About PISCES

The Project on International Security, Commerce, and Economic Statecraft (PISCES) is dedicated to conducting research and outreach on policy issues that intersect the realms of economics and security. 

Five members of the PISCES team pose for a photo on a staircase in front of a building.

A range of important topics exist at this cross-roads, including the proliferation of strategic and military technologies, border security, illicit trade, and the use of sanctions, strategic trade controls and foreign aid by governments as tools of economic statecraft.

In many cases, these topics overlap with one another and require a holistic approach to gain the greatest understanding of them.

One of the key goals of PISCES is to contribute to the greater good through conducting research on these issues and raising global understanding and awareness of them.

Another goal is to draw on our members’ practical and research-based expertise to responsibly contribute to crafting more effective policies for the private sector, governments, and international organizations.

PISCES also contributes to the educational mission of the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy by teaching a rising generation of students about these issues.

Our Expertise

PISCES was founded in 2012 with dual missions of advancing knowledge on issues that intersect the realms of economics and security, and helping to craft better policies in those areas.

The Project was founded by Dr. Bryan R. Early and a team of policy professionals with expertise in areas of nonproliferation, border security, strategic trade control, and international and regulatory law. 

The PISCES team has expertise in the following areas:

  • Legal-regulatory design of strategic trade control systems

  • Implementation and enforcement of strategic trade control systems

  • Industry outreach and strategic trade controls

  • Economic Sanctions Design, Implementation, and Enforcement

  • Evaluating Diversion Risks Related to Economic Sanctions and Strategic Trade Controls

  • Conducting comprehensive training workshops for government personnel on strategic trade controls and economic sanctions

  • Developing educational materials for strategic trade controls, including creating EXBS’s ICP Guidelines Website and “Train the Trainer” curriculum

PISCES team members have conducted trainings on behalf of, and consulted with, dozens of governments throughout the world in the areas of nonproliferation, strategic trade controls and economic sanctions.

The PISCES team has a truly global perspective in working on strategic trade and sanctions issues through working extensively with the U.S. Department of State’s EXBS Program.

Past & Present Outreach Activities

PISCES has worked with the following countries:

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Argentina

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Bangladesh

Belize

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

Bulgaria

Cambodia

Chile

China

Croatia

Dominican Republic

Egypt

Estonia

Georgia

India

Indonesia

Israel

Jamaica

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kosovo

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Lithuania

Malaysia

Mexico

Mongolia

Montenegro

Morocco

North Macedonia

Panama

Philippines

Romania

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Taiwan

Tajikistan

Thailand

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan

Vietnam

Our Team

Bryan Early
Associate Dean for Research, Professor, and Vice Chair of Political Science
300A Milne Hall

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