Richard Nephew
{{Short description|American nuclear weapons and sanctions expert}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Richard Nephew
| image = Coordinator Nephew Delivers Remarks at the ACCA Ceremony (52553017344) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Nephew in 2022
| office = Coordinator on Global Anti-Corruption
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| successor = TBD
| president = Joe Biden
| term_start = July 5, 2022
| term_end = January 20, 2025
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| occupation = * Author
- Senior Research Scholar
- Principal Deputy Coordinator for Sanctions Policy at the Department of State U.S.
| education = * Masters in Security Policy Studies
- Bachelors in International Affairs
| alma_mater = George Washington University
| nationality = United States
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| notable_works = The Art of Sanctions
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| awards = Secretary of State's Award
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Richard Nephew is an American nuclear weapons and sanctions expert who is a program director at the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University and a Senior Research Scholar teaching at School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University.{{cite web|url=https://www.sipa.columbia.edu/faculty-research/faculty-directory/richard-nephew|title=SIPA Faculty Directory|website=Columbia University}} He is the author of The Art of Sanctions, a book from CGEP's Columbia University Press book series.{{Cite web|url=https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/research/book/art-sanctions|title = Columbia | SIPA Center on Global Energy Policy | the Art of Sanctions}} On July 5, 2022, he was named the Coordinator on Global Anti-Corruption by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.{{Cite web |last=Hawkins |first=Ari |title=State Department announces lead anti-corruption official |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/05/state-department-announces-lead-anti-corruption-official-00043995 |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=POLITICO |language=en}} He served in this position until January 2025.
Education
Nephew has a bachelor's degree in international affairs and a master's degree in security policy studies, both from The George Washington University.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Richard-Nephew/e/B073Z46FBD/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1 |title=Richard Nephew|publisher=Amazon}}
Career
After graduating from university, Nephew began at the National Nuclear Security Administration where he worked on international nuclear affairs from June 2003 to June 2006. He then joined the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation at the State Department, staying until May 2011. Nephew was then transferred to the National Security Council as the Director for Iranian Affairs for two years.{{cite web|url=https://psaonline.org/richard-nephew-discusses-iran-sanctions/|title=Richard Nephew Discusses the Iran Nuclear Agreement|publisher=Partnership For A Secure America|date=19 May 2016}} In January 2013, he was named as the Principal Deputy Coordinator for Sanctions Policy at the Department of State, as the lead sanctions expert in negotiations with Iran from August 2013 to December 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.gfmag.com/magazine/october-2017/economic-sanctions-popular-not-painless|title=Economic Sanctions, Popular Not Painless|website=Global Finance|date=3 October 2017}} On February 1, 2015, left his career in government and joined the Center on Global Energy Policy.{{cite web|url=https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/richard-nephew-former-deputy-sanctions-chief-department-state-join-research-scholar-and-program|title=Richard Nephew, former Deputy Sanctions Chief at the Department of State, to join as Research Scholar and Program Director|publisher=Columbia University|date=29 January 2015}} Additionally, Nephew served as a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
Awards
Nephew has received numerous awards from the US Department of State and the US Department of Energy, including the Secretary of State's Award for Excellence in International Security in 2008, for his work on UN Security Council Resolution.{{cite web |title=Richard Nephew |url=https://www.brookings.edu/experts/richard-nephew/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241030231527/https://www.brookings.edu/people/richard-nephew/ |archive-date=2024-10-30 |publisher=Brookings}}
Book
- The Art of Sanctions: A View from the Field (Columbia University Press, 2017)
Views
In September 2024, Nephew notes in the Jerusalem Strategic Tribune that “Iran sanctions campaign was immense and difficult to engineer” and “it would be extraordinarily difficult to do it again.”{{cite web|url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/503239|title=Sanctions on Iran harder than it seems: Richard Nephew|publisher=Tehran Times}}
References
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External links
- {{C-SPAN|97799}}
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Category:Columbia School of International and Public Affairs faculty
Category:21st-century American non-fiction writers