Samuel Ratner Email & Phone Number

- Led analysis team at Cabo Ligado covering the conflict in the Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique

Maputo, Mozambique

- Managed security coverage for Mozambique's leading English-language news outlet, including reporting and editing stories on Mozambique’s security sector.- Built and managed Zitamar’s conflict tracking website for Mozambique’s northern insurgency, combining ACLED data, local reporting, and R coding to create a product that has been cited in international media.- Shaped the company’s coverage strategy for security issues, including with longform analyses of a range of security subjects.

Maputo, Mozambique

● Reported and edited stories on Mozambique’s security sector for Mozambique’s leading English-language news outlet.● Wrote longform analyses of subjects from naval procurement to the budding Islamist insurgency in Cabo Delgado province.● As Zitamar’s first Security Correspondent, shaped the company’s coverage strategy for these crucial issue areas.

● Developed initial business plan and marketing strategy for RSSR.● Provided substantive editing for pieces of writing ranging from blog posts to book manuscripts.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

● Worked under Emile Simpson as lead researcher for an oral history project.● Structured interviews, built final project website, and managed eight Harvard Kennedy School student research assistants.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

● Coordinated content for a website with over 1,000 weekly readers and referenced by international media, bringing expert analysis of complex nuclear and Middle Eastern issues to a wide audience.● Wrote and edited online content on a range of topics related to nuclear negotiations with Iran.

Master Of Public Administration - Mpa, International Security Policy

Fellow (2016-2017), International Fellows Program Brazil Research Assistant (2016), Security Force Monitor Project Teaching Fellow (2017).

Bachelor'S Degree, History And Political Science