Alice Guirguis is a student at Macquarie University studying security studies. She was formerly the Deputy Women’s Officer at ANU and has been an advocate for the rights of women of colour for several years. Currently, she is a research volunteer at the think tank Australia 21 and a correspondent at the Organization for World Peace. Her areas of interest are the Middle East and North Africa, Australia’s changing security landscape, and the increasing focus on non-state actors in international affairs.