February 9, 2011

FOREIGN POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE SEEKS ITS NEXT PRESIDENT

The FPRI Board of Trustees has launched a search for a new president to succeed Dr. Harvey Sicherman, who died suddenly in December. Since its founding by Dr. Robert Strausz-Hupé in 1955 the FPRI has sought to bring the insights of scholarship to bear on U.S. foreign policy to advance America's national interest.

Located in Philadelphia, the Institute has been a dynamic leader in research, policy analysis, publication, and teaching about world affairs from a geopolitical/realist/internationalist perspective. FPRI publishes Orbis, a quarterly journal of world affairs, and a variety of electronic bulletins, distributed weekly to 35,000 key people in 85 countries. Through its interuniversity study groups, it brings together faculty and graduate students from over 20 universities and colleges in the Philadelphia-area. Its affiliated scholars produce books for the most prestigious publishing houses and university presses while writing policy analysis regularly used by U.S. government agencies. Through its Wachman Center, it fosters civic and international literacy in the community and in classrooms nationwide.

Candidates for the position must be able to articulate, assert, and advance the identity and role of FPRI in addressing the policy, academic, and business communities, donors and members, and the media. He or she must have standing in the foreign affairs community based on a record of scholarship, government service, military service, or other relevant experience, and alertness to foreign policy and national security issues just over the horizon. To cope with the challenges of sustaining and building the organization, the candidate must be entrepreneurial, with a strong interest in fundraising, and able to provide leadership in FPRI's response to emerging strategic priorities.

Applications, inquiries, and nominations should be sent in confidence to al@fpri.org.

Compensation competitive.

The Foreign Policy Research Institute is an equal opportunity employer.

• For more information contact Alan Luxenberg, Tel: 215 732 3774, ext 105 or lux@fpri.org.
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