Prompt Engineering for Politics & International Affairs
AI is simultaneously a tool for policy analysts, a subject of policy itself, and a new actor in elections, diplomacy, and governance. Law schools, think tanks, campaigns, and agencies increasingly expect both fluency and a clear point of view on it.
Where this is showing up in Politics & International Affairs
- LegiScan, Quorum, and FiscalNote are baking LLMs into legislation tracking used by lobbyists, staffers, and advocacy groups.
- Harvey, Thomson Reuters' Casetext CoCounsel, and Lexis+ AI are rapidly becoming standard tools in law firms and legal research practice.
- RAND, Brookings, Carnegie, and the Stanford AI Index publish continuous work on AI governance, election integrity, and national-security implications.
- Major policy instruments — the EU AI Act, US executive orders on AI, and the UN's AI Advisory Body reports — are actively defining how AI gets deployed in government and beyond.
Projects you could build in this course
- A tool that compares policy proposals or tracks legislation across jurisdictions
- A RAG assistant over international treaties, UN resolutions, or Supreme Court opinions
- A campaign or advocacy research tool that surfaces relevant precedent and framing