Ryan Fedasiuk is Director of U.S. AI Governance at The Future Society, where he leads the team’s work in Washington, D.C., on the safe and ethical development of AI. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University, where he teaches open-source intelligence methods.

From 2022-2024, Ryan was an Advisor for U.S.-China Bilateral Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, where he helped launch the Office of China Coordination and served as the U.S. government’s main point of contact with the Chinese Embassy in Washington. Before that, he was a Senior Research Analyst with the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), where he led open-source investigations into military applications of AI and U.S. security posture in East Asia.

A lead or coauthor of 30 reports and two books on China’s military modernization, influence operations, and efforts to acquire foreign technology, Ryan has also held research roles at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), and the Arms Control Association. Ryan’s investigations into U.S. and Chinese technological power have been featured in reporting by The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and Associated Press; and his writing has appeared in POLITICO, Foreign Policy, Defense One, and War on the Rocks, among other outlets.

Ryan holds an M.A. in Security Studies from Georgetown University, where he also studied Mandarin. He received his B.A. in International Studies and Russian language from American University.