Dr Miron completed a BA in Politics and American Studies (Joint Honours) and an MA in War and Contemporary Conflict at the University of Nottingham, before being awarded a PhD scholarship at the University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy, in Canberra. She completed her doctorate in military strategy in February 2019, specialising in counterinsurgency campaigns in Peru, Turkey, and Sri Lanka.

Since 2019, Dr Miron has served on the editorial board of the Colombian military-scientific journal Revista Scientífica. Alongside her editorial role, she has delivered short courses in strategic studies, intelligence, and counterinsurgency and counterterrorism across a range of professional military education institutions, including the NATO School in Oberammergau, the Colombian War College General Rafael Reyes Prieto in Bogotá, the NATO Centre of Excellence – Defence Against Terrorism (COE-DAT) in Ankara, and German Army Headquarters in Strausberg. She has also supervised students for the Cambridge Security Initiative’s International Intelligence and Security Summer Course as well as the Royal College of Defence Studies. In addition, Dr Miron has contributed to conferences organised by European Ministries of Defence and NATO, worked on several UK Ministry of Defence–commissioned projects, and participated in UK STRATCOM exercises.

Dr Miron is fluent in Spanish, German, and Russian, nearly fluent in Ukrainian, and reads Italian, Arabic, Hebrew, and Turkish.

Research Interests

• Military technology (with the main focus on Russia)
• Uncrewed Systems in military context
• Artificial Intelligence in military applications
• Russian military strategy and operational art
• Information Warfare (Russia and China)
• Cybersecurity
• Military Ethics

Dr Miron’s research centres on military technology, with particular emphasis on military artificial intelligence and remotely piloted and autonomous systems. Her work tracks developments across multiple operational domains, with a primary focus on the Russian and Ukrainian Armed Forces, in order to identify lessons learned and assess their implications for NATO militaries. In addition, Dr Miron examines sub-threshold activities, particularly in the information environment, including cyberspace.

Her most recent research concentrates on distilling operational and strategic lessons from the war in Ukraine and assessing how NATO can adapt and strengthen its deterrence posture in response to a rapidly evolving and increasingly technology-driven battlespace.

Books

• Thornton, R. & Miron, M. (2024), Russian Military Space-related Capabilities: The vital deterrence role of Counterspace Weapons Parts I and II (Freeman Air and Space Institute).

Book Chapters

• Miron, M. (2025), Integration of Military AI in Russia. In Jungmi Cha (ed.), Global AI Military Innovation and Future of Warfare (Seoul: National Assembly Futures Institute), pp. 44-85.
• Miron, M. & Thornton, R. (2025), “Re-shaping Assumptions about Modern Conflict: Mass versus Technology in the Context of the War in Ukraine”. In P. Forssström (ed.), Russia’s War on Ukraine (Helsinki: National Defense University).
• Miron, Marina & Thornton, Rod (2024). Russian Military Adaptations in the Ukraine Conflict (2022-?): Dealing with the Complexity of Modern Warfare. In P. Forssström (ed.), Russia’s War on Ukraine (Helsinki: National Defense University).
• Miron, M. & Thornton, R. (2024). Russian Cyber Operations Against Ukraine in the 2022 War: How Effective Have They Been and What Lessons for NATO Can be Drawn? In D. V. Gioe and M. W. Smith (eds.), Great Power Cyber Competition (London: Routledge), pp. 57-73.

 Research Articles 

• Miron, M., Sattler, S., Whetham, D. et al. (2025). Integrating Human Augmentation in the Defence Sphere: an Exploratory Mixed-Methods Study on Ethical Principles. Neuroethics, 18(23). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12152-025-09595-4
• Gioe, D. V., Miron, M., & Ozawa, M. (2025). Divergent Frontiers: Contrasting Russia’s Strategic Culture Toward the Baltics and Ukraine and the Implications for NATO. Problems of Post-Communism, 72(5), 401–415. https://doi.org/10.1080/10758216.2024.2427597
• Gioe, D. V., Miron, M., & Ozawa, M. (2025). Reassessing NATO’s deterrence and defence posture in the Baltics: rebalancing strategic priorities to counter Russian hybrid aggression. Defense & Security Analysis, 41(1), 145–165. https://doi.org/10.1080/14751798.2024.2424935
• Miron, M. & Thornton, R. (2024). The Use of Cyber Tools by the Russian Military: Lessons from the War against Ukraine and a Warning for NATO?. Applied Cybersecurity & Internet Governance, 3(1), 147–169. https://doi.org/10.60097/ACIG/190142
• Miron, M., Whetham, D., Auzanneau, M. & Hill, A. (2023). Public Drone Perception. Technology in Society, 73, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2023.102246

 Media Articles

• Thornton, R. & Miron, M. (2025), “European countries are now turning to landmines to create new deadly defensive barriers from Russia.” The Conversation, 3 October, https://theconversation.com/european-countries-are-now-turning-to-landmines-to-create-new-deadly-defensive-barriers-from-russia-266181
• Miron, M. & Thornton, R. (2025), “Forcing Zelensky to hand Putin Ukraine’s ‘fortress belt’ in Donetsk will lose it the war.” The Conversation, 28 August, https://theconversation.com/forcing-zelensky-to-hand-putin-ukraines-fortress-belt-in-donetsk-will-lose-it-the-war-263980
• Miron, M. (2023), “Ukraine and Russia claim to be prepared for extremes of winter warfare – here’s what they face.” The Conversation, 2 November, https://theconversation.com/ukraine-and-russia-claim-to-be-prepared-for-extremes-of-winter-warfare-heres-what-they-face-216841
• Gioe, D. V. & Miron, M. (2023), “Putin Should Have Known His Invasion Would Fail.” Foreign Policy, 24 February,https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/24/ukraine-russia-putin-war-invasion-military-failure/

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