The German Marshall Fund is a thought leader on issues critical to transatlantic interests in the 21st century, including the future of democracy, security and geopolitics, alliances and the rise of China, and technology and innovation. By drawing on and fostering a community of people with diverse life experiences and political perspectives, GMF pursues its mission by driving the policy debate through cutting-edge analysis and convening, fortifying civil society, and cultivating the next generation of leaders on both sides of the Atlantic.

At GMF, we acknowledge that diversity, equity, and inclusion touches on all aspects of our workplace. As such, employees at all levels of the organization are accountable for incorporating inclusive practices, equitable principles, and championing diversity in their work.

Hub Summary:

The Geostrategy Hub is GMF’s largest hub, comprising 80 GMF programmatic, administrative staff and fellows combined. The hub provides decisionmakers, policymakers and business leaders on both sides of the Atlantic with the most in-depth and comprehensive analysis on the political, economic, and strategic trends impacting them. With the international environment being increasingly defined by geopolitical competition, the environmental crisis, and hybrid threats, managing these risks requires adopting a geostrategy, i.e. the holistic and cross-functional integration of (geo)political risk management into broader strategies, resiliency plans and policy planning.

Within this framework, the aim of the Geostrategy Hub is threefold:

Near-term - Offer a better understanding of the current geopolitical and geoeconomics events by providing quick and well-informed analysis of sudden shifts in the strategic environment.

Longer-term - Anticipate risks (political, geopolitical and geoeconomics) and identify longer-term trends, and how they might impact strategies of governments and business, and provide recommendations for managing political risks and mitigating their impact.

Innovation - Elaborate a new vision for transatlantic cooperation to address and manage these risks.

The Geostrategy Hub is structured as a multigeographic (4 regional sub-hubs), cross-functional (through the 5th sub-hub) and cross-office hub:

Eastern Europe & Russia

South & Mediterranean

North & Artic

IndoPacific

Geopolitical Risk

The Geostrategy Hub comprises staff from the Paris office, the Warsaw office, the Brussels office, the Berlin office, the Ankara office and the Washington DC office.

The Geostrategy Hub will be consistent with broader GMF vision and goals and actively collaborate with the other Hubs:

Strategic Engagement Hub - to design the best communications, convening and editorial strategy,

Enterprise Hub - to develop the most efficient fundraising strategy,

Democracy Hub - by connecting it to the relevant Eastern & Russia sub-hub projects,

Innovation Hub – by creating synergies on the technological and environmental risks.

Work Stream Summary:

The Indo-Pacific increasingly tops the foreign policy agenda in both the US and Europe. At a time when the international rules-based order is increasingly contested, GMF’s Indo Pacific Program fosters coordinated US-European approaches to common challenges in the region while building closer US-European-Asian partnerships. Through its long-standing, signature trilateral Track 1.5 dialogues with stakeholders from China, India, Japan, and Taiwan, the Indo Pacific Program promotes cross-fertilization of ideas and potential policy solutions in key foreign, economic, and security policy areas. As the United States continues coalition-building in the region and Europe is developing its own Indo-Pacific strategies, GMF Indo Pacific’s insights and networks have never been more vital and relevant. The Indo Pacific Program’s fellows and staff manage an active set of policy programs, conduct in-depth research, publish regular newsletters and podcasts, and frequently contribute articles and commentary to a wide range of international publications and news outlets.

Job Summary:

The Senior Fellow has primary responsibility for the Japan Trilateral Forum, managing the annual Track 1.5 dialogue with stakeholders in Asia, Europe, and the United States, as well as the annual Young Strategists Forum, and other projects related to Japan and Korea. The Senior Fellow conducts original research that links the emerging debates on Asia in Europe with the policy debates in Washington DC and supports the Indo Pacific Program’s efforts in building a strong network in the United States and Europe, as well as with Indo-Pacific partners. The Senior Fellow will also engage in fundraising and donor relations in support of the Indo Pacific Program’s work.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities (in order of importance):

• Design and plan the annual Japan Trilateral Forum in close coordination with the Brussels-based Indo Pacific Senior Program Officer.
• Plan and execute the annual Young Strategists Forum in Tokyo.
• Identify and pursue potential fundraising opportunities.
• Expand GMF’s work on Japan and Korea, including on economic security, NATO, and building bridges between US allies in Europe with those in the Indo-Pacific.
• Actively contribute to research and publications at GMF.
• Author concept notes, proposals, and draft budgets for new initiatives.
• Actively support the Indo Pacific program’s other trilateral forums.
• Coordinate speakers and participants from the Indo-Pacific for GMF’s annual Brussels Forum.
• Conduct outreach to policy makers in Washington DC, as well as in Europe and Asia.
• Liaise with GMF’s European offices.

Knowledge and Skills Needed:

• Minimum of 10 years of work experience in foreign policy, preferably related to Japan.
• Fluency in English (additional knowledge of Asian language an asset).
• Proven ability to fundraise, as well as design and implement projects.
• Strong management and organizational skills.
• Proven ability to publish in relevant journals, newspapers, etc.
• Interest in expanding Korea-related research a plus.

Education:

Minimum requirement M.A. degree or above