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The McCain Institute at Arizona State University (ASU) is now accepting applications for the sixth cohort of its National Security & Counterterrorism (NSCT) Fellowship.
Opportunity Details
The McCain Institute at Arizona State University (ASU) is now accepting applications for the sixth cohort of its National Security & Counterterrorism (NSCT) Fellowship. The fellowship brings together the most promising young leaders in the national security communities of the Five Eyes (FVEY) nations—Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Delivered in partnership with the National Security College of the Australian National University (ANU), the NSCT program provides leadership training, skill development and professional mentorship to each new cohort of Fellows. Created in 2019 as part of the McCain Institute’s mission to advance democracy, human dignity, and security, the National Security & Counterterrorism Fellowship serves as an enduring network of national security professionals who are linked with peers and colleagues—and a substantial alumni network—across the Five Eyes partner nations.
The NSCT Fellowship was designed and created by Nicholas Rasmussen, who brings a wealth of national security expertise and networks to the program. He was previously the executive director of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT), the Director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) from 2014 – 2017, and a former White House senior counterterrorism official under President Bush and Obama. He most recently served as the Counterterrorism Coordinator for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from 2022-2024.
Programming for the 2026 cohort will include in-person engagements in Washington, D.C., the United Kingdom, and Australia.
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