Our mission is to better prepare the next generation to confront geopolitical challenges and advance American national interests and values abroad. We do this by: Incubating and promoting original research in political science, history, and law that deepens our understanding of America’s national interest and America’s role in confronting geopolitical challenges Cultivating a respect for intellectual diversity on these topics in the academy, today and in the future through the next generation of scholars; Exposing future practitioners at the masters and undergraduate level to the best scholarship and pedagogy, cultivating in them an empathy for policymakers who made the tough choices that guided American foreign policy since World War II and sharpening their toolkit to make their own contributions in the near and mid-future.