Rachel Kleinfeld

Rachel Kleinfeld is an American international relations scholar currently serving as a senior fellow in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.^[1][2][3][4] She is a member of the National Endowment for Democracy's board of directors and a trustee of Freedom House.^[5][6] Her research centers around democratic governance and political violence.^[1]

Rachel Kleinfeld
Nationality	American
Education	Yale College (BA), University of Oxford (MPhil, DPhil)
Employer	Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Board member of	National Endowment for Democracy, Freedom House
Website	rachelkleinfeld.com

Early life and education

Kleinfeld was born and raised in Alaska. She holds a BA in ethics, politics, and economics from Yale College, as well as a MPhil and DPhil in International Relations from Oxford University. She was a Rhodes Scholar.^[1][7]

Career

Kleinfeld co-founded the Truman National Security Project in 2005 along with Matthew Spence.^[8] She was named one of the 40 under 40 American political leaders by Time magazine.^[9]

Publications

Books

• A Savage Order: How the World's Deadliest Countries Can Forge a Path to Security, Pantheon, November 2018^[10]
• Advancing the Rule of Law Abroad: Next Generation Reform, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, April 13, 2012^[11]
• Let There Be Light: Electrifying the Developing World with Markets and Distributed Energy, Truman National Security Institute, December 2011 (co-authored with Drew Sloan)^[12]

Articles

• The Rising Tide of Political Violence, Foreign Affairs, July 19, 2024^[13]
• There won't be another Jan. 6 now, no matter what happens to Trump, The Hill, February 9, 2024 (co-authored with Jared Holt)^[14]
• Have pro-Trump extremists finally gotten the message about political violence? The Hill, June 19, 2023 (co-authored with Joanna Lydgate)^[15]
• How Political Violence Went Mainstream on the Right, Politico, November 7, 2022^[16]
• The Rise of Political Violence in the United States, Journal of Democracy, October 2021^[17]