This handbook addresses foresight, strategy, futures studies and policymaking in connection with the fundamental pillar of defense and security. It examines the state of play in the fields of foresight, futures studies, strategy setting, future-oriented policymaking, policy assessment and related areas. In addition, it describes new methodologies for scoping futures, innovative ways to employ consolidated techniques, and novel variations on some traditional futurist tools.

The handbook subsequently presents case studies in the aforementioned fields that pertain to defense and security in both traditional and non-traditional senses. Lastly, it delves into the topic of foresight-enabled strategy setting, mainly in the fields of government and policy, drawing on the experiences and viewpoints of respected professionals and scholars from around the globe.

Given its scope, the book offers a valuable resource for graduate-level education, and for government officials/practitioners in the fields of defense, security, and strategic planning.

Prof. Dr. Gabriele Rizzo, Ph.D., APF, is a visionary futurist and an enthusiastic innovator. He is currently NATO world-class expert (“Member at Large1 ”) for Strategic Foresight and Futures Studies; professional futurist advisor for European Defense Agency (EDA), United Nations (UN), and both NATO Strategic Commands; Emerging Science & Technology counselor and Principal Futurist advisor for one of the top 10 Aerospace, Defense & Security companies globally; and NATO expert for Cyberspace and Cyber Defence. He is renown in EDA’s TechWatch and NATO Allied Command Transformation’s (ACT) Futures Work, where he is editor and co-author of NATO Technology Trends, co-author of Strategic Foresight Analysis and Framework for Future Alliance Operations, chairman of their Future Technology tracks, and full contributor to Longer-Term Aspects – this oeuvre framing deep futures out to 2040–2060, to inform $1T worth of Defense planning.He holds an MSc in Theoretical Physics honored with a national award for excellence, and a Ph.D. in Physics – String Theory and Astrophysics – graded as top 1%. He held multiple positions over more than ten years in Engineering Research, Development & Innovation before moving to Strategy, winning the Innovation Award in 2017 and 2018, with an international, multinational, and multicultural scope within NATO and outside (Russia, Israel, South Africa, Japan, South Korea, Singapore). Gabriele has broad experience in land, air, sea, space and cyber assets, and vast, in-depth experience in Science & Technology complexes at different management levels, and is currently involved in several deep tech, high-value, long-term military programs in the EU, NATO, Italy and UK. He planned technology roadmapping for strategy and innovation at top decision-makers’ level, advised industrial and Ministry of Defense representatives in multiple NATO Von Karman Horizon Scanning, and led the technological innovation in a €10M FP7 European project, managing 65 experts from 40 universities and industries across 15 countries – an endeavor nevertheless concluded with honors from the EU.

Dr. Anthony Masys is a senior defence scientists with the Department of National Defence, visiting professor with the International Centre for Policing and Security, University of South Wales and an affiliate Associate Professor, and former Director of Global Disaster Management, Humanitarian Assistance and Homeland Security. A former senior Air Force Officer, Dr Masys has a BSc in Physics and MSc in Underwater Acoustics and Oceanography from the Royal Military College of Canada and a PhD from the University of Leicester. He is Editor in Chief for Springer Publishing book series: Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications and holds various advisory board positions with academic journals and books series.

Dr. Masys is an internationally recognized author, speaker and facilitator and has held workshops on security, visual thinking, design thinking and systems thinking in Europe, Canada, South America, West Africa and Asia. He has published extensively in the domains of physics and the social sciences. His recent books include:

·       Opening the Black Box of Human Error

·       Networks and Network Analysis for Defence and Security. Springer Publishing

·       Disaster Management- Enabling Resilience. Springer Publishing

·       Applications of Systems Thinking and Soft Operations Research for managing complexity. Springer Publishing

·       Exploring the Security Landscape- non-traditional security challenges. Springer Publishing.

·       Disaster Forensics: understanding root cause and complexity causality. Springer Publishing

·       Asia/Pacific Security challenges: managing black swans and persistent threats. Springer Publishing

·       Security by Design

·       Global Health Security

·       Science Informed Policing