At A Glance:

Marshall S. Billingslea is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute, focusing on illicit finance and arms control.

Biography

Marshall S. Billingslea is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute, focusing on illicit finance and arms control with the Kleptocracy Initiative.

Prior to joining Hudson Institute, Mr. Billingslea was the special presidential envoy for arms control at the US Department of State, holding the rank of ambassador. In this capacity, he led arms control negotiations and worked with partners and allies in Europe and Asia on the development and deployment of defensive capabilities.

Before joining the State Department, Mr. Billingslea served as the assistant secretary for terrorist financing at the US Department of the Treasury, where he built international coalitions and led US efforts to counter illicit financial activities around the globe. In 2018, he was selected as president of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)—the global anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing body—and co-chaired the global Counter-ISIS Finance Group and multiple bilateral negotiating fora with friendly and allied nations. Earlier in his career, he served for more than six years as the senior professional staff member for national security affairs on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Before rejoining the US government in 2017, Mr. Billingslea spent more than eight years in the private sector. Between 2001 and 2009, he served in several senior roles within the Department of Defense and at NATO, including as deputy undersecretary of the Navy and assistant secretary general for defense investment at NATO.

Mr. Billingslea holds a BA from Dartmouth College and an MA in law and diplomacy from Tufts University. He has been awarded the Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service by the US Secretary of Defense and decorated by the US secretary of the navy with the Distinguished Public Service medal, and received the Treasury Medal in recognition of his work at the Department of the Treasury.

Events
13
February 2024
Past Event
How Javier Milei Can Restore the Rule of Law in Argentina
Featured Speakers:
Mariano Federici
Marshall Billingslea
Maria Eugenia Talerico
Moderator:
Nate Sibley
Argentina's President Javier Milei delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 17, 2024. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)
13
February 2024
Past Event
How Javier Milei Can Restore the Rule of Law in Argentina
Argentina's President Javier Milei delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 17, 2024. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Mariano Federici
Marshall Billingslea
Maria Eugenia Talerico
Moderator:
Nate Sibley
14
April 2023
Past Event
Constraining Russia’s War Economy: Lessons from Lithuania
Featured Speakers:
Gintarė Skaistė
Marshall Billingslea
Moderator:
Nate Sibley
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14
April 2023
Past Event
Constraining Russia’s War Economy: Lessons from Lithuania

Please join Hudson Institute for a discussion with Gintarė Skaistė, the Lithuanian minister of finance, on the impact of sanctions on the Russian economy—and what more the democratic allies can do to strengthen their scope and enforcement in order to constrain Russia’s war economy and support Ukrainian victory.

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Featured Speakers:
Gintarė Skaistė
Marshall Billingslea
Moderator:
Nate Sibley
31
March 2023
Past Event
Has the United States Given Up on Venezuela?
Featured Speakers:
Marshall Billingslea
Carrie Filipetti
José R. Cárdenas
Nate Sibley
An anti-Maduro demonstrator waves a Venezuelan flag in front of the Venezuelan National Police officers during a demonstration against the government of Nicolás Maduro organized by supporters of Juan Guaidó on March 10, 2020, in Caracas, Venezuela. (Edilzon Gamez/Getty Images)
31
March 2023
Past Event
Has the United States Given Up on Venezuela?

Please join Hudson Institute to discuss what has gone wrong with US policy toward Venezuela and how the Biden administration and 118th Congress can reinvigorate efforts to support democracy so that all Venezuelans can have a brighter future.

An anti-Maduro demonstrator waves a Venezuelan flag in front of the Venezuelan National Police officers during a demonstration against the government of Nicolás Maduro organized by supporters of Juan Guaidó on March 10, 2020, in Caracas, Venezuela. (Edilzon Gamez/Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Marshall Billingslea
Carrie Filipetti
José R. Cárdenas
Nate Sibley
10
February 2023
Past Event
State Threats, Illicit Finance, and Economic Security with the Rt. Hon. Tom Tugendhat
Featured Speakers:
The Rt. Hon. Tom Tugendhat MBE VR MP
Marshall Billingslea
Moderator:
Nate Sibley
(UK Government Photo)
10
February 2023
Past Event
State Threats, Illicit Finance, and Economic Security with the Rt. Hon. Tom Tugendhat

Please join Hudson's Nate Sibley and Marshall Billingslea for a discussion with UK Minister of State for Security Tom Tugendhat on elevating transatlantic initiatives to counter economic and financial threats.

(UK Government Photo)
Featured Speakers:
The Rt. Hon. Tom Tugendhat MBE VR MP
Marshall Billingslea
Moderator:
Nate Sibley