Alex Zerden is the founder of Capitol Peak Strategies, a geoeconomic risk-advisory firm (Lawfare)
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Alex Zerden is the founder of Capitol Peak Strategies, a geoeconomic risk-advisory firm, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, and an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and American University Washington College of Law. Previously, he worked in the Treasury Department, including in the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence and as a financial attaché; at the White House National Economic Council; and in Congress. The profile appears on Lawfare, which prints its publisher as The Lawfare Institute.
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# Alex Zerden
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Alex Zerden is the founder of Capitol Peak Strategies, a geoeconomic risk-advisory firm, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, and an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and American University Washington College of Law. Previously, he worked in the Treasury Department, including in the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence and as a financial attaché; at the White House National Economic Council; and in Congress.
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