Alexandra Schmitt

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Alexandra Schmitt (@AlexCSchmitt) is a policy analyst on the National Security and International Policy team at the Center for American Progress. She is also a fellow with the National Endowment for Democracy’s Penn Kemble Forum 2020-21. Prior to joining American Progress, Schmitt served as a research assistant at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and the Center for Public Leadership, where she helped develop courses on multiparty negotiation analysis and public policy design and implementation. She previously worked at Human Rights Watch on U.S. foreign policy advocacy, focusing on atrocities prevention and the women, peace, and security agenda. She has also worked at Human Rights First, the United Nations Foundation, and the International Crisis Group. She earned a Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Grinnell College in Iowa.

Articles by this author:

Ethiopian refugee grade four pupils who fled the Tigray conflict attend class at a makeshift classroom set by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) at Um Raquba refugee camp in Gedaref, eastern Sudan, on December 7, 2020. One child squats on the ground surrounded by shoes while the others sit on a blanket. The children hold books and papers in their laps.

Protecting Ethiopian Refugees — and Averting the Next Crisis

Dec. 9, 2020 Elisa Massimino and Alexandra Schmitt