Research
My research focuses on global financial crime, economic statecraft, anti-money laundering, artificial intelligence governance, supply chain finance, and the role of financial systems in national security and economic resilience.
This site publishes independent research and analysis using public sources to improve understanding of financial crime, economic statecraft, AI governance, and digital financial infrastructure. Selected publications and working papers are listed below. Full papers are linked where publicly available.
Published Research
Published · Minnesota Journal of Business Law and Entrepreneurship · 2026
Tariffs as Geo-Economic Statecraft: Revenue, Reindustrialization, Dollar Strength, and Strategic Competition in the First Phase of the Modern U.S. Tariff Regime
This paper examines tariffs as instruments of geo-economic statecraft and national economic strategy. The research analyzes customs revenue, trade deficits, industrial policy, strategic competition, supply-chain resilience, tariff enforcement, and the relationship between trade policy and national security objectives.
Published · International Journal of Financial Management and Economics · 2025
The Use of Generative AI by Financial Criminals: Emerging Threats and Countermeasures for Banks
This paper examines how generative AI is transforming financial crime, including synthetic identity fraud, AI-assisted phishing, deepfake-enabled impersonation, and emerging banking-sector countermeasures. The paper also evaluates governance, compliance, and AI-native defense strategies for financial institutions.
Published · International Journal of Applied Research · 2025
Insurance-Enabled Risk Governance and Digital Architecture in Deep-Tier Supply Chain Finance
This paper analyzes how insurance structures and digital systems can improve resilience, transparency, and governance in deep-tier supply-chain finance. It focuses on systemic risk propagation, financing access, and operational stability across supplier networks.
Forthcoming Research
Forthcoming · Final Draft submitted
Crowdfunding and Alternative Finance as Catalysts for Sustainable Entrepreneurship
This paper examines crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending, and alternative finance mechanisms as drivers of sustainable entrepreneurship. The research explores platform governance, funding democratization, SDG-aligned entrepreneurship, venture survival, and the role of community-driven capital formation in emerging markets.
The study includes cross-country case analysis involving India, the United Kingdom, Kenya, Indonesia, Italy, and the United States.
Publication link coming soon.
Forthcoming · Draft under review
Artificial Intelligence and AML Governance in the United States: Risk Assessment, Model Controls, and Supervisory Implications
This paper evaluates AI-enabled anti-money laundering systems through the lens of governance, model risk management, explainability, supervisory defensibility, and regulatory accountability in the United States.
Additional research outputs and public essays are available on the Analysis page.