Announcing the 2025-2026 Security and Strategy Seminar Fellows
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The Alexander Hamilton Society (AHS) is proud to announce and congratulate the fellows of the 2025-2026 Security and Strategy Seminar (SSS). Cohosted with The Public Interest Fellowship, SSS is a graduate-level program in Washington, D.C., dedicated to examining key challenges to America’s role in the world while fostering policy expertise and professional networks. The program aims to train and position a new generation of young professionals to contribute to strategic thinking and policymaking on issues critical to U.S. security and leadership.
SSS will run four concurrent year-long seminars. Three tracks will center on major strategic competitors—the People’s Republic of China, Vladimir Putin’s Russia, and the Islamic Republic of Iran—while a fourth will focus on U.S. defense strategy and policy tools. Led by top scholars and practitioners, each seminar will feature 15 evening sessions from September to May, providing fellows with deep subject knowledge, mentorship, opportunities to refine analytical and communication skills, and a strong peer cohort.
2025-2026 Security and Strategy Seminar Fellows
U.S. – China Strategic Competition
Garuth Acharya, 8090 Industries
Emily Barton, Beacon Global Strategies
Patrick Beyrer, McLarty Associates
Samuel Brennan, Steer PR
Gabriel Burdeen, Booz Allen Hamilton
Annie Chiang, Federal Trade Commission
Susannah Hoffman, Global Dispatch LLC
Sarah Jacob, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Ian Jones, American Enterprise Institute
Ki Suh Jung, U.S. Navy
Yuichiro Kakutani, Heritage Foundation
Ryan Kaufman, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
EK Kinghorn, Booz Allen Hamilton
Chris Li, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Nikita Mann, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Noah Robertson, Washington Post
Logan Rolleigh, U.S. Marine Corps
Matt Sansone, U.S. Department of War
Nicholas Stenseng, Control Risks Group LLC
Katie Strickland, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Rohan Suri, U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security
Thomas Wackman, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Shijie Wang, Jamestown Foundation
Gregory Wiatrek, U.S. Department of Treasury
James Young, EY
U.S. – Russia Strategic Competition
Tamara Berens, Tikvah
Isabel Chandler, U.S. Department of Commerce
Jensen Cheong, U.S. Department of War
Gabrielle Dankanich, Young America’s Foundation
Roy Eakin, Garnaut Global
Mathias Hammer, Semafor
Anna Hardage, Beacon Global Strategies
Sara Harmouch, H9 Defense
Gefen Kabik, American Action Network
Lachlan MacKenzie, CSIS
Roy Matthews, Office of Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX)
Alex Nesicolaci, U.S. Department of State
Irene Partsuf, Legislative Assistant
Micah Pickus, Delve Research
Michael Stanton, Ronald Reagan Institute
James Sutton, The Dispatch
Keeghan Sweeney, Covington & Burling LLC
Daniel Tagliarini, U.S. Department of War
Yoni Tobin, Jewish Institute for National Security of America
Tymahz Toumadje, National Union for Democracy in Iran
Carlos Velez, U.S. Government
Ryan Watson, U.S. Air Force
U.S. – Iran Strategic Competition
Yoga Acharya, U.S. Navy
Michael DiCianna, Institute of World Politics
Andrew Ertl, Red Gate Group
Vafa Fanaii, National Union for Democracy in Iran
Libby Fern, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Taylor Hathorn, Independent Women’s Forum
Abdullah Hayek, Independent Middle East Analyst
Logan Heller, Booz Allen Hamilton
Gaden James, Office of Senator Steve Daines (R-MT)
Mark Kindschuh, U.S. Air Force
Esther Ko, Analytic Services, Inc.
Anne Lord, The Vandenberg Coalition
Patrick O’Toole, Rhythm Software
Nicolette Roque, Palo Alto Networks
Jackson Scott, Booz Allen Hamilton
Priya Swyden, Beacon Global Strategies
Jane Tilles, FDD Action
Olivia Yanchik, Atlantic Council
Ryan Zoellner, International Republican Institute
U.S. Defense Policy and Strategy
Zack Austin, Palantir Technologies
George Barros, Institute for the Study of War
Eamonn Bellin, Georgetown University
Evan Berlanti, U.S. Department of State
Ben Bowie, Northrop Grumman
Sunny Cheung, The Jamestown Foundation
Harrison Durland, Office of Senator Jim Banks (R-IN)
Bella Grabowski, U.S. Department of War
Brady Helwig, Garnaut Global
Arran Hope, The Jamestown Foundation
Talia Katz, Office of Senator David McCormick (R-PA)
Matt Lupo, Systems Planning & Analysis, Inc.
Gabrielle Moran, Datamir
Morgan Peirce, Center for a New American Security
Jonathan Rajaseelan, U.S. Government
John Rindone, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Katy Selinger, Center for Maritime Strategy
Alexander St. Leger, Argus
Katie Stanton, U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee
Kateryna Stepaneko, Institute for the Study of War
Wyatt Suling, U.S. Department of War
Iku Tsujihiro, Hudson Institute
Akash Wasil, U.S. House of Representatives