The Centre for the Study of Emerging Security Threats (CSEST), pronounced “zest” (/zˈɛst/), is a pioneering research and analysis centre. It employs real evidence and robust conceptual models to map out the evolving threat landscape in the context of the global rise of authoritarianism. CSEST utilises cutting-edge tools in data science and machine learning to stay ahead in understanding metapolitical, hybrid, grey zone, and asymmetric threats, as well as ideologies and movements, revealing the true scale of security challenges emanating from the global rise of authoritarianism. 

CSEST aims to analyse the emerging security threats in the context of the global rise of authoritarianism. 

CSEST's goal is to understand how and why security threats ‘converge’ in the context of the global rise of authoritarianism. 

CSEST's objectives are to analyse:

(i)         The threat landscape of the global rise of  authoritarianism,  

(ii)        The evolution of hybrid, grey zone, and 

asymmetric threats in the current context,

(iii)       Metapolitical assault,

(iv)       Ideological fronts of the global rise of 

authoritarianism, 

(v)        Subversive movements,

(vi)       Enabling technologies,

(vii)          Converging security threats, and

(viii)         How existing global inequalities and   

                vulnerabilities contribute to the global rise 

                of authoritarianism