David O. Shullman

Adjunct Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Security Program

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David O. Shullman is Senior Advisor at the International Republican Institute, where he oversees IRI’s work addressing the influence of China and other autocracies on democratic institutions and governance in countries around the world. Prior to IRI, Dr. Shullman served for nearly a dozen years as one of the US Government’s top experts on East Asia, most recently as Deputy National Intelligence Officer for East Asia on the National Intelligence Council. He earned his PhD in Political Science from UCLA, a MALD from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, and a BA in Government from Georgetown.

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- National Endowment for Democracy
- May 26, 2020
Converging Chinese and Russian Disinformation Compounds Threat to Democracy
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & David Shullman
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- War on the Rocks
- March 31, 2020
How China Is Exploiting the Pandemic to Export Authoritarianism
By David Shullman
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- The Hill
- October 1, 2019
Want to prevail against China? Prioritize democracy assistance
By Patrick Quirk & David Shullman
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- The National Interest
- June 26, 2019
How to Address the Greater Russia-China Alignment
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & David Shullman
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- Foreign Affairs
- May 14, 2019
A Russian-Chinese Partnership Is a Threat to U.S. Interests
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & David Shullman

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