Event: Oil, the Persian Gulf, and U.S. Security
Wednesday, August 5, 2020; 7pm ET on Zoom. Register here. […]
Introducing the winners of the Society’s 2020 student foreign policy essay contest
The John Quincy Adams Society is pleased to announce the winners of our fourth annual foreign policy essay contest with The National Interest. This year’s contest offered students a choice of two prompts, each ripped from the headlines. First, what vital interests might the United States have in the Middle East, and what role might […]
Meet Ryan Nuckles, the Society’s Newest Team Member
We chatted with Ryan Nuckles, who just joined us here at the John Quincy Adams Society’s headquarters. Ryan will work with chapters in the Society’s northern region. What’s your background with the John Quincy Adams Society? I was involved with the University of Alabama’s John Quincy Adams Society chapter since my freshman year in 2016 […]
Listen to the Podcast Episode Taped at Our Conference
If you missed our 2019 Student Leadership Conference, you can still catch one of its highlights: a live taping of the Cato foreign policy podcast Power Problems. Host Emma Ashford spoke with New America’s Heather Hurlburt about her recent Lawfare article “Making Sense of the Grand Strategy Debate.” The two dug into the growing discussion […]
The National Interest on the JQA Society’s Work Building a New Generation of Leaders
Branding the John Quincy Adams Society a cross-partisan “Federalist Society for Foreign Policy,” The National Interest‘s Curt Mills writes, JQAS hopes to churn out a new generation of primacy-skeptic foreign policy professionals, including journalists. So, a generation hence, when a president runs and wins on bemoaning American misadventure abroad, she’ll have more than the usual […]
Looking back at our 2019 Student Leadership Conference
Last week, more than forty students from campuses across the United States gathered in Washington for two and a half days of intensive learning, networking, and training. The John Quincy Adams Society’s annual conference is our premier event for developing the next generation of foreign policy leaders. Participants leave better prepared for careers in international […]
Introducing the winners of our 2019 Student Foreign Policy Essay Contest
The John Quincy Adams Society is pleased to announce the winners of its third annual Student Foreign Policy Essay Contest with The National Interest. This year’s contest saw a record number of entries (more than 180) from one hundred and eleven universities across the United States. […]
2019 Essay Contest: U.S.-China Conflict
An essay contest for college students across America on the twenty-first century’s most important question. […]
November Chapter of the Month: University of Mississippi
Being a new chapter doesn’t mean you can’t do big things. November’s chapter of the month proves that. The University of Mississippi chapter of the John Quincy Adams Society rocketed to the top of the national scoreboard with a rock-solid month. They showed how a steady pace of regular meetings can build a meaningful community […]
Four New Opportunities
Our leaders have been hearing about how we’d have “something big” coming today. That was an understatement: We have four big things. Four opportunities to learn, to develop their professional skills, and to make their chapters even better. ONE We’re continuing our expert conference call series with one of the biggest names in foreign policy. […]