Research Centers / Cyber, Emerging Technology & Security Center
Cyber, Emerging Technology & Security Center
Examining how technology is rewriting the rules of strategic competition — and what it means for security, sovereignty, and stability across the Indo‑Pacific.
The Cyber, Emerging Technology & Security Center analyses the intersection of technological change and strategic competition. We examine how states and non-state actors exploit cyberspace, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, space systems, and other emerging technologies to gain strategic advantage — and the implications for national security, alliance cohesion, and regional stability.
Technology is not a domain apart from geopolitics — it is geopolitics. The Center equips decision-makers with the analytical frameworks to understand what is changing, what it enables, and what it threatens.
Focus Areas
What the center researches
Cyber Operations & State Competition
Analysing how states use offensive cyber operations for espionage, coercion, and sabotage — mapping the capabilities, doctrine, and strategic logic of major cyber powers operating in the Indo‑Pacific.
Artificial Intelligence & Strategic Competition
Examining the military and intelligence applications of AI — autonomous decision-making, predictive analytics, surveillance — and the US-China AI competition as a defining axis of 21st-century strategic rivalry.
Critical Infrastructure Protection
Assessing the vulnerability of energy grids, communications networks, financial systems, and logistics infrastructure to state-sponsored cyber attacks — and the resilience frameworks that underpin national security.
Space Security & Contested Domains
Tracking the militarisation of space — anti-satellite capabilities, space-based ISR, and the growing dependence of military operations on space assets — and the deterrence and norms challenges this creates.
Semiconductor & Technology Supply Chains
Examining the strategic dimensions of critical technology supply chains — semiconductor dependencies, export controls, and the race to secure foundational technologies as instruments of geopolitical leverage.
Cyber Norms, Governance & Attribution
Analysing the emerging international frameworks — and their limits — for governing state behaviour in cyberspace, including attribution challenges, norms development, and the role of cyber diplomacy in crisis management.
Research Output
Publications and policy briefs
The Cyber, Emerging Technology & Security Center produces strategic assessments, technology briefs, and policy analysis contributing to IPSC's research agenda on the intersection of technological change and Indo‑Pacific security competition.
Request Research & PublicationsFrom analysis to education
The center shapes how IPSC teaches technology and security.
Research from the Cyber, Emerging Technology & Security Center informs IPSC's Geopolitical Risk Analysis Program, the Emerging Leaders Forum, and executive education offerings on technology competition, cyber security, and the future of strategic rivalry in the Indo‑Pacific.
Collaborate with IPSC
Work with the Cyber, Emerging Technology & Security Center
We welcome collaboration with researchers, technologists, policy practitioners, and institutional partners working on cyber security, emerging technology governance, and strategic competition in the Indo‑Pacific.