Dr. Keith A. Preble is a research associate at the Center for Policy Research, University at Albany, SUNY. He is also a visiting assistant professor of political science and international relations at Miami University of Ohio (2022-).

He has also worked as an independent research consultant for several organizations, including the Pacific Forum and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in Europe.

His research focuses on economic statecraft, the role of economic power in foreign policy, sanctions enforcement challenges, and sanctions evasion and circumvention. Along with Dr. Crystal D. Pryor, he has also been investigating the economic benefits of strategic trade controls on trade values and foreign direct investment.

Dr. Preble - along with Dr. Charmaine N, Willis Ward - are the authors of Trading with Pariahs: Trade Networks and the Failure of Economic Sanctions (2024, Lexington Books), which utilizes social network analysis to underscore the difficulties in using economic sanctions against international pariah states.

Dr. Preble holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University at Albany, SUNY (2021), a master’s degree in public policy and administration from Northwestern University (2017) and a master’s degree in government and politics from St. John’s University (2014). Dr. Preble received his B.A. in classics and archaeology from the University of Melbourne in 2003.