Steve Osborne B.A. Hons. Dip. Trans.
Research Associate
Research interests
- Security
- International relations
- International development
Contact details
Biography
Dr Steve Osborne is a Research Associate at the Centre for Science and Security Studies (CSSS). Since joining King’s College London in 2017, he has worked on proliferation networks and sanctions, and the implications of Brexit for export control.
He leads the team’s projects on maritime sanctions, aimed at strengthening implementation and enforcement. In this capacity he has devised and delivered research and training programmes aimed at improving practices to combat North Korean sanctions breaking.
Steve also maintains close links with maritime service providers and has been a panel member at several webinars and conferences for the compliance sector. He moved to King’s College London from the UK civil service, where he worked for many years in the area of counter-proliferation and export control and was a member of the UK government’s cross-departmental export control committee.
Research
- Sanctions and export controls
- Maritime Sanctions
- North Korea
- Weapons of mass destruction programmes and proliferation
- The uncontrolled spread of small arms and light weapons
Publications
- 'Sanctions on Russia: Are They Working, Workable, and Worth It?' Strategic Trade Review 5, issue 8 (Winter/Spring 2019).
- 'Brexit Implications for Proliferation and National Security: Challenges Facing the United Kingdom and the European Union in Controls and Enforcement', Strategic Trade Review 3, issue 5 (Autumn 2017).
- 'Use of Entity Screening and Vessel Tracking to Assist Implementation of UN Sanctions – a Whitepaper.' Accessed 15 May 2020.
Research
DPRK - Economic Sanctions and Security in East Asia
Understanding the effect of uni- and multilateral sanctions regime against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Project status: Completed
News
New handbook on best practices in strategic trade control at seaports
Helping ensure the integrity of export controls at publicly and privately-owned seaports.
Brexit and export controls: challenges facing the UK and the EU in controls and enforcement, and the implications for proliferation and national security
Strategic trade controls for Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) exist to help prevent the proliferation of goods and materials that might benefit the WMD...
Whitepaper: entity screening and vessel tracking for UN sanctions
This paper looks at a range of vessel screening and tracking resources. It restricts its scope to North Korea, although the entity screening and vessel...
Russian sanctions: are they working, workable, and worth it?
Russian actions in Ukraine led to sanctions being imposed by the EU, the United States, and several other international partners.
Stepping up on sanctions - evaluation of the meeting of the International Maritime Organisation in March 2019
At its 27-29 March 2019 session, the Legal Committee of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) agreed that the IMO would work with the U.N. Security...
Discussion paper: UN maritime sanctions and the International Maritime Organisation
This paper examines the interplay between sanctions adopted pursuant to Chapter VII of the UN charter and rules governing the maritime sphere. This paper...
Research
DPRK - Economic Sanctions and Security in East Asia
Understanding the effect of uni- and multilateral sanctions regime against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Project status: Completed
News
New handbook on best practices in strategic trade control at seaports
Helping ensure the integrity of export controls at publicly and privately-owned seaports.
Brexit and export controls: challenges facing the UK and the EU in controls and enforcement, and the implications for proliferation and national security
Strategic trade controls for Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) exist to help prevent the proliferation of goods and materials that might benefit the WMD...
Whitepaper: entity screening and vessel tracking for UN sanctions
This paper looks at a range of vessel screening and tracking resources. It restricts its scope to North Korea, although the entity screening and vessel...
Russian sanctions: are they working, workable, and worth it?
Russian actions in Ukraine led to sanctions being imposed by the EU, the United States, and several other international partners.
Stepping up on sanctions - evaluation of the meeting of the International Maritime Organisation in March 2019
At its 27-29 March 2019 session, the Legal Committee of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) agreed that the IMO would work with the U.N. Security...
Discussion paper: UN maritime sanctions and the International Maritime Organisation
This paper examines the interplay between sanctions adopted pursuant to Chapter VII of the UN charter and rules governing the maritime sphere. This paper...