Fluency with large datasets and the tools to interrogate them (e.g., Stata, R, Python, SQL, or comparable), including the ability to build original models, analytical frameworks, and reproducible research workflows from messy or incomplete data - and the judgment to know when a data pattern is a real finding versus noise. Build original economic and data models to develop country-specific risk matrices, evaluate strategic economic relationships, policy shocks, and alternative scenarios, including U.S.-China decoupling, de-risking, and the effects of sanctions, export controls, tariffs, investment restrictions, and other economic statecraft tools.