Faeez Juneja is currently a Richard B. Russell Security Leadership Program fellow at the Center for International Trade and Security studying counterterrorism, nuclear nonproliferation, and strategic trade control. His research interests include international economics, labor economics, public finance, and modern political economy. Born in India and raised in the United States, Faeez is passionate about using economics to combat inequities in South Asia and the Middle East. Previously, he was a researcher at the Economic Evaluation Research Group where he investigated the opioid epidemic. He was also on the editorial board of the Georgia Political Review and has published several articles on public policy and finance. Faeez is a sophomore at the University of Georgia majoring in economics and statistics. On campus, he serves as a member of the Honors Program Student Council and is the policy training coordinator for Roosevelt at UGA, a nonpartisan, student-run think tank. He is an alumnus of the Summer Honors Program at the American Enterprise Institute.