Dustin Vesey
Dustin Vesey is a fourth-year student in the Master of Science in Foreign Service and Law dual-degree program and is a candidate for certificates in Asian studies and diplomatic studies. He comes to Georgetown after working for more than three years in the U.S. Senate, where he helped manage defense, foreign policy, and judiciary portfolios for the senior senator from Arizona. Prior to employment on the Hill, Dustin completed a Fulbright Scholarship in rural Malaysia. He graduated with distinction from Yale University in 2017 with a B.A. in Political Science and a concentration in international relations.
At Georgetown, Dustin was an editor for the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, is currently an Articles Editor on the Georgetown Law Journal, is a member of the Global Law Scholars and National Security Law Specialization programs, and is an Opportunity Scholarship recipient. While in school, he has interned with the Department of Defense, the DOJ National Security Division's Law & Policy office, and the Office of the Legal Adviser at the Department of State, and worked as a summer associate at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP in their National Security practice group during his last summer. He is interested in international negotiations, national security, and diplomacy, with a particular focus on East Asia and the Indo-Pacific. He enjoys snowboarding, SCUBA diving, backpacking, and generally looks for any excuse he can find to get outdoors. He speaks Mandarin Chinese and was the first in his family to graduate from college.