Dr Ben Schreer is the Director of Defence, Technology and Future Conflict at the IISS in London, where he oversees the Defence and Military Analysis Programme, the Cyber Power and Future Conflict Programme, and the Strategy, Technology and Arms Control programme. He is also programmatic lead for the IISS Prague Defence Summit, the Global Security and Innovation Summit, and the Stockholm Civil Defence Forum.
He joined the IISS in July 2021 from Macquarie University in Sydney, where he was Professor of Strategic Studies and Head of the Department of Security Studies and Criminology. He previously held positions at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University, and the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik in Berlin.
Dr Schreer holds a master’s and PhD in political science from the University of Kiel and is an Honorary Professor of Strategic Studies at Macquarie University. He has published widely on German defence policy, NATO, and Indo-Pacific strategic affairs, and has authored or edited numerous recent IISS publications.