
Jon Temin is a foreign policy and national security leader with more than 20 years of experience across government and the nonprofit sector. His expertise includes democracy and governance, conflict resolution, and African affairs. Among his roles, Jon served as vice president of policy and programs at the Truman Center for National Policy and Truman National Security Project, where he oversaw the organizations' work to produce timely, innovative, and principled solutions to complex national security challenges. Prior to that, he was the director of the Africa Program at Freedom House, leading the organization’s efforts to advance democracy and human rights across the continent. From 2014 to 2017, he was a member of the U.S. Department of State’s Policy Planning Staff, providing strategic guidance and long-term thinking to the secretary of state. Jon also served as director of the U.S. Institute of Peace’s Africa Program, leading the Institute’s efforts to help end conflicts and prevent new violence. Jon has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, and Foreign Policy, and he has testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and House Foreign Affairs Committee. Previously, he was a Fulbright fellow in Ghana and visiting fellow at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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Kenya's Emergence as a Regional Power
Event — February 26, 2025
Experts React: The Challenges and Opportunities for the Trump Administration in Africa
Commentary by Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, Laird Treiber, Rafiq Raji, Jon Temin, Saleh Bala, Cameron Hudson, Emilia Columbo, Ryan Cummings, and Will Brown — January 13, 2025
It’s Time for a U.S.-Africa Cities Summit
Commentary by Jon Temin — December 12, 2022
The Perilous State of Freedom and Democracy in Africa
Event — April 8, 2021
What to Watch in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2021
Commentary by Yemi Adamolekun, Lina Benabdallah, and Will Brown, Maria E. Burnett, Emilia Columbo, Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, Hilary Matfess, Rafiq Raji, Jon Temin, Laird Treiber, Judd Devermont, Marielle Harris, Kyle Murphy — January 12, 2021
What to Watch in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020
Commentary by William Mark Bellamy, Emilia Columbo, Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, Jon Temin, Judd Devermont, Marielle Harris, and Richard Downie — January 10, 2020
Africa’s Democratic Moment?
Commentary by Jon Temin and Judd Devermont — June 17, 2019