Katja Bego

Katja is a senior research fellow in Chatham House’s International Security programme and co-editor of the Journal of Cyber Policy. Katja’s primary expertise is in topics related to the fragmentation of cyberspace, the resilience of the internet’s underpinning infrastructures, and geopolitical and geoeconomic competition over emerging technology. 

She is currently writing a book about the weaponization of undersea communications cables, which will be published by Polity in 2025. 

Prior to joining Chatham House, Katja led the ICO’s emerging technology team and was the future internet lead at innovation foundation Nesta.

She holds an undergraduate degree in economics and political science from Wellesley College, and an MA in the History of War from King’s College London.