Nathan Kohlenberg
Research Analyst, Alliance for Securing DemocracyNathan Kohlenberg is a research analyst with GMF’s Transatlantic Democracy Working Group (TDWG). He manages the American Autocracy Working Group, which aims to apply lessons from authoritarian political movements worldwide to organized efforts to undermine democracy in the United States.
Kohlenberg previously served as a policy associate at the Truman National Security Project, where he remains a fellow. He has written about disinformation, election interference, and democratic decline in Defense One, Salon, Just Security, and other outlets. He holds a bachelor's degree from Carleton College and a master’s degree in strategic studies and international economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
Nathan received a BA from Carleton College in Minnesota and an MA from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, where he conducted research on the South China Sea conflict and contributed a chapter to South China Sea: Maintaining Peace/Preventing War, published by the JHU Press in 2017.
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