Project Director, Maritime and Sanctions Compliance
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London, England
Areas of Research
- Proliferation Financing, Sanctions
- Iran
- North Korea
- Russia
Background
Paulina Izewicz is a Project Director for Maritime and Sanctions Compliance. She leads several projects related to sanctions compliance, focusing on maritime sanctions in particular. Since 2018, she has developed and delivered training on this topic to flag registries, maritime enforcement agencies, financial institutions, shipowners, and other maritime stakeholders across Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Pacific Islands. Apart from her role at CNS, Paulina is also an Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London, United Kingdom. Prior to joining CNS, she was a Research Associate at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London, where she also managed programmatic work on sanctions. In that role, she was involved in the delivery of training in support of the UN Panel of Experts on Iran and the United Nations Secretariat. She also worked at the Institute for Science and International Security in Washington, DC. She holds an MA in Law from the University of Wroclaw (Poland) and an MA in International Relations from Syracuse University, with a Certificate of Advanced Study in Security Studies.
Education
MA in International Relations, Syracuse University
MA in Law, University of Wroclaw
Articles and Activities
Webinar: Into the Spider’s Web – Understanding and Countering Proliferation Finance Networks (Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists, November 2023)
Webinar: Maritime Trade Sanctions Compliance: Fact vs. Fiction (Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists, May 2023)
Webinar: A Proliferating Issue: Risk-Based Approaches to Assess and Combat Proliferation Financing (Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists, December 2022)
Webinar: Following the Finances of Weapons Proliferators – Choose Your Own Investigative Adventure (Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists, August 2022)
Webinar: Proliferation Financing Regional Focus: UK & EU (Proliferation Financing Global Series), (Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists, June 2022)
Webinar: Open-Source Sanctions Investigations (Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists, February 2022)
Webinar: Risk on the High Seas – Case Studies on Counter-Proliferation Finance and Maritime Trade (Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists), December 2021
Webinar: Navigating the Sanctions Landscape in the Asia Pacific (Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists, November 2021)
Webinar: How North Korea Slips the Sanctions Net – Insights from the UN Panel of Experts Briefing and Maritime Risks (Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists, September 2021)
CNS Work
- Maritime and Sanctions Compliance Spring Events
Several events on the topic of maritime and sanctions compliance were hosted recently. - U.S. Hosts Regional Maritime Sanctions Enforcement Workshop in Manila
CNS and VERTIC with the U.S. Department of State, delivered a workshop for customs, coast guard, and legal officials from the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Taiwan to enforce maritime sanctions. - Maritime Sanctions: Tips for Due Diligence
The world of due diligence in the maritime space has increasingly become the front line in tackling sanctions evasion. - Celebrating Women in Nonproliferation
Women colleagues lead initiatives, publish innovative nonproliferation research, serve as mentors, and speak at conferences (or webinars, in the era of COVID-19). - Unauthorized Flags: A Threat to the Global Maritime Regime
A gap in oversight can be exploited for a range of illicit activities.
Bibliography
Paulina Izewicz, “Assessing the JCPOA Procurement Channel,” International Institute for Strategic Studies, March 29, 2018.
Paulina Izewicz, “Iran deal decertification looms: what’s next?” International Institute for Strategic Studies, October 12, 2017.
Paulina Izewicz, “On Iran, US and Europe may go their separate ways,” International Institute for Strategic Studies, July 18, 2017.
Paulina Izewicz, “Iran’s ballistic missile programme: Its status and the way forward,” EU Non-Proliferation Consortium, April 2017.
Paulina Izewicz, “The missile threat to the Iran nuclear deal,” International Institute for Strategic Studies, February 3, 2017.
Paulina Izewicz and Mark Fitzpatrick, “Whither the JCPOA under Trump?” International Institute for Strategic Studies, November 11, 2016.
Paulina Izewicz, “The nuclear ban treaty and its possible ramifications,” International Institute for Strategic Studies, November 1, 2016.
Paulina Izewicz, “UN walks a fine line in new Iran report,” International Institute for Strategic Studies, July 22, 2016.
Paulina Izewicz, Ian J. Stewart and Nick Hansen, “Show and TEL: Iranian missile development defies restrictions,” Jane’s Intelligence Review, January 2016.
Paulina Izewicz, “Moving towards closing Iran’s PMD file,” International Institute for Strategic Studies, December 8, 2015.
Paulina Izewicz and Justin Dunnicliff, “Civilian or military? Dual-use items as a challenge to the nuclear non-proliferation regime,” The Polish Quarterly of International Affairs, March 2015.
Paulina Izewicz, “Examining the restrictions on Iran’s missiles,” International Institute for Strategic Studies, July 31, 2015.
Paulina Izewicz, “Eastern Europe’s post-Crimea disarmament nerves,” International Institute for Strategic Studies, June 11, 2015.
Paulina Izewicz and David Albright, “Iran’s Centrifuge Research and Development Program,” Institute for Science and International Security, January 27, 2014.
