Technology, Security and Intelligence

RUSI’s research spans areas such as the intersection between technology and geopolitics, ethical and legal applications of AI, technology procurement, FinTech and cyber.




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The need for key policy decisions across the nexus of technology and security will intensify over the coming decade. RUSI is exploring how technology can assist governments, intelligence agencies and policing in solving problems speedily, while factoring in the legal and ethical challenges relating to new capabilities. Societies must decide on how to use emerging technologies such as quantum computing and synthetic biology, and RUSI’s research provides strategic insight to disentangle the key geopolitical, economic and technical considerations. Working across areas such as technology procurement, surveillance, cyber security, climate change and FinTech, RUSI analyses the benefits of technology, while raising awareness of the inherent risks.

The Technology, Surveillance and Intelligence Policy (TSIP) research stream sits at the intersection between emerging technologies, national security and UK intelligence policy. Through numerous research projects and events conducted in recent years on the role of artificial intelligence in UK national security, data ethics frameworks in policing, and data-driven responses to COVID-19, RUSI has come to be a trusted partner and voice of authority on these issues for the intelligence, law-enforcement and policymaking communities.

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Professor Justin Bronk

Senior Research Fellow, Airpower & Technology

Military Sciences

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James Byrne

Director, OSIA

Open Source Intelligence and Analysis (OSIA)

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Joe Byrne

Research Fellow

Open Source Intelligence and Analysis (OSIA)

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Jack Crawford

Research Analyst

Open Source Intelligence and Analysis (OSIA)

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Joseph Jarnecki

Research Fellow

Cyber

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Dr Sidharth Kaushal

Research Fellow, Sea Power

Military Sciences

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Tom Keatinge

Director, CFCS

Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies

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Jamie MacColl

Research Fellow

Cyber

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Nick Reynolds

Research Fellow, Land Warfare

Military Sciences

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Matthew Savill

Director of Military Sciences

Military Sciences

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James Sullivan

Director, Cyber Research

Cyber

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Dr Jack Watling

Senior Research Fellow, Land Warfare

Military Sciences

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Lieutenant Colonel (Ret'd) Oz Alashe MBE

Associate Fellow; CEO and Founder at CybSafe

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Dr Casey Babb

Associate Fellow; Senior Analyst, Public Safety Canada

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George Balston

Associate Fellow; Deputy Programme Director, Defence and Security, The Alan Turing Institute

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General Sir Richard Barrons KCB CBE

Distinguished Fellow

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Dr Lindsey Bell

Associate Fellow; Lecturer in Law, University of Bristol

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Dr Katie Benson

Associate Fellow | SHOC Network Member - Researcher

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Dr Stephan Blancke

Associate Fellow - Expert in foreign espionage activities and intelligence services

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Dr Federico Borgonovo

Associate Fellow - Expert in Islamic terrorism and right-wing extremism

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Al Brown

Associate Fellow - Expert in neurosymbolic artificial intelligence

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Professor Gary Brown

Senior Associate Fellow; Professor of Cyber Law at the College of Information and Cyberspace, National Defense University

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Professor Madeline Carr

Senior Associate Fellow; Professor of Global Politics and Cybersecurity, UCL

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Isabella Chase

Associate Fellow; Former CFCS Senior Research Fellow, RUSI

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Victor Chavez CBE

Senior Associate Fellow; Former CEO, Thales UK

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Dr Jamie Collier

Associate Fellow; Senior Threat Intelligence Advisor, Mandiant

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Air Vice-Marshal Sean Corbett CB MBE

Senior Associate Fellow

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Sam Cranny-Evans

Associate Fellow

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Professor David Crouch

Senior Associate Fellow - Specialist in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) remediation processes

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Oleksandr V Danylyuk

Associate Fellow - Expert in Russian multidimensional warfare

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Dr Keith Dear

Associate Fellow

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Chris DiBona

Senior Associate Fellow

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William Dixon

Associate Fellow; Global Head, ISTARI

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The Lord Evans of Weardale KCB DL

Distinguished Fellow

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Thomas Ewing

Associate Fellow - Expert in emerging technology ethics and national security

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Professor Sir Anthony Finkelstein CBE FREng DSc MAE FCGI

Distinguished Fellow

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Dr Andrew Glazzard OBE

Senior Associate Fellow

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Robert Hannigan CMG

Distinguished Fellow; Former Director of GCHQ

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Air Vice-Marshal (Ret’d) Mike Hart CBE

Senior Associate Fellow

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Giles Herdale

Associate Fellow | SHOC Network Member - Practitioner

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Gareth Heywood

Associate Fellow

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Matt Ince

Associate Fellow

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Kayla Izenman

Associate Fellow; Former CFCS Research Fellow, RUSI

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David Jarvis

Senior Associate Fellow

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Professor David Kirkpatrick

Senior Associate Fellow

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Dr Nina Kollars

Senior Associate Fellow; Associate Professor in the Cyber and Innovation Policy Institute (CIPI)

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Olivier Kraft

Associate Fellow; Technical Assistance Adviser with the International Monetary Fund

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Lucas Kuo

Associate Fellow

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Ewan Lawson

Associate Fellow

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Dr Peter Layton

Associate Fellow

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Professor Ciaran Martin CB

Distinguished Fellow; Former Chief Executive Officer, National Cyber Security Centre

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Nick J. Maxwell

Associate Fellow; Director, NJM Research Ltd

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Clovis Meath Baker CMG OBE

Associate Fellow

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Dr Simon Staffell

Associate Fellow

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Sir Paul Newton KBE

Distinguished Fellow

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Dr Jason R. C. Nurse

Associate Fellow; Associate Professor in Cyber Security, University of Kent

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Sir David Omand GCB

Distinguished Fellow; Visiting Professor in the War Studies Department, KCL

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Dr Marion Oswald MBE

Associate Fellow

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Dr Marc Parker

Associate Fellow; Counter-terrorist financing expert

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The Lord Parker of Minsmere GCVO KCB

Distinguished Fellow

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Air Chief Marshal Lord Peach of Grantham GBE KCB DL

Distinguished Fellow

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Dr Brad Pietras

Associate Fellow; Senior Commercial Advisor to DARPA

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Conrad Prince CB

Distinguished Fellow and Senior Cyber Adviser

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Mark Proctor OBE

Associate Fellow

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Elizabeth Quintana

Associate Fellow - Specialist in Futures and Technology

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Matthew Redhead

Senior Associate Fellow; Financial crime consultant and researcher

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The Rt. Hon. Sir Malcolm Rifkind KCMG KC

Distinguished Fellow

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Professor Peter Roberts

Senior Associate Fellow

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Major General (Ret) Bill Robins CB OBE

Senior Associate Fellow

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Dr Daniel Salisbury

RUSI Associate Fellow - Expert in nuclear security and open source intelligence

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Sir John Scarlett KCMG OBE

Distinguished Fellow

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Dr Jason Shepherd

Senior Associate Fellow; Director, Analysis and Innovation, Thomson Reuters Special Services International

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Dr Max Smeets

Associate Fellow; Senior Researcher, Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich, and Director of the European Cyber Conflict Research Initiative

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Ali Stickings

Associate Fellow; Business Manager for Defence Space at Frazer-Nash Consultancy

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Dr Noémi També

Associate Fellow; Independent Financial Crime Consultant and Researcher

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Sir Kevin Tebbit KCB CMG

Distinguished Fellow

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Professor Alison Wakefield

Senior Associate Fellow; Professor of Criminology and Security Studies, University of West London

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Dr Paddy Walker

Associate Fellow

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Dr Thomas Withington

Associate Fellow - Expert in electronic warfare and air defence

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