Mr Hannigan has spent much of his career in national security, having recently been director of GCHQ, the UK's largest intelligence and security agency. He was also a member of the National Security Council.

Mr Hannigan has spent much of his career in national security, having recently been director of GCHQ, the UK's largest intelligence and security agency. He was also a member of the National Security Council.
Daniel Lomas
The UK’s intelligence agencies have been criticised for not reflecting the ‘makeup of modern Britain’. But significant improvements have been made.
Tags: UK, IntelligenceTrevor Taylor and Rebecca Lucas
The initiative is clearly inspired by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, but the devil will be in the detail.
Tags: Defence, Industries and Society, Defence Spending, UK, TechnologyPaul O’Neill and Alison Gregory
This report reflects the learning from a RUSI/PA Consulting-hosted series of discussion groups on data and technology. The groups were held between June and December 2020, and featured representatives from the public sector, multiple industry sectors and academics.
Tags: Military Sciences, Conference Reports, TechnologyDaniel Lomas
The UK’s intelligence agencies have been criticised for not reflecting the ‘makeup of modern Britain’. But significant improvements have been made.
Tags: UK, IntelligenceTrevor Taylor and Rebecca Lucas
The initiative is clearly inspired by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, but the devil will be in the detail.
Tags: Defence, Industries and Society, Defence Spending, UK, TechnologyJames Sullivan
The UK government must learn quickly from its policy decisions around its 5G networks, and start grappling much earlier with risks posed by other emerging technologies.
Tags: Cyber Security, UK Integrated Review 2021, UK, TechnologyDuncan McCrory
Russia's investment in its electronic, cyber and information capabilities should concern NATO states.
Tags: Cyber, RUSI Journal, Russia, Information, TechnologyGill Bennett and John Scarlett
Gill Bennett and John Scarlett review How Spies Think: Ten Lessons in Intelligence, by David Omand.
Tags: RUSI Journal, IntelligenceTony Gillespie
Highly autonomous weapon systems require new approaches to all stages of procurement and use to ensure compliance with international law.
Tags: RUSI Journal, UK Integrated Review 2021, Law and Ethics, TechnologyJustin Bronk, Research Fellow at RUSI outlines the current state of Russian and Chinese air defence capabilities.
Adversarial Studies, Aerospace, Military Sciences, Profession of Arms, Russia, UK, TechnologyIn this episode Karin talks to Sir John Scarlett about his career in the British Secret Intelligence Service, including his time as Chief. They discuss the collapse of the Soviet Union, 9/11 and even...
The decade after 9/11, The War on Terror, UK, Defence Policy, Intelligence, International Institutions, Terrorism, EuropeFor the first In Context podcast, RUSI Director-General Dr Karin von Hippel talks to Chris DiBona, Director of Open Source at Google. Chris has witnessed the rise of one of the biggest tech firms on...
TechnologyRUSI experts present research findings to European Parliament’s Special Committee on Terrorism.
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Cyber, AML/CTF, TerrorismNew international research network to examine terrorists' use of internet technologies.
Cyber, Future UK Cyber Security Strategy Project, Terrorism and Conflict, The Global Research Network on Terrorism and Technology, National Security, Technology, TerrorismRUSI is delighted to announce the appointment of Robert Hannigan CMG as Senior Associate Fellow.
Cyber, Intelligence, TechnologyMetropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick delivered the inaugural RUSI Annual Security Lecture.
Tags: Cyber, Organised Crime and Policing, UK, Technology, EuropeThe conference examined the opportunities and challenges involved in human-machine combat teaming for naval warfare in the future.
Tags: Military Sciences, UK, Maritime Forces, TechnologyCountering Money Laundering in an Evolving Technological Landscape
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, Technology
Diversity in the UK's Intelligence Agencies
Financing Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism
New UK Government Initiative to Support High-Risk, High-Reward Military Science Needs Refinement