International Affairs and Business · George Washington University
I study how government, industry and geopolitics shape one another.
I founded the Indo-Pacific Record, an independent research project on regional defense and security, and maintain the Strategic Materials Policy Tracker. My interest is how organizations navigate policy shifts, industrial competition and security risk.
Selected work
Two public research products
Founder & Executive Director
Indo-Pacific Record
An archive of official defense and security records, with source-linked analysis.
- Defense records
- Editorial briefs
- Static site
Maintainer / Researcher
Strategic Materials Policy Tracker
A comparable, auditable register of critical-materials policy interventions.
- Policy data
- Research dossiers
- Next.js
Antimony Supply Resilience
Applied Strategy 001 works through antimony supply options for a hypothetical defense manufacturer, with a model and stated assumptions. It applies the tracker’s evidence base to a decision; it is not a report on a real company.
Writing
Recent and featured writing
- Critical Materials & Industry
Tungsten Supply Security (opens in a new tab)
Research Dossier 001 compares how China, the EU, the UK and Japan use export licensing, project designation, public finance and grants on tungsten.
Strategic Materials Policy Tracker
Evidence cutoff Sole author
- Indo-Pacific & Security
Japan and the United States Agree to Establish AMRAAM Final Assembly in Japan (opens in a new tab)
Allied defense ministers moved from discussing AMRAAM final assembly in Japan to committing to it, and agreed to share SM-3 Block IIA production information. Neither public account names a site, operator, contract or rate.
Indo-Pacific Record
Week ending Sole author
- Indo-Pacific & Security
China’s 50,000-Youth Initiative and the New Politics of China-US Exchange (opens in a new tab)
Sponsored student visits keep international contact alive. The piece argues that schools and analysts should also ask about the intentions behind those visits and the impressions they create.
The Diplomat
Sole author
- Research & Essays
Linguistic Gateways and Mediated Access: China's Adaptive Public Diplomacy in Senegal and Kenya (opens in a new tab)
A comparative study of how China adapts its public diplomacy, media outreach and language programs in Senegal and Kenya.
SSRN
Sole author
Experience
Experience
Indo-Pacific Record (opens in a new tab)
Founder & Executive Director
Strategic Materials Policy Tracker (opens in a new tab)
Maintainer / Researcher
American Action Forum
Incoming Trade Policy Intern · Spring 2027
Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundation
International Program Operations Intern
Victorious Strength Systems
Owner
Onero Institute
Operations Assistant
About
Hi, I’m Ben.
I’m from New York and now live in Washington, D.C., where I study International Affairs and Business at George Washington University. Most of what I work on comes back to one question: what happens when governments, companies and geopolitics pull on each other at the same time?
That question is why I started the Indo-Pacific Record and why I keep building out the Strategic Materials Policy Tracker. I like going to the original documents and working out what they actually say.
Away from the desk, I’m a competitive powerlifter, and I play more Clash Royale than I’d like to admit.
I’m always up for a coffee chat ☕ If you’re working on something in this space, or just want to swap notes, say hello.
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