As part of RUSI’s Technology and National Security (TNS) programme, we undertake research and host events focusing on the impact of technology on national security through four main lenses: technology-enabled threats to national security; technology-driven intelligence innovation; technology-based geostrategic alliances and competition; and technology-dependent economic resilience. These four research themes encapsulate the multidisciplinary nature of the modern technology and security landscape, tapping into a wide variety of expertise across RUSI’s research groups and wider network of associate fellows and collaborators.
The TNS programme also brings together stakeholders from across government, academia, the private sector and civil society. This is critical to tackling the cross-cutting challenges to national security and ensures that research findings and recommendations are policy-relevant and respond directly to the priorities of decision-makers.
Programme themes
Our programme on technology and national security is divided into four themes.
Technology-enabled Threats
This theme concentrates on horizon-scanning for the increasingly diverse threats augmented by technology in the modern-day security environment.
Technology-driven Intelligence Innovation
This theme looks at the opportunities presented by technologies such as AI to transform the security and intelligence architecture.
Technology-based Geostrategic Alliances and Competition
This theme focuses on global strategic partnerships and competition in an environment where democracy-affirming technology policy is under challenge.
Technology-dependent Economic Resilience
This theme considers the increasing dependency between technology development and investment, economic prosperity and a resilient security posture.
Our experts
Ardi Janjeva
Research Fellow
Organised Crime and Policing
James Sullivan
Director, Cyber Research
Cyber
Conrad Prince CB
Distinguished Fellow and Senior Cyber Adviser
Tom Keatinge
Director, CFCS
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies
James Byrne
Director, OSIA
Open-Source Intelligence and Analysis (OSIA)
Jamie MacColl
Research Fellow
Cyber
Sneha Dawda
Research Fellow
Cyber
Hugh Oberlander
Project Officer
Cyber
Joe Byrne
Research Fellow
Open-Source Intelligence and Analysis (OSIA)
Paul O’Neill
Director, Military Sciences
Military Sciences
Professor Sir Anthony Finkelstein CBE FREng DSc MAE FCGI
Distinguished Fellow
Dr Jason Shepherd
Senior Associate Fellow
Dr Andrew Glazzard OBE
Senior Associate Fellow
Dr Marion Oswald MBE
Associate Fellow
Matthew Redhead
Associate Fellow
External partners
As part of this research programme, RUSI is working in partnership with the following organisations: