Nate Young

Senior International Trade Specialist II

Senior International Trade Specialist II

Washington, D.C.
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Nate Young is a Senior International Trade Specialist in Crowell & Moring’s Washington, D.C. office. With nearly 20 years of expertise in national security and foreign policy, Nate provides clients compliance advice on the U.S. Export Administration Regulations and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Nate assists in obtaining necessary export authorizations, conducting analyses on emerging and critical technologies, managing jurisdiction and classification requests, and handling ITAR registration actions. Nate actively monitors export control developments and is a regular contributor to Crowell’s international trade blog.

In his previous roles, Nate spent several years leading high-level projects for the U.S. Department of Defense and global aerospace firms. At the State Department, he was pivotal as a Senior Defense Trade Analyst and Outreach Coordinator at the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls and helped shape foreign military sales policy at the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. He also served overseas at U.S. embassies in Russia, the Philippines, and Kazakhstan, where he wrote cables on political and economic developments. He began his career as a Presidential Management Fellow focusing on civil nuclear cooperation and nonproliferation policy.

Career & Education

Department of State

Senior Defense Trade Analyst and Outreach Coordinator, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, 2016–2019

Foreign Affairs Officer, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Office of Brazil and the Southern Cone, 2015–2016

Political Officer, U.S. Embassy Manila, Philippines, 2013–2015

Foreign Affairs Officer, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfers, 2010–2013

Foreign Affairs Officer, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Office of Policy and Regional Affairs, 2006–2010

Foreign Affairs Officer, U.S. Embassy Moscow, Russia, and U.S. Embassy Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2005–2008
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  Senior Defense Trade Analyst and Outreach Coordinator, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, 2016–2019
  
  Foreign Affairs Officer, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Office of Brazil and the Southern Cone, 2015–2016
  
  Political Officer, U.S. Embassy Manila, Philippines, 2013–2015
  
  Foreign Affairs Officer, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfers, 2010–2013
  
  Foreign Affairs Officer, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Office of Policy and Regional Affairs, 2006–2010
  
  Foreign Affairs Officer, U.S. Embassy Moscow, Russia, and U.S. Embassy Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2005–2008
Johns Hopkins University, M.A., School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), international relations & economics
Northwestern University, B.A.,
history and Slavic Studies
- Johns Hopkins University, M.A., School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), international relations & economics
- Northwestern University, B.A.,
  history and Slavic Studies
Russian
- Russian