Policy Roundtable: How to Bridge the Gap Between Academics and Policymakers – Making Academic Work Relevant to Policymakers

​As the international community faces tremendous change and upheaval, and the United States undergoes shifts in its foreign and domestic policies under the Trump administration, there is a critical need for sound and relevant advice on issues of national security. A key question is, what, if anything, do national security academics have to offer policymakers? The answer is, “quite a bit.”