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.[1]

David Shimer
EducationYale University (BA, MA)
Magdalen College, Oxford (DPhil)
Notable workRigged: America, Russia, and One Hundred Years of Covert Electoral Interference (2020)

Shimer graduated from Yale University with bachelor's and master's degrees in history and was a Marshall Scholar and a Truman Scholar at the University of Oxford, where he is pursuing his doctorate in international relations.[2]

Works

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.[3]

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.”[4] Rigged was also positively reviewed by NPR, The Washington Post, and The Guardian.[5][6][7]

References
  1. "David Shimer - Global Fellow". www.wilsoncenter.org.
  2. "David Shimer - Marshall Scholarships". www.marshallscholarship.org. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  3. "Nonfiction Book Review: Rigged: America, Russia, and One Hundred Years of Covert Electoral Interference". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2020-06-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Naftali, Timothy (30 June 2020). "How Generations of Russians Have Tried to Influence American Elections". The New York Times.
  5. "In 'Rigged,' A Comprehensive Account Of Decades Of Election Interference". www.npr.org.
  6. Harding, Luke (29 June 2020). "Rigged: America, Russia and 100 Years of Covert Electoral Interference by David Shimer - review". The Guardian.
  7. "Rigged by David Shimer". www.penguinrandomhouse.com.


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