Elizabeth Anderson

Elizabeth Anderson is a Visiting Associate Fellow with the Transatlantic Security Program at CNAS. She is currently on a Fulbright Scholarship as a Research Scholar. Her research focuses on authoritarian governments’ use of modern warfare tactics, specifically influence campaigns through disinformation, artificial intelligence, and foreign interference, and how democratic governments can better defend against such attacks.

Prior to joining CNAS, Elizabeth was a director in the office of Canada’s Foreign Minister, Mélanie Joly. She has experience working on policy that intersects national security and international relations and on priority issues of the Canadian government, spanning from NATO, G7, Ukraine/Russia, sanctions, export controls, Europe, complex consular cases, nuclear non-proliferation, and intelligence. She also served as the Minister’s Director of Operations.

Elizabeth is currently pursuing her master’s in global risk at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. She received a BAH in Political Studies with a focus on international relations from Queen’s University.