- Expertise
College of Information and Cyberspace, National Defense University (USA) (2017) National Defense University of Ukraine (Master’s, State Military Management) (2011) Inter-Regional Academy of Personnel Management (Master’s, Sociology of Management and PR) (2005) Academy of Armed Forces of Ukraine (Master’s, Military Management) (1998) INTERNATIONAL TRAINING & LANGUAGE NATO Strategic Communications Course (2x) (NATO School, Germany; Turkey) (2015–2016) NATO Staff Officers Course (SWEDINT, Sweden) (2009) UN Military Observer Course (National Defense Academy) (2007) NATO Force Protection Officers Course (NATO School, Germany) (2006) English language at US Defense Language Institute, San Antonio (ECL 85)
Corporate risk, crisis management, and business continuity
Cybersecurity, digital transformation, and information security
Strategic communications and information operations
Strategic intelligence, geopolitical analysis, and scenario forecasting
Defense policy, national security strategy, and military-civil relations
- About Serhii Halushko
Serhii Halushko spent thirty five years inside Ukraine’s national security and defense establishment — shaping its policies, drafting its strategies, and, when the moment demanded it, commanding in wartime. He co-authored Ukraine’s Military Security Strategy, Information Security Strategy, Cybersecurity Strategy, Strategic Defense Bulletin, and Defense Plan.
Serhii’s career moved from tactical military command through senior staff positions at the Armed Forces General Staff to a decade of policy leadership at the Ministry of Defence. In 2015 he served as Deputy Head of the Anti-Terrorist Operation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
He trained at NATO Schools in Germany and Turkey, holds three international certifications in strategic communications, and served as advisor to the Director of Iraq’s National Coordination Centre during the NATO Training Mission in Iraq.
He currently heads the Department of Strategic Planning Problems at Ukraine’s National Institute for Strategic Studies (the state analytical body reporting to the President) and serves as Director of Defense Programs at the Ukrainian Institute of the Future.
Career
2026 Head, Dept. of Strategic Planning Problems at National Institute for Strategic Studies (NISD)
2024 Director of Defense Programs (Ukrainian Institute of the Future)
2022–2024 Head, Information-Analytical Unit (Ministry of Defense of Ukraine)
2021–2022 Deputy Director, Directorate for Digital Transformation & Information Security in Defense (Ministry of Defense)
2015 Deputy Head, Anti-Terrorist Operation (Donetsk & Luhansk Regions)
2013–2020 Head, Information Policy Dept. / Deputy Head, IT Management (Ministry of Defense)
2011–2013 Deputy Head, Military Science Management (General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine)
2008 Advisor to Director, National Coordination Centre (NATO Training Mission in Iraq)