Keith A. Preble

Keith A. Preble

Ph.D.
Teaching Assistant Professor
Brewster Hall Connect

Biography

Dr. Keith A. Preble is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science. He completed his doctorate at the University at Albany, SUNY in 2021. His research focuses on economic statecraft, foreign policy, economic sanctions, and (increasingly) tariffs and public opinion. He is the author of Trading with Pariahs: Trade Networks and the Failure of Economic Sanctions (Bloomsbury/Lexington Books) with Charmaine N. Willis. His second book, Smart Evasion: Global Resistance to US Economic Sanctions, is due to be published in September 2026 with Lynne Rienner Publishers

  • Economic statecraft
  • Economic sanctions
  • Arms embargoes
  • Export controls
  • Strategic and dual-use trade
  • Foreign policy & grand strategy
  • Tariff politics
  • North Korea
  • European Union
  • Ph.D., University at Albany (2021)
  • MA in Political Science, University at Albany, SUNY (2019)
  • MA in Public Policy & Administration, Northwestern University (2017)
  • MA in Government and Politics, St. John’s University (2015)
  • BA in Classical Studies and Art History, University of Melbourne (2003)
  • Keith A. Preble (2026). Smart Evasion: Global Resistance to US Economic Sanctions. Lynne Rienner Publishers.
  • Keith A. Preble and Charmaine N. Willis Ward (2024). Trading with Pariahs: Trade Networks and the Failure of Economic Sanctions. Bloomsbury.

 

Select Journal Articles:

  • Crystal D. Pryor and Keith A. Preble (2026). “Strategic Trade Controls as Trade-Enabling Institutions.” Foreign Policy Analysis. Forthcoming.
  • Keith A. Preble and Charmaine N. Willis (2026). “Taking nuclear North Korea seriously again.” North Korean Review 22(1): 83-93.
  • Charmaine N. Willis and Keith A. Preble (2026). “With Friends Like These: The Impact of US Troop Deployments on Economic Sanctions Busting.” Foreign Policy Analysis 22(3): 1-31.
  • Keith A. Preble and Charmaine N. Willis (2024). “Trading with Pariahs: North Korean Sanctions and the Challenge of Weaponized Interdependence.” Global Studies Quarterly 4(2): 1-16.
  • Keith A. Preble and Bryan R. Early (2023). “Enforcing Economic Sanctions by Tarnishing Corporate Reputations.” Business and Politics 26 (1): 102-23.
  • Keith A. Preble (2023). “‘Just Right’: The Goldilocks Theory of Sanctions Busting’s Causes.” Foreign Policy Analysis 19(4): 1-23.
  • Bryan R. Early and Keith A. Preble (2020). “Going Fishing Versus Hunting Whales: Explaining Variation in the United States’ Enforcement of Economic Sanctions.” Security Studies 29(2): 231-67.

 

Notable Book Chapters:

  • Keith A. Preble (2025). “Evasion and circumvention.” Elgar Encyclopedia of International Sanctions. Clara Portela, Mirko Sassai, and Andrea Charron, eds. Edward Elgar.
  • Bryan R. Early and Keith Preble (2021). “Grand Strategy and the Tools of Economic Statecraft.” Oxford Handbook of Grand Strategy. Thierry Balzacq and Ronald R. Krebs, eds. Oxford University Press.

 

Public Scholarship:

  • Charmaine N. Willis and Keith A. Preble (2026). “The US has long used economic coercion to achieve foreign policy goals—the war in Iran shows how that power has declined.” The Conversation.
  • Keith A. Preble and Charmaine N. Willis (2025). “Sanctioning ghosts: Why US plans to hit Russia with fresh economic penalties will have little effect.” The Conversation.
  • Kolja Brockmann and Keith A Preble. (2021). Mitigating Humanitarian Impact in a Complex Sanctions Environment: The European Union and the Sanctions Regimes Against Iran.” Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).