ISST’s Annual Vincent Briscoe Security Lecture with Ambassador Yvette Stevens

Join Ambassador Yvette Stevens, Former Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the UN in Geneva, for the Institute for Security Science and Technology’s (ISST) annual event, the Vincent Briscoe Security Lecture, ‘National security and resilience in the 21st century – the role of science and technology’.
There is now a growing consensus that security can no longer be considered merely in traditional military terms. If national security is defined as the ability of governments to protect their citizens, economy and institutions against threats, then there is justification in today’s world to include non-military threats such as pandemics and climate change, which are global challenges that affect both people and states.
National security should thus include energy security, cybersecurity, human security, and environmental security, all of which are covered by the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Failure to implement policies to achieve them could pose threats to national security. How can technological solutions – adequately applied – protect from these threats?