Bernard Siman

Bernard SIMAN, O.B.E., is a Senior Associate Fellow at Egmont- Royal Institute for International Relations. Egmont is the think tank associated with the Belgian Foreign Ministry. He is also Head of Cyber Diplomacy and Statecraft at the Brussels Diplomatic Academy of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). In addition, he lectures at the European Security & Defence College and at the Belgian Royal Military Academy. 
 
He specialises in Hybrid Warfare and Threats,  Southern European,Maritime, and Middle Eastern geopolitics, and Japan; and is a Member of both Chatham House and the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). 
 
He advises both governments and corporates on strategic foresight, strategic communications, risk assessment, Maritime Security, hybrid threats and global geopolitics. He worked in the UK, Japan, Turkey, the Mediterranean region, and the Gulf. 
 
He was honoured by HM the late Queen Elizabeth II as Officer in the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, and by HM King Filip of Belgium as Knight in the Order of Leopold, the most senior Order in Belgium.