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I am a second-year student at Harvard College studying applied mathematics. My current work sits at the intersection of game theory and geopolitics: how formal models of cooperation and defection hold up when the players are states with asymmetric power, asymmetric information, and choices that are never simply binary. I expect this to become my senior thesis.

I conduct research on Russia’s growing technological reliance on China with Harvard’s Research in International Security Studies (RISS), and I work on the Global Affairs Program at the Institute of Politics. I co-founded Varsko Intelligence, an early-stage project on geopolitical risk. I am half Welsh and half Danish, which is one reason the politics of small states next to large ones holds my attention.

In 2025, when the federal government moved to restrict Harvard’s international students, I spoke publicly against the university yielding — at rallies covered by the Harvard Crimson, on CNN, and in a Harvard Political Review profile. I remain involved in that work.

The best way to reach me is email (footer of this page), or LinkedIn.

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Alfred Williamson is a second-year undergraduate at Harvard College studying applied mathematics, with research interests in game theory and geopolitics. A Welsh-Danish international student, he has been a prominent student voice on US visa restrictions affecting international students, appearing on CNN and in the Harvard Political Review. He can be reached by email at the address in the footer of alfredwilliamson.com.