# Steven Feldstein

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{{Short description|American political scientist}}
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'''Steven Feldstein''' is an American political scientist and a senior fellow at the [Carnegie Endowment for International Peace](/source/Carnegie_Endowment_for_International_Peace) in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program. His work focuses on technology, [U.S. foreign policy](/source/U.S._foreign_policy), [international relations](/source/international_relations), [democracy](/source/democracy), and [human rights](/source/human_rights). Feldstein authored ''The Rise of Digital Repression: How Technology is Reshaping Power, Politics, and Resistance'' (2021), which was the recipient of the 2023 [Grawemeyer Award](/source/Grawemeyer_Award) for Ideas Improving World Order.

==Biography==
He was born and raised in [Bloomington, Indiana](/source/Bloomington%2C_Indiana). He graduated magna cum laude from [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University) in 2000 and earned his [Juris Doctor](/source/Juris_Doctor) from [Berkeley Law](/source/Berkeley_Law) in 2004. He worked as a consultant for [InterAction](/source/InterAction) where he advised the NGO on projects to promote human rights until 2017. In 2019 joined the [Open Society Foundations](/source/Open_Society_Foundations) to conduct research on the rise of digital repression globally, identifying how governments use digital assets to push their agendas.<ref name=UofL/><ref name=bank/>

Feldstein has published myriad writings on digital technology in warfare, the use of [artificial intelligence](/source/artificial_intelligence) in state oppression, geopolitical implications of technology, [China](/source/China)’s digital authoritarianism, and internet repression. He developed a global AI surveillance index to track the use of digital tools by state actors and published an inventory of [spyware](/source/spyware) and [digital forensics](/source/digital_forensics) used globally.<ref>{{cite web| url =https://warontherocks.com/2022/12/disentangling-the-digital-battlefield-how-the-internet-has-changed-war/| title =DISENTANGLING THE DIGITAL BATTLEFIELD: HOW THE INTERNET HAS CHANGED WAR| website =War on the Rocks| date =7 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| url =https://www.foreignaffairs.com/world/ukraine-wont-save-democracy| title =Ukraine Won't Save Democracy| journal =Foreign Affairs| date =26 July 2022| last1 =Feldstein| first1 =Steven}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url =https://www.newsweek.com/china-ai-surveillance-technology-world-1403762| title =China Is Exporting AI Surveillance Technology to Countries Around the World| website =Newsweek| date =23 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url =https://theconversation.com/trump-saudi-arabia-and-the-khashoggi-case-what-would-obama-have-done-107419| title =Trump, Saudi Arabia and the Khashoggi case: What would Obama have done?| website =The Conversation| date =28 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url =https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/03/29/ukraine-war-russia-putin-big-tech-social-media-internet-platforms/| title =4 Reasons Why Putin's War Has Changed Big Tech Forever| website =Foreign Policy| date =29 March 2022}}</ref>

Previously, he served as an associate professor at [Boise State University](/source/Boise_State_University) and sat on the Frank and Bethine Church Chair of Public Affairs. Feldstein has also served in multiple foreign policy positions in the U.S. government, including deputy assistant secretary in the [U.S. Department of State](/source/U.S._Department_of_State). Prior to that role, he served as the director of policy at the [U.S. Agency for International Development](/source/U.S._Agency_for_International_Development), and also worked as counsel on the [U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations](/source/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relations).<ref name=bank>{{cite web| url =https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/adoption-ai-surveillance-technology-surges-a-13101| title =Adoption of AI Surveillance Technology Surges| website =Bank Info Security}}</ref><ref name=UofL>{{cite web| url =https://www.uoflnews.com/post/uofltoday/digital-technology-is-aiding-political-repression-warns-world-order-prize-winner/| title =Digital technology is aiding political repression, warns world order prize winner| website =UL News| date =6 December 2022}}</ref>

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