Cassandra Stimpson is a research project lead at the Foreign Influence Transparency Initiative (FITI) at the Center for International Policy (CIP). Her previous positions include researcher at CIP in Washington, D.C., and senior program officer at GOAL Uganda in Kampala. Her writing has appeared in The Nation, InkStick Media, and the Security Distillery. She has a Masters in Security, Intelligence, and Strategic Studies from the University of Glasgow and a Bachelors in Political Science from Pace University.