Help deciding next step when considering IR and PP

[Imhotep]

I'm considering both Master's programs in International Relations and Public Policy and I'm trying to identify research assistant positions that would keep me competitive for both tracks. I'd be grateful for any suggestions.

After graduating I spent a year in Indonesia on a Fulbright and now I am working with an educational non-profit in Somalia as well as volunteering with a human rights organization. My contract here ends in July and I want to live in the US next year. I have found both public/social policy positions and international relations positions to fill in the gap between Somalia and graduate school, but as I am considering these two different fields I'm hoping to identify positions that would be relevant to both. Or would either kind of position be relevent to either MA?

Thank you in advance.

[OregonGal]

I'd suggest re-posting this in Government Affairs--that's where all of us IR/PP folks are camped out

However, I think that either path you take can be applied to either MA. You have the international experience, so you may want to go for more of a public/social policy position--that's what I did! A policy position in the field of your interest would also hopefully help you decide whether you want to take the international or domestic approach to that policy field.