Steven Feldstein is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on issues of democracy, technology, human rights, U.S. foreign policy, and Africa.
Feldstein served as a deputy assistant secretary in the Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Bureau in the U.S. Department of State, where he had responsibility for Africa policy, international labor affairs, and international religious freedom. Previously he was the director of policy at the U.S. Agency for International Development, and also served as counsel on the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, where he oversaw U.S. foreign assistance programs, State Department management, and international organizations.
He has published research on how artificial intelligence is reshaping repression, the geopolitics of technology, China’s role in advancing digital authoritarianism and COVID-19’s effect on democracies.
Steven Feldstein is a frequent commentator on television and radio. He received his B.A. from Princeton and his J.D. from Berkeley Law. He is the author of The Rise of Digital Repression: How Technology is Reshaping Power, Politics, and Resistance