Ayaan Ali is a senior at Columbia College double majoring in South Asian studies and history with a minor in computer science. This past summer, he served as an advisor to the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations under Pakistan’s term on the UN Security Council where his work included attending meetings and writing reports for First Committee affairs. In the past, he has worked as a research assistant for Dr. David Shimer at the Institute of Global Politics, a federal intern for the International Trade Administration, and a summer legal associate at McLaughlin & Stern. On campus, he was a reporter and deputy editor at Columbia Daily Spectator for five semesters and served as president of the Columbia Pakistani Students Association in his junior year. Outside of Saltzman, Ayaan is both a 2024 Columbia College Humanities Research Scholar and 2024-2025 Institute of Global Politics Student Scholar.