Steven Feldstein

Steven Feldstein is a senior fellow in the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s program on democracy, conflict, and governance and a former deputy assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor in the Obama administration.

Articles by Steven Feldstein

U.S. President Donald Trump shows an executive order about Tiktok he signed in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Sept. 25.

The TikTok Deal Is America’s White Flag in the Tech War With China

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Steven Feldstein

September 29, 2025, 12:50 AM

A woman uses her phone near the offices of NSO Group in Herzliya, Israel, on Aug. 28, 2016.

Biden Cracks Down on the Spyware Scourge

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Steven Feldstein

July 31, 2023, 11:50 AM

A demonstrator poses with an installation depicting Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg during a protest in London on Oct. 25, 2021.

4 Reasons Why Putin’s War Has Changed Big Tech Forever

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Steven Feldstein

March 29, 2022, 1:42 PM

Protestors inside the U.S. Capitol.

Are Telegram and Signal Havens for Right-Wing Extremists?

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Steven Feldstein, Sarah Gordon

March 13, 2021, 6:00 AM

An Israeli protester lifts a placard during a rally in Tel Aviv on April 25, to protest what the demonstrators consider threats to Israeli democracy.

What Democracy Will Fall Next?

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Steven Feldstein

May 7, 2020, 11:56 AM

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