Senior thesis exploring how Gulf monarchies (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar) use top-down gender reform as a tool of authoritarian legitimation. Argues that empowerment without democratization should be treated as a category of state strategy in its own right.

A short response to the April FT piece on the largest official-sector Treasury sell-off since 2012. Considers what continued reserve-currency centrality looks like under successive shocks, and what the foreign-CB selling pattern signals about coming demand at duration.

A working memo on the fundamentals of CRE underwriting from the rent roll outward — what an analyst is actually looking for in tenant mix, lease structure, and rollover risk. Written as preparation for analyst-level commercial real estate credit roles.