Edward "Ed" Bryan (he/him) is a senior analyst at RAND. Working primarily for RAND Europe in the areas of defence, security and justice, he is the deputy lead of the Russia and Eurasia research portfolio and a specialist in critical geopolitics and political geography.
He has completed interdisciplinary and impactful studies for numerous clients since joining RAND (including the UK Ministry of Defence, Defence Futures and Force Design, and the European Commission). At the same time, his recent work has focused on the political economies of defence procurement and technology development, countering state threats, illicit finance and corruption, and the funding of extremist and terrorist entities. Bryan is experienced in a range of qualitative research methods (e.g., interviews, focus groups, OSINT) and sits on RAND Europe's Research Ethics Committee.
Prior to joining RAND, he served as an anti-corruption intelligence researcher for UK police forces in the Eastern Region. He holds a Ph.D. in geopolitics and political geography from the University of Cambridge – examining the geopolitical framing of U.S.-Soviet and U.S.-German relations (1961-63) – and previously was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Freie Universität Berlin's John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies.
Ph.D. in geopolitics and political geography, University of Cambridge; M.Phil. in geographical research, University of Cambridge; B.A. (Hons) in geography, University of Cambridge
