Alex Noyes

Biography

Alexander Noyes is a full political scientist at the RAND Corporation. Previously, he was an adjunct political scientist at RAND, a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and an adjunct research staff member at the Institute for Defense Analyses. From 2015 to 2017 he served as team lead for Niger and Nigeria at the U.S. Security Governance Initiative, a White House initiative focused on improving security governance in Africa. He focuses on peace and security issues, including security sector reform, security cooperation, defense institution building, power sharing, violent extremism, and electoral violence, mostly in Africa. His work and commentary have appeared in a variety of media and academic outlets, including the New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Newsweek, Foreign Policy, World Politics Review, Christian Science Monitor, CNN, BBC World, BBC Radio, Voice of America, Vice News, International Peacekeeping, African Studies Quarterly, and several edited volumes. He holds a doctorate from the Department of Politics and International Relations at Oxford University, a master's degree in African studies from Oxford, and a bachelor's degree in government from Connecticut College. He is a cofounder of the Zimbabwe Working Group and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.