Dr. Rachel Kleinfeld advises governments, philanthropists, and activists on how democracies make major social change. As a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, she particularly focuses on countries facing violence, corruption, and other problems of poor governance.
Expertise: Democracy, Governance
Recent work:
U.S. Democracy Is At Risk For Political Violence – The Washington Post, September 11, 2020
Saving Alaska’s Election – Anchorage Daily News, June 7, 2020
How to Save the November Election – National Review, May 21, 2020
Why Trump Reaches for Nativism to Fight a Virus—and How to Respond – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, May 8, 2020
Can the Coronavirus Heal Polarization? – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, May 1, 2020
How States Can Make Voting by Mail Easier and Avoid Electoral Chaos – The Dispatch, April 17, 2020
Democracy in a Post COVID19 World – The Recovery Project, April 13, 2020
How to Hold Elections During a Pandemic – National Review, April 7, 2020
Do Authoritarian or Democratic Countries Handle Pandemics Better? – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, March 31, 2020
It Will Take More Than an Election – The American Interest, March 23, 2020
Resisting the Call of Nativism: What U.S. Political Parties Can Learn From Other Democracies – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, March 5, 2020