Thomas Strong is a junior from Duxbury, Massachusetts studying History with minors in Near Eastern Studies and the History and the Practice of Diplomacy. He is interested in the modern history of the Middle East, Arab political thought, American foreign policy, and the intersection of climate change and international security. Thomas has spent two summers in the Arab world: this past summer in Amman, Jordan, where he conducted policy analysis for the UNHCR and participated in Arabic immersion at the Qasid Institute, and in 2022 in Rabat, Morocco with the U.S. State Department's National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) program. Through these experiences, he has achieved near fluency in Modern Standard Arabic and familiarity with the Levantine and Moroccan dialects. Previously, he assisted with state and federal policy research and advocacy with the Supportive Housing Network of New York and participated in the AEI Summer Honors Program. At Princeton, he is an Orange Key tour guide, runs crisis and grand strategy simulations with the Center for International Security Studies, and tutors incarcerated youth with the Petey Greene Project. In his free time, he enjoys distance running, gardening, and turn-based strategy games.