Oleksandr Danylyuk

Chairman of the Center for Defense Reforms

Oleksandr V Danylyuk is Chairman of the Center for Defense Reforms, and has closely cooperated with the Ukrainian government structures in the defence, security, and intelligence sectors. In 2014, he was the Chief Advisor to the Minister of Defence of Ukraine and subsequently served as a Special Advisor to the Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, as an Assistant to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and as a member of the Parliamentary Working Group on Countering Hybrid Threats. For the past few years, he has been the coordinator of the Ukraine–NATO platform for the early detection and countering of hybrid threats. His main field of practical and academic expertise is Russian multidimensional warfare, active measures, and subversive activities of Russian and Soviet special services, as well as whole-of-government and whole-of-society approaches to countering Russian hybrid aggression. Mr Danylyuk is the author of many articles and reports, as well as several books: Interagency and International Cooperation in the Early Detection and Counteraction of Hybrid Threats (2021) and Anticipation and Countering of Hybrid Threats (2022), prepared in cooperation with the National Institute of Strategic Studies of Ukraine. Mr Danylyuk is also the developer and key lecturer for the training course for senior government officials on countering hybrid threats, which is carried out jointly with King's College London.

Updated: April 16, 2025

Agenda

Hybrid Horizons: From Reaction to Initiative

LMC 2026

Russia’s Spreading Influence: Strategies, Tactics, And Narratives

LMC 2025

Lessons Identified vs Lessons Learnt: What Has Russia Learnt from the War in Ukraine? What Have We?

LMC 2024

Articles

How to Resist Russia’s Covert War Against the West

In parallel with the continuation of the military intervention in Ukraine, Russia has intensified its non-military aggression in western countries, using the entire spectrum of covert actions: from supporting political proxies and propaganda, to the formation of paramilitary organisations and conducting sabotage actions against critical…

Oleksandr Danylyuk

LMC 2025