MIP SIPR (About)

Editor

Julia Ilhardt joined the editorial team in autumn of 2023. She is currently pursuing a Master’s in International Policy, specializing in energy, natural resources, and the environment. Julia received her BA in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University. She previously worked on the Global Climate team at the Environmental Defense Fund, an international NGO, where she engaged in policy advocacy and wrote reports related to energy transition, carbon pricing, multilateral climate finance, and rulemaking under the Paris Agreement. You can reach Julia at jilhardt@stanford.edu.

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Sakeena Razick joined the editorial team in the spring of 2024. She is pursing a Master’s in International Policy focusing on governance and development. Prior to Stanford Sakeena worked for over six years in research, media, and nonprofit in Sri Lanka and India. She has researched on post-war human rights and transitional justice, statelessness, minority rights, local terrorism, and online harmful speech. Her reporting covered national crises, elections, and state policies and failures in Sri Lanka, while her non profit work focused on gender and sexuality in the Global South. You can contact her at sakeena@stanford.edu.

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Ran Guo joined the editorial team in the spring of 2025. He is pursuing a Master’s in International Policy focusing on cyber security and policy. Grew up in China, Ran graduated from Tufts University with majors in Political Science and International Relations, and has research and work experiences in Asia Society Policy Institute, the UN, the Wilson Center, Harvard’s Belfer Center, etc. He is broadly interested in data governance, surveillance & society, and intellectual history. Feel free to contact Ran at gran@stanford.edu.

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Malou is a 2024 Charles B. Rangel Fellow at Stanford University, where she pursues a Master in International Policy focused on Chinese AI and cybersecurity policy at the Freeman Spogli Institute. She is also a researcher at Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), where she works on AI safety for the AI Index. She previously researched at the Gordian Knot Center for Defense Innovation as a 2024 National Security Innovation Scholar, authoring a report on cybersecurity capacity building in the Pacific Islands. Malou is the Head Delegate for the United States to the 2025 G7 Youth Summit in Canada, where she will serve as the negotiator on the Energy and Environment Track. As a Rangel Fellow, Malou completed a Congressional fellowship with the House Foreign Affairs Committee, focusing on Indo-Pacific security relations. Before coming to Stanford, she earned a Bachelor’s in International Relations and Chinese from the London School of Economics (LSE), graduating with First Class Honors and receiving the Departmental Award for Exceptional Performance. At the LSE, she served as President of the Grimshaw Club for International Relations and Director of the 2024 London University Diplomatic Summit. Malou has also completed an exchange year at National Taiwan Normal University in Taiwan to study diplomatic Mandarin. She interned at the German Embassy in Beijing, China, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and FOS Advisors, a mergers and acquisitions consultancy in New York. Fluent in German and Dutch, she is also proficient in Mandarin. You can contact her at mvdg2000@stanford.edu.

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Julie Tamura joined the editorial team in the spring of 2024. She is pursing a Master’s in International Policy focusing on cybersecurity and digital policy with a particular interest in global digital governance. Julie received her BA in Political Science at the University of Tokyo's Law Department. She comes to Stanford from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan. She has coordinated Japan’s overall UN policies across various UN organizations upon geopolitical analysis for over two years. You can contact her at jtamura@stanford.edu.