human security to paint a vivid portrait of the shifting global order. Khanna awakened my passion to study “the deep science of world evolution,” geopolitics. Accordingly, I attended the John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations. But, I found the curriculum limited. In order to specialize in Europe and the Asia-Pacific, I double majored in Asian Area Studies and History, along with exchanges to Japan and China and participating in delegations to South Africa and Kosovo.