Margaux Garcia is a Senior Analyst with the Human Security and Conflict Prevention team at C4ADS. Her expertise lies in tracking illicit maritime and aviation activity across jurisdictions, and assessing the obfuscation tactics used by criminal networks and State-backed actors to avoid accountability. In her role at C4ADS, Margaux has investigated sanctions evasion and regime power projection in relation to Russia, China, North Korea, Syria, and Myanmar. In June 2025, she collaborated with colleagues to publish “Oil and Water”, a report revealing the largest known dark fleet operated by a single network.
Before joining C4ADS, Margaux was an intern with the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) at CSIS, where she kept tabs on maritime disputes, artificial island buildup, and resource exploration in contested zones. She also previously worked as a China research assistant at Strategy Risks, an intern at the Global Taiwan Institute, a legal research assistant for Professor John Cerone at the Fletcher School, and a program assistant for the Asia program at GMFUS. She has published work on dark fleets in North Korean waters, Taiwan-Philippines-Japan fisheries cooperation, and international migration law.
Margaux received her B.A. degree in Asian Studies and Political Science at UC Berkeley and then completed a M.A. degree focusing on Pacific Asia and Public International Law at Tufts Fletcher School. She studied abroad in London through UCEAP, and in Tokyo at Hitotsubashi University, and speaks semi-fluent Japanese and basic Chinese.
