Decision support for national security and economic statecraft
Capability Statement
Sanctir applies structured analytic tradecraft to regulatory and security questions that must withstand legal, technical and executive review — for government, defense and dual-use firms, investors and outside counsel working across counterterrorism, counterproliferation, counternarcotics, sanctions, export control and cybersecurity.
Core Competencies
National security policy & legislation
Structured assessments for decision-makers; legislative discussion drafts with adversarial legal review; expert analysis supporting counsel in enforcement and litigation.
Sanctions, counterterrorism & illicit finance
OFAC sanctions risk and screening program design, beneficial-ownership and counterparty exposure, terrorist and hostile-state financing networks.
Counternarcotics
Cartel strategy and finance, fentanyl and synthetic-drug supply chains, emergency scheduling of emerging drug threats.
Export controls & counterproliferation
ITAR and EAR jurisdiction and classification, 10 CFR Part 810, deemed exports, Entity List and multi-tier supply-chain exposure, voluntary self-disclosures.
Arms, defense & biodefense
Weapons and unmanned-systems threat analysis, defense engineering review, biological weapons threats and biodefense policy.
Cybersecurity & CMMC
NIST SP 800-171 assessment, SSP and POA&M development, CUI boundary definition, independent review of whether an attestation is supportable.
Contract Deliverables
- Sanctions exposure and counterparty assessment
- Export jurisdiction and classification memorandum (ITAR/EAR, Part 810)
- CMMC / NIST SP 800-171 attestation and evidence review
- Supply-chain and restricted-party risk memorandum
- Legislative analysis and discussion drafts with adversarial legal review
- Independent expert analysis supporting counsel
Engagement terms: fixed-scope assessment, retained advisory, or hourly expert support.
Published Record
16 published works, openly available in the research library; working papers distributed through SSRN.
4 legislative series, 11 documents: hostile-state asset confiscation; Taliban financial accountability; emergency scheduling of synthetic opioids; child-abduction prevention in air travel.
Working papers: U.S. strategy against Mexican fentanyl cartels; the 2026 Iran war; drone threats to political leadership; U.S.–China competition.
Compliance briefs: CMMC Phase 2; 10 CFR Part 810 and CUI; foreign-national engineering placement; sanctions screening.