Congressional Relations
The Wilson Center’s office of Congressional Relations works to maintain a vibrant relationship with Members of Congress and their staffs. We organize and run a series of educational programs led by Wilson Center experts, ranging from seminars to podcasts, with the purpose of increasing congressional staffers’ knowledge of international policy. We also coordinate outreach to Capitol Hill, including testimonies by Wilson Center scholars and briefings for Members of Congress.
Insight & Analysis
Opportunities with Congressional Relations
Wilson Foreign Policy Fellowship Program
Unfortunately, due to the recent public health developments surrounding COVID-19, we have decided to postpone the Foreign Policy Fellowship Program for the spring 2020 session. We will have an update with new dates in the future. The application window will also be delayed, and those dates will be announced along with the new program dates.
Congressional Foreign Policy Masterclass
Unfortunately, due to the recent public health developments surrounding COVID-19, we have decided to postpone the Russia and China Masterclasses. We will have an update with new dates for these programs in the future.
Internships with Congressional Relations
Need to Know Podcast Series
Need to Know is a foreign policy news podcast produced by the Office of Congressional Relations at the Wilson Center. Bringing you the best non-partisan policy through conversations with our scholars.
Browse all the episodesCORONAVIRUS EXPERTS
Alex Long
Program Associate
Read more from AlexCOVID-19 should become a pivot point in these United States. A necessary pivot point, since all signs point towards the fact that this pandemic is not an anomaly but rather symptom of globalized society and its effects on the environment…But when it comes time to commiserate on the shared memory of COVID-19 and create stronger and more flexible structures for pandemic preparedness, we may find that there are divergent narratives running on geographic and partisan lines.
Rui Zhong
Program Associate
Lawrence K. Altman
Global Fellow
Read more from Lawrence K.As COVID-19 forces us to hunker down in our homes, telecommute, stock up on staples, limit visits to relatives and friends, and disrupt our lives in many other ways, we are paying a steep price for not heeding the advice of health officials who, for decades, repeatedly urged government officials to prepare for another pandemic resembling the one from influenza that killed 20 to 100 million people from 1917-1920.
Stuart Brotman
Fellow
Congressional Testimonies
The Wilson Center’s Foreign Policy Fellowship Program does more than dive into complex foreign policy issues, it also offers congressional staff the unique opportunity to reach across the aisle and form genuine relationships.
The mission of service and support to our own work as policymakers sets the Center apart from other policy organizations in Washington, and certainly embodies the spirit of public service for which President Wilson is remembered.
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For more information on our fellowships or programming, contact Paige Rotunda at paige.rotunda@wilsoncenter.org or 202/691-4213.
