Alexis is a second-year Ph.D. student in the Security Studies cluster. Her research interests include Chinese foreign policy and military strategy, U.S.-China relations, and the Korean Peninsula. She most recently worked as a Policy Analyst at the RAND Corporation. Previously she was a Research Assistant at the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission and a James C. Gaither Junior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She received her B.A. in international relations and East Asian area studies from the University of Southern California and her M.A. in Asian studies from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service.