Catharine Mouradian

Program Manager and Research Associate, Economics Program and Scholl Chair for International Business
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Catharine (Katya) Mouradian is a program manager and research associate with the Economics Program and Scholl Chair for International Business. Before joining CSIS, she studied in Brussels and concurrently interned at an economic intelligence and global consulting firm. Her work has focused on the European Union and technology ecosystem in the transatlantic context, including the geopolitics of semiconductor supply chains. Katya previously interned in the Senate, where she worked on issues related to foreign affairs, defense, and cryptocurrency. She holds a BA in international studies and a minor in history from American University.

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Toward a U.S. Economic Security Strategy

This report evaluates the U.S. approach to economic security, laying out recommendations for how the U.S. government, together with key allies and partners, can advance a more cohesive economic security strategy, focused on reimagining international economic engagement.

Report by Emily Benson, Catharine Mouradian, and Andrea Leonard Palazzi — July 9, 2024

Evaluating Chip Overcapacity and the Transatlantic Trade Tool Kit

A topic of growing prominence in the transatlantic policymaking arena is to what extent Chinese overcapacity of legacy (“mainstream”) chips is or will become a problem and, if it is a problem, what to do about it.

Commentary by Emily Benson, Catharine Mouradian, and Pau Alvarez-Aragones — April 5, 2024

Previewing the Italian G7 Presidency

A new commentary from the Project on Trade and Technology provides a look into the planned agenda of the Italian G7 and argues for a larger focus on economic security.

Commentary by Emily Benson, Catharine Mouradian, and Pau Alvarez-Aragones — February 20, 2024

Export Controls and Human Rights: An Emerging Technology Agenda

Export controls can help limit authoritarian regimes’ access to surveillance technology made in democracies, but they cannot prevent such regimes from developing and selling that technology to each other.  

Commentary by Emily Benson and Catharine Mouradian — November 29, 2023

Establishing a New Multilateral Export Control Regime

Concentric pressures—growing geopolitical and geoeconomic risk, the retooling of global supply chains, and the proliferation of new technologies—call for the creation of a new architecture that integrates export controls, investment screening, and supply chain security.

Report by Emily Benson and Catharine Mouradian — November 2, 2023

The Fall 2023 Geoeconomic Agenda: What to Expect

This year has already been geopolitically dynamic. As the fall summit season kicks off, CSIS highlights some of the key events to follow and how they stand to impact the nexus of geopolitics, trade, and technology. 

Commentary by Emily Benson and Catharine Mouradian — September 6, 2023

Key Takeaways from the TTC Ministerial in Sweden

The meeting of U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) on May 30 and 31 has produced progress in key areas of emerging technology, but onlookers should not take the continued existence of the TTC for granted.

Critical Questions by Catharine Mouradian and Emily Benson — June 8, 2023