RAZEL SUANSING

Razel is an undergraduate student at Yale double majoring in Global Affairs and Political Science. Her work is focused on imagining peace-building efforts in post-terrorist and insurgent-occupied states. Over the years, she has amassed a variety of experiences that have helped her understand how different sectors function in peace-building work.

Her work in the government and non-profit sector has given her practical and pragmatic insights into the dynamic interaction between actors in the peace-building process. Her journalistic work has given her an insight into the human costs of such conflicts and the human impact of over-militarized counterterrorism policy.

Her previous research has investigated transitional justice in post-ISIL Iraq, human rights violations within Philippine counterterrorism policy, and the interaction between non-state actors and the Philippine government in humanitarian policy during the 2017 Marawi Siege. Her current research investigates the transnationalism of ISIS networks in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, the ethnicization of peacebuilding, the War on Terror in the Philippines, and peace-building post-Marawi Siege.

Currently working as an intern for the Congressional Committee for Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity and as a National Security Fellow for Girl Security. Previous internships in Rappler, ABS-CBN News, Congressional Committee on Human Rights, Gulf Center for Human Rights, Teach for the Philippines, the Department of Justice, the Department of Foreign Affairs. Experienced in non-profit management as the co-founder of Kahon ng Karunungan and founder of Literato Ph.