David Shimer

David Shimer is an American historian and foreign policy analyst. He is a Global Fellow at the Wilson Center and an Associate Fellow at Yale University.
Shimer graduated from Yale University with bachelor's and master's degrees in history and was a Marshall Scholar at the University of Oxford, where he received his doctorate in international relations. His work has appeared in "The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Washington Post", and "Foreign Affairs."
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In June 2020, Shimer published the book "Rigged: America, Russia, and One Hundred Years of Covert Electoral Interference" (Knopf), a global history of foreign election interference.
"The New York Times," in its review of "Rigged", said the book was “extraordinary and gripping” and had “the insight of a superb work of history.” "Rigged" was also positively reviewed by NPR, "the Washington Post", and the Guardian and received praise from Anne Applebaum, William Joseph Burns, Hillary Clinton, Leon Panetta, David Petraeus, Timothy Snyder, and Jake Sullivan.