The CSS Capstone Incubator Research MentorshipThe Center for Strategic Studies is delighted to announce the Capstone Incubator Project.The purpose of the CSS Capstone Incubator is to facilitate the development of innovative research on strategy, international politics, and US foreign policy by the Fletcher School students.The CSS Capstone Incubator offers hands-on mentorship for a limited number of Fletcher students studying in one- and two-year programs whose research interests lie in the area of: U.S. foreign policy and strategy; Realities and complexities of international conflict, including human territoriality, legitimacy, and the ethnic, cultural, and religious differences of peoples; and The utility of military intervention given its potential perils and long-term unintended consequences.Research mentorship will be offered based on the alliance of the proposed capstone project with the CSS research area and quality of the proposal (focus, logical consistency, demonstration of initial familiarity and strong interest to the topic).We invite Fletcher students apply for a CSS Research Mentorship, which will include: Being assigned a CSS faculty member as a capstone advisor; Close work with the assigned member of the CSS team on developing the capstone research question, outline, research strategy, and interim deadlines to assure the completion of the capstone by the last week of April 2018; Submission of the chapters of the capstone research for review and feedback; Publication of CSS blog-posts on the relevance of the chosen capstone topic and research findings; and An opportunity to compete to have the completed projects published by CSS as white papers.