Implications of the UK’s Russia Report for the next National Cyber Security Strategy
This article assesses the implications of the recent Russia Report ahead of the development of the next cyber security strategy for the UK due in 2021.
International Security
Balancing between giants, Latin-America’s international cybersecurity position
Latin American states have benefited from regional cooperation to improve their cybersecurity but are not leveraging this cooperation for issues of international peace and stability in cyberspace.
A new kid on the block? China in the security conundrum of the eastern Mediterranean
China is a newcomer to the eastern Mediterranean. How does Beijing fit into the complex setting of the eastern Mediterranean?
The weaponisation of synthetic media: what threat does this pose to national security?
The weaponisation of hyper-realistic synthetic video, audio, images, or texts –generally known as of synthetic media– may affect national security.
COVID-19: reaffirming cyber as a 21st century geopolitical battleground
This paper examines the geopolitical impact on cyber security that coronavirus is having. The COVID-19 carries huge numbers of ramifications, with consequences that extend to the current crisis.
To space, in private transport
A private US company put into orbit and delivered two astronauts to the International Space Station. A new era has thereby dawned in the space race.
Which multilateralism for Cyber Norms?
The cyberspace is far from being integrated into the multilateralism and regional cooperation approaches through norms, an urgent and necessary issue.
Life beyond multilateralism? COVID-19, European strategic autonomy and Spanish foreign policy
COVID-19 raises questions whether international politics will be characterised by a renewal of multilateralism or an aggravation of great power competition.
Rules-based connectivity, maritime security and EU-Japan cooperation in the Indian Ocean
This paper puts forward a number of specific proposals to further EU-Japan maritime security cooperation in the Indian Ocean region.
European defence should not be the casualty of ‘the Great Lockdown’
Defence should be included in the critical sectors as the EU renegotiates its next long-term budget that will seek to boost recovery.
Cyber Terrorism. Why it exists, why it doesn’t, and why it will
While the discussion on cyber terrorism research and related government policies have hit a wall in recent years, adversarial tactics to create terror in and through cyberspace are only at their beginning.
The coronavirus as a yardstick of global health policy
Global health is one of the few policy areas that can be considered internationalised. Now it faces the challenge of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.