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 Lost Art of Coercion: Why Trump’s Belligerence Is a Sign of Weakness
Reid Pauly and Matthew CebulForeign Affairs
July 16, 2026
Exiting Somalia’s war: End U.S. military operations
Will Walldorf
Defense Priorities
July 14, 2026
Increasing Impact, Communicating Research, and Science from PBS to the U.S. Senate
Jeffrey Pugh (Creator)PaxGlobal Voices, UMASS Boston
AI, Global Security and the Future of International Cooperation
Pooja AroraAcademic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS)
June 15, 2026
I’ve Been Teaching for 15 years. I’ve Never Been Afraid in the Classroom — Until Now.
Amy E. Stambach
HuffPost
June 14, 2026
Why Lower Munitions Stocks Won't Undercut Deterrence of China
Michael Poznansky and Michael O'HanlonBrookings
June 10, 2026
The Guardian view on Trump’s omnipresence: commanding attention like a king
Sarah Bush and Lauren PratherThe Guardian
June 4, 2026
China Won’t See the Iran War as a Green Light for Aggression
Michael Poznansky and Michael O'HanlonWSJ 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