Kate Cox is a senior analyst at RAND Europe. Her professional experience spans a range of defence and security areas including: radicalisation, counterterrorism, border security, defence innovation and military personnel. This work has helped inform senior decision making in UK government (including the Ministry of Defence, Cabinet Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office), as well as in the United Nations, European Commission, Frontex and the European Defence Agency.

Prior to joining RAND, Cox was a national security and resilience researcher at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI). She graduated with distinction from King’s College London (KCL) with an M.A. degree in conflict, security & development and holds a B.A. (Hons) degree in history from the University of Cambridge.