Sereen Yusuf is a senior at Columbia College majoring in Economics–Political Science. On campus, she serves on the executive boards of the Columbia Journal of Asia, the Student Ambassadors for Columbia College Alumni, and the Pakistani Students Association. She is also a member of Columbia’s Mu Chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, National Political Science Honor Society. Her research interests include international development, the role of geopolitics in great power competition, and conflict and diplomacy, with a particular regional interest in South Asia. She has previously interned at APCO Worldwide, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and the World Bank, where she worked on trade and tariff advisory, supply chain resilience, and international development projects. After graduation, Sereen hopes to pursue further studies and a career at the intersection of public policy, international relations, and economic development.