Web Team
Emma Hopp,
Editor-in-Chief
Expertise: Security policy, emerging technology, digital authoritarianism, Latin America, cyber policy
Ava Propstra, Organizational Liaison
Expertise: Diplomacy, peace studies, international conflict, Latin America, hostage diplomacy, soft power
Marc Cordero,
Social Media Manager
Expertise: AI governance & security, emerging technology, Latin America, MENA
Aidan Fernandes,
Managing Editor
Expertise: Counterterrorism, counternarcotics, transnational security, U.S. national security, Latin America, South Asia
Leah Hollar, Staff Editor
Expertise: Atrocity prevention, post-conflict reconstruction, peace-building, gender-based violence, international law
Samantha Moore,
Staff Editor
Expertise: Conflict resolution, foreign policy, Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, international security
Flynn Struckmann,
Staff Editor
Expertise: International law and security, arms control, emerging threats, South Pacific security
Alison Xiao, S
taff Editor
Expertise: U.S.-Asia relations, Indo-Pacific security, China-Taiwan relations, public diplomacy
Thomas Vedder,
Senior Staff Writer
Expertise: energy security, emerging technology, environmental policy, government accountability
Stephen Gaughan,
Staff Writer
Expertise: Eastern Europe, Central Europe, the Balkans, transatlantic relations, Middle East
Claudine Miller, Staff Writer
Expertise: International economics, development economics, climate politics and environment policy, Europe, Middle East, U.S. foreign policy
Holly Pappano, Staff Writer
Expertise: China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, soft power, international development
Jack Stein, Staff Writer
Expertise: Foreign policy, Sahel region, Latin America, violent extremism, transnational crime, international organizations
Natalia Dussán, Managing Editor
Expertise: Latin America, political violence, state repression, migration
Ginevra Vercesi
, Managing Editor
Expertise: Middle East security, transnational security, U.S. foreign policy, diplomacy, international institutions, geopolitical risk & strategy
Carly Gordon, Staff Editor
Expertise: U.S. foreign policy, international institutions, Latin America, democracy building
Tyler Johnson, Staff Editor
Expertise: Security policy, U.S. foreign policy, Middle East, North Africa
Nathan O’Hara,
Staff Editor
Expertise: Ukraine, South Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, transatlantic relations, religion
Caden Umansky, Staff Editor
Expertise: Transatlantic affairs, conflict resolution, Middle East, international security
Xiomara Jean-Louis, Senior Staff Writer
Expertise: Sustainable development, trade policy, Latin America and the Caribbean, neocolonialism
Diana Das,
Staff Writer
Expertise: U.S. foreign policy, illiberalism, Ukraine, Poland, Russia
Aram Melkumyan, Staff Writer
Expertise: Geopolitical risk & strategy, South Caucasus & Central Asia, Middle East affairs, economic statecraft, multilateral diplomacy
Thor Moy, Staff Writer
Expertise: U.S. history, U.S. foreign policy, nuclear proliferation, security studies
Tanya Samyak, Staff Writer
Expertise: International trade policy, monetary policy, development economics, gender policy