Tulane National Security Experts

Is TikTok a threat to national security?

Ashley Nelson, senior professor of practice at Tulane’s A. B. Freeman School of Business, is available to speak about the current movement to ban TikTok, the popular Chinese-owned social media app, from its more than 100 million American users.

Ashley is an expert in social media, executive communication and strategy and content development. Ashley can speak to:

Prisoner swap not a security risk, Tulane expert says

A Tulane University expert on American foreign policy says he’s confident that the prisoner swap involving basketball star Brittney Griner and a notorious Russian arms dealer will not pose a national security risk for the United States.

TikTok’s unsolved algorithm fight

The latest TikTok deal framework leaves one critical question unanswered: who controls the algorithm?

Americans get six of seven board seats, Oracle stores the data and U.S. investors hold the majority stake. The White House says the U.S. will control the algorithm, but Beijing hasn’t agreed. For China, the algorithm is a strategic asset and IP they won’t give up easily. For Washington, it’s the key to data security and national security.