"[On the Canada & Iceland trip] I was reminded of the responsibility that I had. For one, the responsibility to collaborate: to sincerely work above and beyond narrow partisanship lenses and take good ideas wherever they may come from – from all sides of the aisle, from public to private entities. And second, the responsibility to be imaginative... I learned to see these problems as opportunities to deliver more, to deliver better for the country and for the world."

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Dorothy Clark

Legislative Assistant, Office of Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN)

"As a young staffer, opportunities like this trip remind me of our impactful role in Congress. Relationship building matters – across borders, across the aisle, across chambers, across issues.”

Foreign Policy Fellowship Program Team

Paige Rotunda

Project Director, The Foreign Policy Fellowship Program & Senior Congressional Associate

Jorden Jones

Congressional Relations Program Associate