Aude Darnal is a Research Analyst and Project Manager in the Stimson Center’s Reimagining U.S. Grand Strategy Program, which seeks to challenge U.S. foreign policy conventional wisdom, question assumptions, and help policymakers manage risks, make informed decisions, and allocate resources wisely. She leads The Global South in the World Order Project, which seeks to elevate perspectives from the Global South on international affairs and global governance. Notably, she advocates for a wholesale restructuring of the current models for international assistance and responses to crises and for new forms of engagement between Western and Global South countries.
Prior to joining the Stimson Center, Aude served as an associate director at the Atlantic Council’s New American Engagement Initiative. She was also a mobile safety advisor based in the Lake Chad Basin at the International NGO Safety Organisation, where she performed empirical analysis on organized armed groups, and provided support for security-related issues and access to humanitarian NGOs. She also worked in Guinea at Search For Common Ground, where she was responsible for peacebuilding program development, advocacy, and external relations with donors and institutional partners.
Aude has experience working on a wide range of issues related to preventing conflict, strengthening civil society organizations and good governance, and supporting women and youth empowerment, in particular in West Africa. She also has experience in research, strategic communication, and program management.
She is from Martinique, in the French Caribbean, and she holds a Master of Science in Conflict Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and International Law from the University of Quebec in Montreal. She is fluent in French, Creole, and English.
Aude is a monthly columnist for World Politics Review and she has been featured in publications and media outlets such as Chicago Council on Global Affairs, CNBC Africa, Deep Dish on Global Affairs, Foreign Policy, France 24, Just Security, NHK World, Responsible Statecraft, and VOA News, among others. She also testified before the U.S. Congress House’s Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights.
Recent Media Hits:
- International Aid Is Bypassing Local Actors. That’s a Problem – World Politics Review – December 14, 2023
- Leaders of the Global South at the UN on inequality, climate change and the ineffectiveness of global institutions – Voice of America – September 23, 2023
- It’s Time for the U.S. to End the War on Terror – World Politics Review – August 7, 2023
- US Diplomacy Is Weakening – Inkstick Media – May 22, 2023
- U.S. Foreign Policy Must Consider the Global South – Foreign Policy – March 6, 2023
- Reforming the UN: Staying Relevant in a Changing World – NHK – February 18, 2023
- The Global South is reshaping the world order. The US should take notice. – Responsible Statecraft – January 26, 2023