Melanie Garson

@MelanieGarson

Speaker, adviser, educator: cyber & AI policy, future warfare, tech geopolitics, associate professor @uclspp , former @institutegc,VR explorer & mediator.

London, England

Joined February 2019

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Melanie Garson@MelanieGarson · Jul 21

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: When the Shareholders Strike Back: Meta & the Future of Regulatory Compliance linkedin.com/pulse/when-sha… via @LinkedIn

MelanieGarson's tweet card. Yesterday I had the pleasure of being invited to discuss the week’s news on the BBC World Service Weekend morning programme. One year on from the Crowdstrike outage, I had a chance to share some...

Melanie Garson@MelanieGarson · Jul 14

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Catching Spiders & AI Not Playing Ball: Towards Next Generation Cyber Diplomacy linkedin.com/pulse/catching… via @LinkedIn

MelanieGarson's tweet card. It has been another big week in the cyber and AI policy and governance space (I feel like I have been saying that every week since January now!). Although I didn’t make it over to NYC, I was watching...

Melanie Garson@MelanieGarson · Jul 8

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Below the Surface of the OBBB as Europe Stockpiles for Superpositioning linkedin.com/pulse/below-su… via @LinkedIn

MelanieGarson's tweet card. It is another week of following the very many spinning plates of tech policy issues. As Elon Musk shifts from running DOGE to seeking to run a political party in response to the passing of the “One...

Melanie Garson@MelanieGarson · Jun 30

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Coltan for Conflict Resolution? linkedin.com/pulse/coltan-c… via @LinkedIn

MelanieGarson's tweet card. Last week was another big week of following the long tail of the Israel-Iran ceasefire, and the ongoing activity particularly in the information domain, as well as watching the NATO Summit for how...

Melanie Garson@MelanieGarson · Jun 23

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Sparrows, Shields & Eyes in the Skies linkedin.com/pulse/sparrows… via @LinkedIn

MelanieGarson's tweet card. Most of us have had our eyes firmly fixed on the Middlle East over the last week and particularly the US dramatic intervention on Saturday night that challenged many of the bets of when or if the US...

Melanie Garson@MelanieGarson · Jun 18

Nothing like the smell of cyber in the morning @comreg style. Delighted to be in Dublin with my @uclspp hat to be sharing thoughts on the future of cybersecurity and resilience #CyberResilience #cyber

MelanieGarson's tweet image. Nothing like the smell of cyber in the morning @comreg style. Delighted to be in Dublin with my @uclspp hat to be sharing thoughts on the future of cybersecurity and resilience
#CyberResilience #cyber

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Melanie Garson@MelanieGarson · Jun 16

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Goldilocks & Tales of A Lion in a Sandstorm linkedin.com/pulse/goldiloc… via @LinkedIn

MelanieGarson's tweet card. I can remember one of these weekly blogs at the beginning of the year when I said that tech policy was already delivering at an exponential pace. This week, six months into the year, and the tech...

Melanie Garson@MelanieGarson · Jun 9

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: How Not to Train Your Dragon & Shiny New Scales: The Risks of Dependencies in National Security Infrastructure linkedin.com/pulse/how-trai… via @LinkedIn

MelanieGarson's tweet card. It has been another non-stop week in the world of cyber and tech policy and especially at the intersection with defence. As the UK released its long-awaited Strategic Defence Review hot on the heels...

Melanie Garson@MelanieGarson · Jun 2

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Always Check the Bill linkedin.com/pulse/always-c… via @LinkedIn

Melanie Garson@MelanieGarson · May 25

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Always On My Mind: The Ethics of Genomic Data in Bankruptcy & Future of Neuro-Cybersecurity linkedin.com/pulse/always-m… via @LinkedIn

MelanieGarson's tweet card. It was easy to be just looking upwards this week with the US announcement of a planned Golden Dome missile defence shield, based on Israel’s iron dome, to counter ballistic missiles, advanced cruise...

Melanie Garson@MelanieGarson · May 20

Unravelling the new EU-UK agreements on trade, defence & new threats. ⁦@uclspp⁩ linkedin.com/posts/melanieg…

MelanieGarson's tweet card. It is always a privilege unravelling geopolitics with the brilliant Asja Francisti of Bloomberg Adria and particularly yesterday as the news of the EU-UK agreement was breaking. In particular we...

Melanie Garson@MelanieGarson · May 20

I know this is going to be an insightful conversation @ifru_london @uclspp

IInstitut français UK@ifru_london · May 20

We #StandwithUkraine🇺🇦 This Thursday @ifru_london, join us for a panel discussion on Ukraine's ongoing geopolitical challenges and resilience with experts Alexandra Goujon @olgatokariuk @MelanieGarson. 📍22 May - 18.30 @ifru_london 🎟️ institut-francais.org.uk/events-agenda/…

Melanie Garson@MelanieGarson · May 18

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Lessons from Amarna: Negotiating Marriages of Intelligence Ecosystems linkedin.com/pulse/lessons-… via @LinkedIn

MelanieGarson's tweet card. It’s often said that April has showers and May has rains, and it certainly has been raining if not pouring on the cyber and tech diplomacy front as we go into the third week of May. But picking up...

Melanie Garson@MelanieGarson · May 16

Always fun to start the day talking to Mike Graham ⁦@TalkTV⁩ about Trump, #techdiplomacy trading for a Middle East stability & future of #Ukraine negotiations ⁦@uclspp⁩ ⁦@CUSP_ucl⁩ linkedin.com/posts/melanieg…

MelanieGarson's tweet card. Great to kick off the morning wearing my UCL Political Science and School of Public Policy hat with Mike Graham on TalkTV discussing Trump's Middle East tech deals, economic interdependence as the...

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Institut français UK@ifru_london · May 13

🇺🇦 We #StandWithUkraine @ifru_london Our season in support to Ukraine continues with : - 22 May - 18.30 - Talk with @a_goujon @olgatokariuk @MelanieGarson - 22 May - 20.00 - #Intercepted, dir. Oksana Karpovych. - 13 June - 18.00 - Talk with @avalaina 👉institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-and-…

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Melanie Garson@MelanieGarson · May 11

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Compute Power Diffusion & Data Centre Diplomacy linkedin.com/pulse/compute-… via @LinkedIn

MelanieGarson's tweet card. Well it has been another jam packed week for those following cyber and tech policy. With interesting tech policy issues spinning out across from across the globe and through all the domains.

Melanie Garson@MelanieGarson · May 4

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: A Tale of Cyber Dragons, Diplomacy & Golden Bridges linkedin.com/pulse/tale-cyb… via @LinkedIn

MelanieGarson's tweet card. RSA week is always a key week in any cyber policy watcher's calendar. With a fair amount of FOMO at not being there in person I was watching it closely from afar particularly the North Korea IT...

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Melanie Garson@MelanieGarson · Apr 27

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Ground Control to Major Mixed Signals: The Race for Sovereign Space Resilience is On! linkedin.com/pulse/ground-c… via @LinkedIn

MelanieGarson's tweet card. Don’t worry, this isn’t going to be another analysis into another Pete Hegseth/Signal debacle - this week I have my sights set a little higher! As many of you who follow these blogs know, when I am...

Melanie Garson@MelanieGarson · Apr 20

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: The Sacrifice, Rebirth & Call for Renewal of Cyber Cooperation linkedin.com/pulse/sacrific… via @LinkedIn

MelanieGarson's tweet card. Last week was challenging for even the most positive of cyber policy optimists. I had already planned to set down some thinking for cyber policy watchers on what has happened over the last few weeks...

Melanie Garson@MelanieGarson · Apr 14

Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Intruding on the Conversation: Cyber Policy Escapism linkedin.com/pulse/intrudin… via @LinkedIn

MelanieGarson's tweet card. There are no shortage of analyses now of the wider impacts of the tariffs and counter-tariff discussions, especially on the supply chain for critical technologies. These will continue to flood our...