Abby Cawley is in the last semester of her bachelor’s degree in political science at the University of Nebraska Wesleyan. She was a 2021 Department of State Gilman scholar, where she used her award to study Chinese foreign policy and Korean-American history at Yonsei University in South Korea. Most recently, she presented on sharp power at the 2022 USSTRATCOM Deterrence and Assurance Academic Alliance Conference.