Yilma Makonnen

Yilma Makonnen is an M.A. candidate in Security Studies at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. His research interests include emerging technologies, AI governance, energy security, geopolitical competition, and African security. He has served as a Policy Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and as an Africa Division Intern at the International Republican Institute, where his work focused on critical mineral supply chains, governance programming, and policy analysis. He also serves as an Associate Editor for the Race & Security column at the Georgetown Security Studies Review. He holds a B.A. in Political Science, magna cum laude, from the George Washington University.