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Santiago Stocker

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Santiago Stocker is Resident Program Director, Nigeria, at the International Republican Institute (IRI), and recently served as director of the joint IRI-NDI International Electoral Observation Mission for the 2023 Nigeria presidential and legislative elections.

Before joining IRI, Santiago served as a Director in the State Department’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO), where he founded the Office of Advanced Analytics and produced award-winning analysis on conflict, terrorism, democracy, elections, and complex negotiations.

In addition to leading conflict analytics at the State Department, Santiago conducted field work in multiple conflict and crisis zones in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Cameroon, Ethiopia, and Nigeria.

Santiago is a certified Superforecaster with the Good Judgement Project and was ranked number 2 on the Intelligence Community’s classified prediction market, beating 1,500 of the U.S. government’s best analysts. He is on LinkedIn.

Articles by this author:

Amid Africa’s Spate of Coups, Improved Election Observation Will be Crucial to Transition

Nov. 28, 2023 and
A banner calling for the departure of the French Army from Niger is seen as supporters of Niger's ruling military junta, the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP), demonstrate in Niamey on August 10, 2023. West African leaders on Thursday increased their threat of imminent military action against Niger after the country's coup leaders moved to consolidate their control two weeks after seizing power. At an emergency summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), members decided "to order the deployment of the ECOWAS standby force to restore constitutional order in Niger," its Commission President Omar Touray said. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images),

West Africa’s Grim Trajectory

Aug. 11, 2023
US Vice President Kamala Harris (L) and Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema are seen outside at the State House in Lusaka on March 31, 2023 after a press conference. President Hichilema asked for US help to expedite debt restructuring negotiations with the country's creditors.  (Photo by SALIM DAWOOD/AFP via Getty Images)

Dealing with Hybrid Regimes: Pursuing US Interests Without Giving them a Pass on Democracy

May 17, 2023 and

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