Rose Cole is a senior in the Dual BA program between Trinity College Dublin and Columbia University. At Trinity, she studied Middle Eastern and European Languages and Cultures, specializing in Russian and Turkish languages and regional studies. Now at Columbia, she majors in Political Science with a concentration in international and comparative politics. Her past research has focused on global power competition, authoritarian development in Eastern Europe, and the dynamics of elite cue theory. Over the last academic year, she interned with the U.S. Army’s Southern European Task Force, where she analyzed middle-power competition in Africa. Currently, she contributes to a UN-commissioned study at Foresight Vector, examining how artificial intelligence will shape employment and governance across the MENA region. Rose’s academic interests include strategic foresight, terrorism and interstate conflict, and the influence of individual actors and external entities in geopolitics. In her free time, she enjoy long walks and petting every dog she meets.