David Peyton

David Peyton is a civil servant at the U.S. Department of the Treasury since August 2021, previously serving as a Donald R. Beall Fellow at the Naval Postgraduate School, where post-doctoral research supported the Department of Defense Analysis. David Peyton earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from Northwestern University, where a dissertation focused on wealth protection strategies in contexts of state weakness. Additional roles include a doctoral exchange fellow at Sciences Po, visiting researcher positions at the Integrated Research Institute in Congo and CREDDA/ULPGL, and earlier work as a writer-editor at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies and a congressional fellow for the Lantos Foundation. David Peyton's research expertise encompasses comparative politics, international relations, and conflict dynamics, complemented by a Master’s degree in Political Science and a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations.