Richard T. Cupitt, Ph.D.
Senior Adviser
1823 Jefferson Place NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-621-5484
Fax: 202-463-4959
Email: rcupitt@mktechnology.com
1823 Jefferson Place NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-621-5484
Fax: 202-463-4959
Email: rcupitt@mktechnology.com
Dr. Richard T. Cupitt is a Senior Adviser to MK Technology, a Scholar-in-Residence in the School of International Service of American University, and the Technical Assistance Coordinator and appointed U.S. Expert at the UN Security Council on Resolution 1540 regarding Member States' export-control programs. In 2002-2004, he was Special Adviser to the Under Secretary for Industry and Security at the U.S. Department of Commerce. He advised the Under Secretary on a variety of international trade, nonproliferation, and export-control issues. His portfolio also included coordinating the BIS nonproliferation international assistance programs, managing the Bureau's Office of International Programs (OIP), and acting as the BIS point of contact for the Transshipment Country Export Control Initiative (TECI), the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), and other programs.
Prior to his service in the Department of Commerce, Dr. Cupitt was Associate Director and Washington Liaison for the Center for International Trade and Security of the University of Georgia (CITS/UGA), and a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington. He also has held academic posts at Emory University and the University of North Texas.
Dr. Cupitt authored or edited four books on export controls, including To Supply or To Deny (Kluwer, 2003) and Reluctant Champions: U.S. Presidential Policy and Strategic Export Controls-Truman, Eisenhower, Bush and Clinton (Routledge, 2000). His articles on trade and security have appeared in many scholarly and policy journals. He has contributed to the work of several national study commissions, has served on U.S. delegations to international export-control conferences, has testified before Congress on export controls, and was nominated to the President's Export Council's Subcommittee on Export Controls (PECSEA). Dr. Cupitt has conducted fieldwork on export controls in more than a dozen countries, and was principal author of CITS/UGA studies on "Export Controls in the People's Republic of China". He also has served as a consultant to several national nuclear laboratories, to the OECD, and to several governments and organizations. Click here to read his academic curriculum vitae.
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Prior to his service in the Department of Commerce, Dr. Cupitt was Associate Director and Washington Liaison for the Center for International Trade and Security of the University of Georgia (CITS/UGA), and a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington. He also has held academic posts at Emory University and the University of North Texas.
Dr. Cupitt authored or edited four books on export controls, including To Supply or To Deny (Kluwer, 2003) and Reluctant Champions: U.S. Presidential Policy and Strategic Export Controls-Truman, Eisenhower, Bush and Clinton (Routledge, 2000). His articles on trade and security have appeared in many scholarly and policy journals. He has contributed to the work of several national study commissions, has served on U.S. delegations to international export-control conferences, has testified before Congress on export controls, and was nominated to the President's Export Council's Subcommittee on Export Controls (PECSEA). Dr. Cupitt has conducted fieldwork on export controls in more than a dozen countries, and was principal author of CITS/UGA studies on "Export Controls in the People's Republic of China". He also has served as a consultant to several national nuclear laboratories, to the OECD, and to several governments and organizations. Click here to read his academic curriculum vitae.
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