Dr. Kimberley L. Thachuk is a senior analyst and educator focusing on transnational
security issues, including corruption; organized crime; terrorism; human, drug, and arms
trafficking; and environment, health, and energy. She served as the National
Counterintelligence Officer for Transnational Issues at the Office of the Director of
National Intelligence, as well as a Senior Analyst and Director of Research at a number
of US intelligence community locations. Prior to this, Dr. Thachuk was a Senior Research
Professor and analyst directing policy and projects on transnational threats at the National
Defense University. She was also a professor in several graduate programs in
Washington D.C. where she taught transnational security issues, transnational organized
crime, and US foreign policy. She is the author of numerous book chapters and articles
and editor of three books: Transnational Threats: Smuggling and Trafficking in Arms,
Drugs and Human Life (2007), Terrorist Criminal Enterprises: Financing Terrorism
through Organized Crime, with Rollie Lal (2018); and The Private Sector and Organized
Crime, with Yuliya Zabyelina (2022).
