Ryan Braukhaus

Ryan Brockhaus is the Coordinating Aviation and Maritime Security Supervisor, Aviation for MedAire. In this capacity, he is heavily involved in 24/7 intelligence gathering through open-source networks, performing real-time assessments of global events affecting the aviation and maritime domains, while also offering instruction and guidance to other AVMAR security specialists in the Phoenix GRC. Additionally, Ryan provides security briefings, assessment and advisement of airspace, and alert publications for respective clients.

Previously, he was a senior fellow with the Washington D.C.-based Hungary Foundation through the inaugural Budapest Fellowship Program. During his fellowship, Ryan lived in Hungary while conducting research on US-Hungary defense cooperation, both within and outside of the NATO framework. Ryan also authored numerous publications through Hungarian outlets on topics of international politics and defense, while lecturing at Budapest-based Mattias Corvinus Collegium.

Ryan holds a Master of Arts degree in Global Security from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. He also has a Bachelors degree in Global Studies through ASU’s online undergraduate program, where he achieved Summa Cum Laude honors. Ryan has a particular interest and specialty in Central and Eastern European affairs.