Mr Ali Ahmadi is an Executive-in-Residence within the Global Fellowship Initiative of the GCSP. He is a scholar of economic statecraft and sanctions policy. He studies the intersection of national security and global economic affairs and the growing use of sanctions in the context of world politics. He's the Director of Geoeconomics & Sanctions at ReshapeRisk.
He currently works with think tanks and institutions around the world on sanctions and geoeconomic-related issues including Gulf State Analytics in Washington and Vocal Europe in Brussels. His scholarly work on these issues has been published around the world. He has also been interviewed as an expert on these issues by various media outlets. He has a Master’s degree from the University of Tehran and a Bachelor's degree from the City University of New York.