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The Global Strategy Institute is extremely grateful for the talent and energy
that our interns have brought to the team over the years.
Summer 2009
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Katryn Bowe
Katryn graduated with honors from the University of Pennsylvania in 2008. She studied global health policy and economic philosophy with an emphasis in international development issues. She has conducted field research in rural Cameroon, interned at a microfinance organization in Peru, and served as a research assistant at Water Advocates in Washington, DC.
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Samuel Ball-Brau
Samuel Ball-Brau is a rising senior at Johns Hopkins University. In addition to studying political science and economics, he has spent time working with governmental institutions in his native Baltimore, including the Baltimore City Public Schools and the Office of Public Defender. Samuel has focused his studies on issues of international conflict, particularly food security.
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Molly Walton
Molly graduated from Wheaton College in 2008 and she is currently pursuing her MA at Boston University, focusing on International Relations and Environmental Policy. Molly is interested in transboundary water conflict/cooperation and basin management, water policy/governance, climate change and its impact on natural resources, and China.
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Kyle Thompson-Westra
Kyle graduated from Tufts University in 2008, where he studied Political Science and Economics. Also interning with the CSIS Office of the Chief of Staff, his interests include international economics, development, rule of law, civil liberties, and Latin America.
Spring 2009
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Andy Schneider
Andy Schneider is a recent graduate of Stanford University, where he majored in International Relations and History and spent two and a half months in Papua New Guinea as assistant director of Panango. He is interested in political stability, states in transition, conflict, and environmental policy.
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John Casebolt
John Casebolt is majoring in engineering/physics and applied math with a minor in political science at Southeast Missouri State University. He is interested in technology, global cooperation, and future trends. John expects to graduate in May 2010.
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Ian Gross
Ian is currently a junior at the University of Maryland, where he studies philosophy and Chinese. His academic interests include: legal reform initiatives, long-range planning, China, and U.S. foreign policy.
Fall/Winter 2008
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Emily Poster
Emily recently graduated with an MSc from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her research interests include global health, Africa policy, long-range planning and communicating science to non-technical audiences. Her favorite color is green.
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Jeff Lyu
Jeff Lyu is a senior political science student at UCLA. He spent a semester at Lund University in Sweden, and recently completed a research paper on foreign balancing efforts against U.S. unilateralism. He is a member of the UCLA Rugby Team, and serves as a program director and member of the board of trustees for UCLA UniCamp, the official charity of UCLA students.
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Chris Hall
Chris is a recent graduate of the College of William and Mary, where he studied international relations and history. His academic interests include: Russia and Eurasia, post-conflict reconstruction, ethnic conflict, and energy policy.
Summer 2008
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Alex Gregor
Alex is currently a senior at Davidson College. His interest areas are human rights, conflict resolution, Asian studies, and science, technology, and society (STS).
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Samantha Fahrbach
Sammy is in her final year at Duke University, where she is studying public policy and economics. She is interested in international trade/economics; energy policy; and climate change and environmental policy.
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Amy McNally
Amy McNally is currently a PhD student at the University of California, Santa Barbara where she is studying how international conflicts over water resources and biofuels may be exacerbated by global climate change. Prior to interning at GSI, she completed her Master's degree in Water Resource Policy and Management at Oregon State University.
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Julie Elkins
Julie graduated with honors in December 2008 from Penn State Behrend with a double major in Political Science and Psychology as well as double minors in International Studies and Civic and Community Engagement. She is interested in long-term, strategic problem solving for global issues like development and environmental sustainability.
Spring 2008
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Daisuke Abe
Daisuke is currently an M.A. Candidate at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University. He also works as an Attache
with the Embassy of Japan in the United States. He is interested in regional integration in East Asia as well as
U.S. policy toward East Asia.
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Bill Gingher
Bill is currently a law student at Georgetown University. His interest areas include international relations,
U.S. foreign policy, and China.
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Tiffany Blanchard
Tiffany is currently finishing her Master of Science in Foreign Service degree at Georgetown University. Her interest areas include U.S. foreign policy, political and security issues in Russia and Eurasia, and nonproliferation.
Fall/Winter 2007
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Jennifer Cassell
Jennifer recently completed her Master's degree at the University of Denver and is now working as a
Campaign Manager for the House Majority Project. Her interest areas include International and European Union
Politics, Foreign Policy, Global Trade and Economics, and Global Trends.
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Eric Snyderman
Eric is currently a senior at the Elliott School of International Affairs of George Washington University. His
areas of interest include Conflict and Security Studies, Privacy vs. the Surveillance Society, Turkey,
Regionalism in World Politics, Urban Planning, High Quality Journalism in the 24-hour Media Age, and the Role of
Service in American Society.
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Jennifer Bernal
Jennifer is in her final year at Stanford University. Her interest areas include international security policy,
civil conflict management, intelligence reform, Mexican politics, and art.
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Kartik Akileswaran
Kartik is currently based in Lima, Peru as a Project Associate for Innovations for Poverty Action. He graduated from Brown University in 2007 with a B.A. in Public Policy. His areas of interest include democratization in the developing world, globalization and development, and politics in South Asia and southern Africa.
Summer 2007
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Ryland Potter
D. Ryland Potter is currently a graduate student at the University of Texas, Austin in the Global Policy
Studies program. She has also served as a graduate intern with the UNDP Early Recovery Team. Her interest areas
include the aid to development gap; program monitoring and impact evaluation; gender-equitable policy and program
development.
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J. Philipp Behm
Philipp is in his final year at Martin Luther University in Halle, Germany, where he is writing an MA thesis on
international water policy. He is also interested in free market environmentalism and energy security.
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Julia Meyer
Julia recently joined the Peace Corps, where she focuses on secondary school math and science education. Her
interest areas include education, sustainable development, environmental awareness, and public health.
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Zack Poindexter
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Daniel Kimerling
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Christopher Gong
Spring 2007
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Stefanos Kasselakis
Stefanos recently graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business (in Wharton School). He now works for Merrill Lynch Commodities Inc. His interest areas include Commodities/Energy; Genocide/Ethnic Cleansing; and European Union policy-making.
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Anna Mason
Anna currently serves as the Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Coordinator at Stockland . She is also undertaking a Master of Commerce (Economics) at Sydney University. Her areas of interest include corporate responsibility and sustainability (particularly how to embed it within organizational strategy); carbon accounting; and climate change policy.
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Terry Huang
Fall/Winter 2006
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Adam Landsman
Adam is currently a Senior Consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton. He is interested in alternative energy development, environmental policy, and technology policy.
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Charley Johnson
Charley Johnson graduated from the University of Washington with a B.A. in International Studies and Economics. He works as a research associate at the Committee for Economic Development.
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Christina Pawlikowski
Summer 2006
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Rodney Hughes
Rodney is currently a Ph.D. student in economics at Penn State University, where he has taught intermediate microeconomics and advanced international trade. He was appointed to Penn State's Board of Trustees by Governor Rendell, July 2008 - June 2011. His interest areas include international trade, development, political economy, and education.
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Ali Wyne
Ali recently graduated from MIT and is now serving as a Junior Fellow with the China Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is interested in globalization, international development, U.S. foreign policy, China, and India. Ali is also a fellow with the CSIS Next America project.
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Aaron Goldblatt
After graduating from Penn State with degrees in Finance and History in May, 2008, Aaron is now a Research Analyst at a consulting firm in Chicago. His interests include national security and international development and cooperation.
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Martha Kelley
Martha is currently an Investment Banking Analyst with Hill Street Capital LLC (New York,NY). Her areas of interest include environmental policy, international relations, art and architecture.
Spring 2006
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Eun-Ha Kim
Eun-Ha interned with GSI while undertaking her graduate studies at SAIS. She is currently serving as an Analyst with Goldman Sachs. She is interested in international law, international organizations, and security.
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Eric Hamrin
Eric interned with GSI during his graduate studies at George Washington University. He is currently a White House Reporter with The Asahi Shimbun and he is interested in U.S. foreign policy, China, climate policy, and journalism.
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Travis Elliott
Travis interned at GSI after completing an MSc. at the University of Edinburgh. Now he is a research associate with the Hills Program on Governance and co-director of the Next America project at CSIS. He is interested in Nation-state Building and State Sovereignty; Democracy Promotion in U.S. Foreign Policy; and Transatlantic Relations and Defense Cooperation.
Fall/Winter 2005
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Greg Sanders
Greg is now as a Research Associate in the CSIS Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group. His interest areas include international security, long-term trends, and China.
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Blair Sondker
Blair is currently an Intelligence Analyst with Total Intelligence Solutions. He is interested in Transnational Security issues, including Criminal Organizations, Narcotics, Weapons Proliferation, and Terrorism.
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Heather Keatley
Summer 2005
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