Nate Allen
Associate Professor of Security Studies, Africa Center for Strategic Studies; Research Fellow, South Africa’s Stellenbosch University
Dr. Nate Allen is Associate Professor of Security Studies at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies and a Research Fellow at South Africa’s Stellenbosch University. He conducts research and oversees the Africa Center’s programming for senior government and security sector officials on cyber policy and strategy. Dr. Allen’s work has appeared in a wide range of leading policy and peer-reviewed publications, including The Journal of Strategic Studies, Armed Forces and Society, The Washington Quarterly, Orbis, War on the Rocks, The Washington Post, and Foreign Affairs. Previously, Dr. Allen was a policy advisor at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States. He has also worked at the U.S. State Department, House of Representatives, and as a research analyst at NORC at the University of Chicago. Dr. Allen holds a Ph.D. in African studies from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, an M.A. from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, and a B.A. from Swarthmore College. He is a Term Member with the Council on Foreign Relations.