About the Author Pascal graduated in May 2017 with a B.A. in Foreign Affairs and Middle Eastern Studies and with a thesis for the Politics Distinguished Majors Program. He is currently working at the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC and hopes one day to bring his skills, including speaking German, French, and Arabic, to the State Department. In his spare time, he writes for The International Scholar, an unaffiliated student and young-professional-run online journal. Aside from worldly and scholarly pursuits, Pascal enjoys composing, playing, and recording music.
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