Projects
Research for the Council on Foreign Relations
Ten World Figures Who Died in 2023
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Ten Elections to Watch in 2024
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Remembering 10 Americans Who Died in 2023
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Takeaway: Writing copy for obituaries was a profound experience that forced me to reckon with what makes a life meaningful, and what it means to impact others in both a political and interpersonal sense.
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Research on German Right-Wing Extremism published by Scripps College
Jewish People in the German Far-Right: How AfD is Pandering to Jews to Gain Legitimacy
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Takeaway: The piece that caused me to feel like maybe I could be a social scientist.
Writing, Acting, Directing
https://www.camdram.net/people/luca-zislin
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Takeaway: I played Emmeline in Dryden and Purcell's Operetta King Arthur. I did it in a British accent.
Writing for the Wall Street Journal Future Views Column
What Do Climate Summits Actually Achieve?
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TikTok's Harmful Algorithm Will See You Now
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Takeaway: The climate change piece was published in print when I was 19. I see some of the room for growth in my thinking, but I admire my ability to get a sense of realpolitik.
Research on Asian Geoeconomic Competition at Berkeley APEC Study Center
Great Power Competition and Middle Power Strategies.
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Takeaway: I used to conceptualize geopolitics as a game of champions which is an incorrect model. Working on this project helped me understand what it is to be a middle power and what middle power strategy looks like.
Cambridge Union Debate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJqfwE4eegE
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Takeaway: The most nervous I have been in my whole life.