Ms. Sophia Ward joined the National War College in the Spring of 2024 as a research intern. She is an undergraduate student at George Mason University in Fairfax, with a major in Government and International Politics. She is also double-minoring in Intelligence Studies and Chinese (Mandarin), and is expected to graduate in May 2025 as a student in the Honors College. Ms. Ward also volunteers with her school’s activity council. Her academic focus has been on China and East Asia, as well as modern forms of espionage and terrorism. She has previous experience as an intern at the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training at the Foreign Service Institute.