Alexander Schrier

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Alexander Schrier

Non-resident Research Fellow

 

Center for American Studies

Biography

Alexander Schrier is a Non-resident Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced International Studies. His scholarly interests encompass international relations, technological competitions, and economics, with a special focus on Central Asia's multi-vector foreign policy. Currently, he is a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania studying International Relations. Prior to working at IAIS, Alexander served as a Research Assistant to Dr. Mitchell Orenstein, a Senior Fellow at the Philadelphia-based think tank Foreign Policy Research Institute. He collaborated with Dr. Orenstein on publishing two articles regarding Russia's cyber and energy warfare strategies and then went on to write his own 2,000-word article in FPRI's Intern Corner series. Alexander also contributed as a Research Assistant for the Immigration Policy Lab, a partnership between Stanford University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Princeton University.  Beyond research, Alexander is a captain of his university’s American football team and a holds a national record in powerlifting.