Christopher Kiyaseh Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Center for Advanced Defense Studies, Washington, D.C. September 2023 – Present Conflict Affected States Illicit Finance and Irregular Threats Analyst • Spearheaded comprehensive open-source intelligence analysis of illicit financial networks, supply chain risk assessments, malign Russian and private military contractor (PMC) activities, illicit weapons trafficking, and conflict dynamics across Africa and the Middle East, resulting in the delivery of action able intelligence to customers and relevant stakeholders.• Executed projects on asset recovery and asset tracing, and countering illicit finance across Africa through trade data analysis and corporate network mapping and supply chain risk identification.• Created and managed 10 strategic partnerships with civil society organizations internationally, delivering tailored training programs and producing research reports to support partner initiatives and objectives.• Developed analytic workflows and organize extensive datasets to support data-driven risk analysis for senior stakeholders, including the U.S. Intelligence Community and Department of State.• Distilled intelligence and policy data into actionable reports and briefing materials for decision makers, supporting high-stakes risk mitigation strategies.• Coordinated strategic partnerships and deliver tailored training programs for U.S. and foreign partners, leveraging advanced methodologies to counter irregular threat networks and bolster regional security resilience.

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Climate Social Science Network Scholar - Institute at Brown for Environment and ScienceCSSN is an international network of scholars headquartered at the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, launched in October 2020.- Organizational Relationships: Develop an understanding of the key organizational actors in climate change political action, both domestically and internationally, and their relationships with one another, including funding and contracting relationships, overlapping board memberships, and collaborative efforts. These include organizational entities such as advocacy organizations, think tanks, trade associations, ad hoc coalitions, corporations, foundations, universities, and public relations firms.- Advocacy Efforts: Chart the origin, nature, and extent of climate change political activity. This includes activities such as lobbying, political contributions, advertising campaigns, corporate promotion and public relations campaigns, grassroots mobilization, and media outreach efforts.- Cultural and Media Impacts: Understand how organizational efforts impact cultural, intellectual, and media discourse on climate change, and how this coverage impacts public and elite understanding of this issue, and its impacts on the political process.- Decision Making Process: Examine the process of establishing climate and energy policy and how institutional actors influence governance decisions that impact on climate change.- Cross-area Data Gathering: Compile and promulgate data sets and information that supports this research agenda.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

1. Research initiatives: Conducting literature searches for staff and committee members, and/or interfaces with library staff. -Gathering and tracking references to help assemble workshop readings and other program-related materials. May participate in other research efforts as needed.2. Publications: Inputting edits and proofreading reports, documents, and other correspondence with guidance.- Formating text and sent drafts to fellows and scholars, committee members, speakers, and other invited guests to review for accuracy. - Coordinating with printers/publishers to have materials printed. Secures necessary permissions and forms for publication. - Providing support with formatting, proofreading, and citations for meeting materials, reports, and other documents.3. Communication, dissemination, and information management: Responding to inquiries and following- up on communications. - Communicating with fellows and scholars, program alumni, committee members, sponsors, and other external stakeholders, answering questions and providing information. -Updating applicable databases, and systems on a timely basis, ensuring documents and files are accurately maintained and archived. Maintaining email and distribution lists. -Updating and maintaining relevant websites/web pages. - Performing administrative-related Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) compliance tasks. May support outreach and recruitment efforts to promote the programs via the development of electronic newsletters, social media, and website content.4. Staff development: Attends meetings, training classes, and staff development workshops to develop and hone necessary skills. - Mentoring and training new support staff. Coordinates temporary help and may supervise work of temporary staff.5. Supervisory Responsibilities/Controls: Reports to Program Officer. The supervisor is available to organize work, set objectives, and assist in problem resolution.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Dr. Kimberly Cowell-Meyers, School of Public AffairsCourse: Introduction to Political Research• Guide students in utilizing the scientific method and SPSS software to conduct quantitative analysis.• Reviewing and mentoring students in research, statistical methodology, and leading group discussion.• Conduct research and transcribe elite interviews for project support in a critical review. •. Collect and translate large quantities of data regarding Irish-American relations, contributing to project support, increasing data collection efficiency by 50%.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Selected as a graduate fellow for a National Science Foundation-sponsored workshop in partnership with the University of Southern California's Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. The workshop focuses on Strategic Ambition and Environmental Constraint on the Impact of Rapid Environmental Degradation on the Security Strategies of Arctic States. - Drafted and edited and co-authored a comprehensive report on the Impact of Rapid Environmental Degradation on the Security Strategies of Arctic States to present to the NSF.- Co-authored commentary on the 2022 NSF-USC joint workshop on Arctic Strategies to be published into the Arctic Yearbook.

Tampa, Florida, United States

What's Reformer?The world is complex. Unfortunately, the media environment is failing at reflecting this complexity opting for more 'digestible' content.At Reformer, we look to explore that complexity instead of simplifying it. Here, you will find critical, contextual, and in-depth analysis. This means you'll spend a bit more time reading our articles but will be left with a fuller picture of the different elements shaping our world.Our articles are written by a diverse group of thinkers and writers. So you'll certainly find colorful opinions on current affairs, social issues, and policy.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

- Drafted, Written, and Published 12 articles averaging 2500-3500 words- Generated over 4,276 views with the highest view to read ration reaching 65 %.- Writing deep, contextual, analysis of geopolitics and geoeconomics surrounding Eurasia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

• Conducted desk research to support team publications on the intersection between nonviolent action, peace processes, and democratization, the impact of women and youth participation in nonviolent action campaigns, the use of emergent technology by nonviolent action movements, and other relevant topics.• Collected and analyzed data on nonviolent action from local newspapers in several countries of interest.• Assisted in collecting and cleaning web-scraped social media data on activist organization activities.• Reviewed and helped prepare materials for in-country research and training workshops

Tampa, Florida, United States

Essential Duties And Responsibilities• Closely monitor current worldwide news events using a variety of mediums such as the international press, news aggregators, social media, and intelligence sources• Identify emerging trends or upcoming events which could affect Anvil clients’ business operations, travelers, and assets• Publish timely and relevant incident alerts in Anvil’s threat and risk intelligence portal to inform our clients' stakeholders and travelers• Dispatch interactive communications to travelers and stakeholders in developing or emergency situations• Support the production of travel security briefings, situational updates, threat assessments, and other requests for information• Conduct research utilizing open source methods and techniques• Deliver oral and written threat briefings to internal and external stakeholders• Assess risks and the impact on our clients’ travelers, assets, and business operations• Make fact-based and unbiased risk assessments on a wide range of threats affecting clients• Update and amend systems within Anvil’s dedicated software package to ensure information such as government travel advisories is current• Manage numerous country summaries and updates system in real-time when a significant event occurs• Conduct changeover briefs with team

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

- Engaging with scholars and experts on topics such as military intervention, U.S. intelligence, and conflict resolution to help gain a greater understanding of foreign affairs.- Applying knowledge gained into an examination of global issues in my academic studies. - Contributing to the committee from a student's perspective through inquiring further during Q&A period.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Topic: Political Conflict and Cooperation in the Arctic- Producing an original dataset of over 3,248 cells, 14 variables, ranging from 2018-2019 yielding multivariate regressions showing proficiency in Stata and R software packages. - Analyzing over 25 scholarly articles that will be translated into a meta-analysis detailing the state of the Arctic. - Created a combined meta-analysis of scholarship on international relations in the Arctic and empirical, quantitative analysis based on the original dataset.

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Topic: Transitional Justice from the Perspective of Syrian Women. Focusing on the production of qualitative analysis. - Collaborated with Radiant Hands, a local NGO dedicated to helping refugee’s resettlement and integration. - Interviewed a United Nations FAO Administrative Officer to gather a greater understanding on topic at hand. - Culminated 5 literature analyses and elite interview into a final assessment of transitional justice from a Syrian woman’s perspective in a 15-20- page final research paper.

Clearwater, Fl

- Evaluated 30 scholarly journals and articles to assess the perceived threats of cyber attacks on state and local government.- Transformed 291 data cells into an interactive cyber threat map of the United States to highlight state and local vulnerabilities. - Highlighted the impact of perceived economic interests and threats of cyberattacks on local and state governments to construct a defense plan that can be implemented against cybercrime.- Crafted an 8-page detailed whitepaper containing the results of our data and research

Clearwater, Fl

- Worked with a non-profit, education organization dedicated to equipping young people for success in education, career, and civic life. With Model UN as a cornerstone, I was able to promote experiential learning that develops a collaborative approach to solving problems.- Facilitated and Directed over 200 students over the course of several conferences -Served as a chair in the conference for the Security Council in 2017 and 2018, as well as chair of the General Assembly 2019.

Greater New York City Area

- Acted as Head Delegate of the November 2017 Washington D.C. Model United Nations Team representing the state of Portugal. Led the team along with a co Head Delegate to achieving the highest honor of Outstanding Delegation, placing in the top 8% of 2000 delegates.- Served as a Delegate of the January 2018 Galápagos Model United Nations Team representing the state of Ukraine. Achieved the highest honor of Outstanding Delegation, placing in the top 3% of 120 Delegates.- Served as Head Delegate of the March 2018 New York Model United Nations Team representing the state of Malawi. Led the team along with a co Head Delegate to earning the highest honor of Outstanding Delegation, placing in the top 8% out of 4000 delegates.- Acted as Head Delegate of the November 2018 Washington D.C Model United Nations Team representing the state of Rwanda. Led the team along with a co Head Delegate to earn Distinguished Delegation, placing in the top 10% out of 2000 delegates.- Achieved the Outstanding Position Paper award representing Rwanda in November of 2018, which is awarded to students who place in the top 3% of their committees. Committee size was about 150 delegates.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Political Science And Government

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science And Government

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