Spring 2027 Internship, GMF Paris, Strategic Foresight Program

Description

The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) is a nonpartisan organization that advances the transatlantic partnership to meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. 

With headquarters in Washington, DC; offices in Berlin, Brussels, Paris, Warsaw, Belgrade, Bucharest, and Ankara; representations in London and Madrid; and more than 140 experts and fellows worldwide, GMF is a hub for policy innovation, convening, and leadership development.

GMF’s work focuses on three priorities: strengthening transatlantic security, advancing economic and technological competitiveness, and adapting to a shifting global landscape.

Pillar Summary: 

To meet the opportunities and challenges presented by a changing global landscape, the transatlantic partnership must adopt bold new ideas and take deliberate action. This GMF pillar analyzes the impact of global power shifts on the transatlantic partnership; develops targeted strategies that enable the United States and Europe to navigate those shifts; and forges closer links among the United States, Europe, and third partners in the Indo-Pacific, Middle East, and other regions. Core offerings include quick-reaction analyses, original research, strategic convenings, scenario exercises, leadership development programs, and on-the-ground partnerships. The Global Power Shifts pillar also integrates and elevates the expertise and work of GMF’s Indo-Pacific, South and Wider Europe, and Strategic Foresight teams while anchoring cross-cutting initiatives. 

Program Summary: 

The Strategic Foresight experts provide policymakers and business leaders with three complementary assets for analysis and strategic planning:

1. A better understanding of the strategic environment, by providing rapid and informed analyses of strategic disruptions, as well as the tools to optimize approaches to crisis management.
2. The capacity to think proactively to stay ahead of emerging risks, anticipate long-term trends, and develop instruments to manage these risks and mitigate their impact.
3. The incorporation of geopolitical and geoeconomic risks into long-term strategies and planning.

The Strategic Foresight experts manage policy projects and contribute to the strategic debates on both sides of the Atlantic. The program also conducts foresight projects, anticipating risks and opportunities to help policymakers, business leaders and other opinion shapers better understand political, geopolitical and economic shifts, and their implications for their decision-making processes.

GMF Strategic Foresight delivers a monthly newsletter that offers in-depth analysis of geostrategic and geo-economic risks. Distributed to corporate and public-sector partners, this intelligence snapshot provides a forward-looking, high-level assessment of the key geopolitical challenges and opportunities anticipated in the next month. The newsletter features expert insights from Strategic Foresight fellows alongside a curated overview of recent and upcoming GMF publications and initiatives.

Internship format: 6-month full-time internship, Master or post-Master 

Internship agreement required 

Dates: February 8, 2027 – July 30, 2027 

Remuneration: €1000/month + restaurant tickets + reimbursement of part of metro costs 

Location: Paris Office, 91 rue de Rennes, 75006 Paris 

Key Areas of Responsibility: 

• Conduct research work on a variety of topics;
• Prepare and produce supporting material, documents and data selection for presentations and meetings as required;
• Maintain database, think tanks watch and update of events, conference and seminars in Paris, Europe and the United States;
• Update Paris contact lists;
• Contact and follow-up with invitees to conferences and seminars organized in Paris and other GMF offices;
• Assist in organizing seminars, conferences, editing and coordinating publications;
• Assist with travel, accommodation arrangements and programming of meetings for staff, U.S. delegations and guests visiting the Paris office;
• Attend research conferences on transatlantic and European security issues in Paris and write event reports;
• Translate work from French to English and from English to French;
• Assist with the communication and advertising of GMF's and the Paris office's activities;
• Daily administrative work;
• Other duties as assigned. 

Requirements

 Profile: 

• Enrolled in a Master program or graduate, ideally in International Relations/European Affairs/Political Science;
• Excellent communication and writing skills in both French and English;
• Creative, entrepreneurial and responsible;
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to meet tight deadlines while working on longer term projects;
• Ability to work in an international environment;
• Comfortable working both independently and as part of a team;
• Experience in project management, program planning and research;
• Background or interest in foreign policy, diplomacy, transatlantic relations; ideally, knowledge of European and American domestic and foreign policies and transatlantic relations. 

To be considered for this position, please apply via the GMF careers website: https://www.gmfus.org/careers 

Due to the high volume of applicants, we will only contact shortlisted candidates.