Alden Leader is the Fall Fellow for LCWINS. Prior to joining the LCWINS team, Alden was an editor for the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, the flagship academic publication for the Walsh School of Foreign Service. She recently had an article published by War Room on the security implications of China’s Uighur policies.

Alden graduated from the Georgetown Security Studies program with an M.A. She also holds a B.A. in Political Science and International Relations from Northwestern University.

She lives in Connecticut with her new husband and their dog, Fitz.