The Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy is a year-long academic opportunity that consists of:

1. a two-semester seminar
2. a summer research funding opportunity 
3. supplemental events and activities (like dinners and conferences) with professors, alumni, and practitioners (diplomats, politicians, military personnel, media experts, and social reformers)

In the Grand Strategy class, we learn how to achieve large ends with limited means, whether in military conflict, foreign policy, domestic politics, or social movements. This is done by studying and discussing readings from authors like Machiavelli, Frederick Douglass, Che Guevera, and Immanuel Kant. The program emphasizes interaction between academics and practitioners, and between participants of differing political views.

We also learn how to apply this knowledge in the real world by way of interactions between academics and practitioners at dinners and conferences. In addition to this, students participate in group presentations of strategy briefs to high-level officials and a summer fellowship.

Yes! To be eligible, you must be either an undergraduate in their junior year or a Yale University masters or doctoral student.

1. a few biographical questions
2. providing one Yale faculty reference (but not a letter of recommendation)
3. cover letter (which expresses your interest in Grand Strategy, relevant course and extracurricular work, and what you wish to obtain from the course)
4. resume
5. unofficial academic transcript
6. (if you move onto the final round) a ten-minute interview

Students in the Grand Strategy program arrive with a wide variety of backgrounds and academic interests which include, but are not limited to, foreign policy, social change, geopolitics, racial justice, immigration, military strategy, climate change, and so much more. You can view all current students here.

The program is directed by Professor Mary Sarotte, supported by a group of senior Yale faculty and staff.