Critical Regions of Study
NSEP supports students who are eager to study in and about areas of the world critical to U.S. national security and outside Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Destinations for NSEP award recipients include Egypt, Israel, Indonesia, Russia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, etc. NSEP's focus on these critical and understudied world regions remains indispensable to the future American capacity to address major national security needs.
NSEP preferred countries
The following list represents regions and countries of interest to NSEP that are critical to U.S. national security.
East Asia, South Asia, and the Pacific Islands
Bangladesh | Cambodia | China | India |
Indonesia | Japan | Korea, South | Malaysia |
Nepal | Pakistan | Philippines | Sri Lanka |
Taiwan | Thailand | Timor-Leste | Vietnam |
Eastern Europe
Albania | Armenia | Azerbaijan | Belarus |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bulgaria | Croatia | Czech Republic |
Georgia | Hungary | Kazakhstan | Kosovo |
Kyrgyzstan | Macedonia | Moldova | Montenegro |
Poland | Romania | Russia | Serbia |
Slovakia | Slovenia | Tajikistan | Turkey |
Ukraine | Uzbekistan |
Latin America
Argentina | Brazil | Chile | Colombia |
Cuba | El Salvador | Guatemala | Haiti |
Honduras | Mexico | Nicaragua | Panama |
Peru | Venezuela |
Middle East and North Africa
Algeria | Bahrain | Israel | Jordan |
Kuwait | Lebanon | Morocco | Oman |
Qatar | Saudi Arabia | Tunisia | UAE |
Yemen |
Sub-Saharan Africa
Angola | Benin | Cape Verde | Congo, DRC |
Congo, Rep. | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Ghana |
Kenya | Mali | Liberia | Mozambique |
Nigeria | Rwanda | Senegal | Sierra Leone |
South Africa | Tanzania | Uganda |