Johanna Yang

Johanna “Jo” Yang is a policy analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ (FDD’s) Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation (CCTI).

Johanna analyzes issues related to nation-state cyber threats, allied cybersecurity posture, critical infrastructure protection, and U.S. cyber and national security policy. She focuses on cyber cooperation with Ukraine and Taiwan, two frontline democracies facing sustained cyber and military pressure from American adversaries.

Prior to joining FDD, she worked with the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, and the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Johanna holds a B.S. in political science from Santa Clara University, with concentrations in international relations and applied ethics. Johanna is an M.A. candidate in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service, where she is also a graduate teaching assistant in the Science, Technology, and International Affairs Program.