
PISCES Staff
Dr. Bryan R. Early, Director is an Associate Professor in the Political Science Department, the Director of the Center for Policy Research (CPR), and the founding Director of the Project on International Security, Commerce, and Economic Statecraft (PISCES) . He conducts research on topics related to foreign policy, international security, shadow economies, and political violence. Dr. Early is an expert on economic sanctions, strategic trade controls, and the proliferation of nuclear and aerospace technology. He has published over two dozen peer-reviewed articles that has appeared in journals such as the British Journal of Political Science, International Studies Quarterly, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, Political Psychology, Foreign Policy Analysis, and the Nonproliferation Review. His book Busted Sanctions: Explaining Why Economic Sanctions Fail (Stanford University Press, 2015) offers the first comprehensive explanation of the causes and consequences of sanctions busting. Early graduated with his PhD in Political Science from The University of Georgia in 2009 and earned his BA in Politics from Washington and Lee University in 2004. From 2008-2009, he was a research fellow at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. As the Director of PISCES and a principal investigator at the Center for Policy Research, Early has been the recipient of 66 grant awards totaling over $8.4 million since 2011.
Mr. Ryan Cathie, Senior Fellow is a policy expert on strategic trade controls and strategic trade control compliance issues. Mr. Cathie possesses a regional expertise in the Middle East and North Africa. He has worked with numerous governments in those regions to facilitate the development of their national strategic trade control systems. In addition, Mr. Cathie has provided on-site export control training, as well as analytical services and customized electronic compliance tools for a range of companies. He has also worked with numerous national governments to provide guidance, support, and training for both government and industry officials. Mr. Cathie received his Master of Arts from the School for Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh. Mr. Cathie joined the Center for Policy Research as a research fellow in 2011.
Ms. Lara Howe Stenberg, Senior Fellow is policy specialist with expertise on strategic trade controls and legal-regulatory development. She has experience working with major international corporations on the development of their internal compliance programs (ICPs) and has worked with governments around the world on strategic trade control issues. Ms. Howe has specific regional expertise on strategic trade controls in North and South America. She has presented at conferences and training programs in Asia and Latin America on ICPs and U.S. strategic trade controls. Formerly, Ms. Howe worked at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security to promote international export control cooperation. She has her law degree from the George Washington University Law School. Ms. Howe joined the Center for Policy Research as a research fellow in 2011.
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Mr. Jay P. Nash, Esq., Senior Fellow is a policy specialist on strategic trade controls and legal/regulatory development. Mr. Nash has worked with national governments from every region of the world to provide guidance and support on establishing domestic export control systems, and developing compliance tools and resources for industry. Mr. Nash is a regular speaker and presenter at regional and international export control conferences, and he has published papers on East Asian trade control developments in the US, Japan, and Korea. Mr. Nash has particular regional expertise in working on strategic trade control-related issues in East Asia. He has lived and worked in Beijing, China and is proficient in Mandarin Chinese. Mr. Nash received his law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law and his Master of Arts in International Security Studies from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. Mr. Nash joined the Center for Policy Research as a research fellow in 2010.
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Kassenova is a senior non-resident scholar at the Institute for International Science and Technology Policy and adjunct faculty at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, as well as a non-resident fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. From 2011 to 2015 Kassenova served on the UN secretary general’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters.
Full CV: https://www.togzhankassenova.com/about/
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