Nate Allen

Dr. Nate Allen is Associate Professor of Security Studies at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies and a Research Fellow at Stellenbosch University's Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa. Dr. Allen’s expertise includes cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, defense technology, civil-military relations, and regional security partnerships across Africa. His work has appeared in a wide range of leading policy and peer-reviewed publications, including Armed Forces and Society, The Washington Quarterly, Democratization, Orbis, War on the Rocks, The Washington Post, and Foreign Affairs. He has received fellowships from American University, the Robertson Family Foundation, and USIP, where he was a 2016-2017 Peace Scholar. He is a Council on Foreign Relations Term Member.

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 international relations and 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.