Oury Diallo

Oury Diallo is a junior at Columbia School of General Studies, majoring in Economics and Political Science. Originally from Guinea, he is a US Marine Corps veteran whose deployments to Haiti and the Middle East continue to inform his academic and professional interests in security, governance, and international development. His research interests center on economic development in Africa, China’s expanding role on the continent, and violent extremism in the Sahel, with particular attention to the intersection of great-power competition, institutional capacity, and regional security. Through this work, he seeks to better understand the political and economic forces shaping Africa’s future.