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Roncevert Ganan Almond
Roncevert (Ronce) Ganan Almond is a Partner & Vice-President, International Services, at The Wicks Group, and an adjunct professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C.
Ronce’s practice is devoted to U.S. regulation and policy, international law, and government relations involving aviation, aerospace and national security matters. He regularly assists clients with proceedings and enforcement actions before federal agencies. He also has experience with complex cross-border litigation, investigations, and transactions, including aircraft deals financed by the U.S. Export Import Bank. Professor Almond has led and participated in technical assistance projects across the globe, advising government authorities on achieving compliance with international law and best practices in aviation regulation and governance. In addition, Ronce has assisted the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission regarding security and legal issues in the Indo-Pacific region. At the United Nations, he has served on the Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods.
In addition to regularly contributing to The Diplomat, Ronce has written extensively on international law and national security, including as a contributing author to the book Aviation Regulation in the United States (2014) and editorial board member of the Air & Space Lawyer. His work has been published in prominent law and foreign affairs journals, including at Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Virginia, and Tufts’ Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He regularly speaks at legal and policy forums around the globe, and serves a guest contributor to television news programs.
Ronce also has experience with the U.S. political process having worked for congressional members, state parties and three presidential campaigns. He also assisted the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone and participated in the Duke-Geneva Institute for Transnational Law as well as the Joint Program in International Human Rights Law at Oxford University. Professor Almond holds a J.D., cum laude, and M.A. (Political Science) from Duke University and a B.A. (History), cum laude, from George Washington University.
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December 15, 2017
The Great Leap Forward: China’s Pursuit of a Strategic Breakthrough
By Roncevert Ganan Almond

November 18, 2017
The Policy Significance of Trump’s Asia Tour
By Roncevert Ganan Almond

October 03, 2017
The Extraterrestrial Impact of the South China Sea Dispute
By Roncevert Ganan Almond

June 27, 2017
Summits, Roads and Suspended Disbelief in Central Asia
By Roncevert Ganan Almond

May 24, 2017
U.S. Ratification of the Law of the Sea Convention
By Roncevert Ganan Almond

April 25, 2017
Cabo Verde’s Gamble: Chinese Island-Building in the Atlantic
By Roncevert Ganan Almond

February 09, 2017
Chekhov's Gun and the Tangled US-Philippines-China Triangle
By Roncevert Ganan Almond

January 24, 2017
Life In Aerocity: Finding India’s Place in the New Strategic Context
By Roncevert Ganan Almond

December 16, 2016
Finding Balance in the US-China Relationship
By Roncevert Ganan Almond

October 23, 2016
Why Indonesia Matters in a Season of Change
By Roncevert Ganan Almond

September 13, 2016
South China Sea: The Case Against an ADIZ
By Roncevert Ganan Almond
