About Dr. Alexi Drew

Alexi Drew is a Technology Policy Adviser at the International Committee of the Red Cross, based in the London Delegation. Her most recent other positions include senior analyst in Defence, Security, and Infrastructure at RAND Europe, a research analyst at The Policy Institute (King's College London), and an associate at the Centre for Science and Security Studies (CSSS) at King’s, and the Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET).

Her work focuses upon emerging technologies, the international norms surrounding them, and their impact upon international relations and geopolitics.

Alexi is an adviser for the Women in International Security (WIIS) UK Chapter, a member of the advisory board for Minorities in Peace and Security (MiPS), and a mentor for Girl Security.

She is currently the Policy Officer of the Political Studies Association (PSA) special group on Technology and Internet Policy as well as being a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and a member of the Chartered Institute for IT or British Computing Society.

She has a specific interest in information operations, platform governance, arms control, algorithmic power, cyber security, and artificial intelligence. She blames her career path on too much Star Trek while growing up.

In the Media

‘The GRU that cried wolf’: Russia’s cyber threats against Ukraine’s infrastructure likely to prove empty - Techmonitor

Made in China: How the UK is decoupling from Chinese Technology - Techmonitor

Fears for patient data after ransomware attack on NHS software supplier - The Guardian

Open source intelligence on Ukraine key to fighting Russian disinformation - Techmonitor

Could Putin be exploring cryptocurrencies to bypass Western sanctions - The Guardian

Russia unleashed data-wiper malware on Ukraine, says cyber experts - The Guardian

UK spies warn local authorities over ‘smart city’ tech risks - Financial Times

Exporting Chinese surveillance: the security risks of ‘smart cities’ - Financial Times

How Twitter Could Start a Nuclear War - Vice

Twitter hack: Exchange 'blocked 1,000 Bitcoin transactions' - BBC

Twitter Security Flaws Pose a Unique Threat to Nuclear Diplomacy, Experts Say - Medium

US Election: How Donald Trump has changed global foreign policy - Deutsche Welle

The age of blunt diplomacy? Twitter can be used to escalate global conflict, study says - The Guardian

The massive Twitter hack could be a global security crisis - The Verge

Last week’s Twitter hack could have been much, much worse - The Washington Post

Cambridge caught in crossfire of US-China tech war - Financial Times

Appearances:

Facebook and Twitter Block Trump - BBC Radio 4 Tech Tent

Free Speech vs The Big Lie - Angry Planet (Reuters)

The great Twitter hack - BBC Radio 4 Tech Tent

Rip-Off Britain - BBC

Twitter Hack - Channel 5 News

Grote Twitter-hack - Nieuwsuur

WIIS UK Advisory Board

Minorities in Peace & Security Advisory Board

Girl Security Mentor

Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts