James Byrne
RUSI Senior Associate Fellow- Asia and the Pacific
- North Korea
- Technology, Security and Intelligence
- Proliferation Financing
- Global WMD Issues
James Byrne was formerly Director of the Open-Source Intelligence and Analysis Research Group at RUSI and is now a RUSI Senior Associate Fellow.
In the News
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RUSI's Open Source Intelligence and Analysis (OSIA) Director, James Byrne discusses the transfer of weapons from North Korea to Russia.
James Byrne
RUSI Senior Associate Fellow
- Russian Weapons
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Advanced weapons components of U.S. origin are being recovered from Russian bombs, drones, vehicles and munitions, experts told senators during a committee hearing Tuesday. These components, which James Byrne, director of open-source intelligence and analysis at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), calls the “brains” of the advanced weapons, are slipping through export controls and killing Ukrainians.
James Byrne
RUSI Senior Associate Fellow
- North Korean Sanctions
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A North Korean vessel known for violating international sanctions recently made a rare cargo delivery to a seaport in the Russian Far East, a joint investigation by NK Pro and the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) has found. “This voyage is unusual and appears to be one of the first open visits by a North Korean vessel to a Russian port in a significant period of time, indicating an increasing trade relationship between Russia and the DPRK,“ Joseph Byrne, a research analyst at RUSI, told NK Pro.
James Byrne
RUSI Senior Associate Fellow
