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2021 Conference on Cyber Norms | Governing through Crisis. Conflict, Crises and the Politics of Cyberspace
In two weeks, from 9-11 November 2021, we are hosting our fourth annual conference on cyber norms! We look forward to hosting our keynotes Herb Lin (Stanford University), Frédérick Douzet (University of Paris 8/GÉODE) and Jon Lindsay (Georgia Institute of Technology) and twenty-six paper presentations across seven different panels.
Follow the entire conference online and ask your questions during the Q&As by signing up at this link. You will receive the links directly in your inbox. We hope to welcome you there!
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Program (all times in CET)
DAY 1 - TUESDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2021
09:30-10:00 Welcome / Conference opening
10:00-11:00 Keynote Frédérick Douzet | The Shrinking of Cyberspace: a Blind Spot of Cyber Policy (link to abstract)
11:30-13:30 Panel 1 | International Law and Cyberspace: New Conundrums
Paper presentations by Maroi Kouka (link to abstract); Jack Kenny (link to abstract); Ferry Oorsprong, Paul Ducheine and Peter Pijpers (link to abstract); and James Shires, Judith Möller, Ronan Ó Fathaigh and Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius (link to abstract)
14:30-16:30 Panel 2 | Great Power Perspectives: Sovereignty, Norms and Attribution
Paper presentations by Mischa Hansel (link to abstract); Riccardo Nanni (link to abstract); Oleg Shakirov (link to abstract); and Heajune Lee (link to abstract)
DAY 2 - WEDNESDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2021
10:00-12:00 Panel 3 | Emerging Cyber Orders: Nations, Regions, and Peripheries
Paper presentations by Courtney J. Fung (link to abstract); Bernardo Beiriz (link to abstract); Nnenna Ifeanyi-Ajufo (link to abstract); and Cristina Del-Real and Antonio Díaz-Fernández (link to abstract)
13:00-14:30 Panel 4 | Virtual Crises: Managing Breakdowns
Paper presentations by André Barrinha and Arindrajit Basu (link to abstract); Mariëlle Wijermars and Tetyana Lokot (link to abstract); and Louise Marie Hurel (link to abstract)
15:00-16:30 Panel 5 | Cyber Arms Control: Incentives and Challenges
Paper presentations by Max Smeets (link to abstract); Lennart Maschmeyer, Myriam Dunn Cavelty, Florian J. Egloff, Miguel A. Gomez and Max Smeets (link to abstract); and Taylor Grossman (link to abstract)
17:00-18:00 Keynote Jon Lindsay | Anarchy within Order: The Political Logic of Deception (link to abstract)
DAY 3 - THURSDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2021
11:30-13:30 Panel 6 | European Cybersecurity: Redefining Sovereignty
Paper presentations by Sarah Backman (link to abstract); Cosmina Moghior (link to abstract); Tobias Liebetrau (link to abstract); and Dennis Broeders, Fabio Cristiano and Monica Kaminska (link to abstract)
14:30-16:30 Panel 7 | The Covid Pandemic: Lessons and Challenges for Cyber Stability
Paper presentations by Pedro Henrique Ramos (link to abstract); Gareth Mott and Jason Nurse (link to abstract); Miftahul Ulum (link to abstract); and JD Work (link to abstract)
17:00-18:00 Keynote Herb Lin | Some Unanswered Questions in the Development of Norms Regarding Cyber-Enabled Disinformation: A Provocation (link to abstract)
18:00-18:30 Closing remarks & best paper prize award
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Els De Busser Speaking at Online Event on Cyber Accountability
The Washington Foreign Law Society and the Stimson Center are hosting an online event on 4 November on cyber issues related to current and potential legal accountability.
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Part of the discussion will be attribution in cyberspace, the topic of our policy brief authored by Dennis Broeders, Els De Busser and Patryk Pawlak. During the discussion Els De Busser will be one of the featured speakers alongside Dmitri Alperovich. More information and registration...
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Find us on YouTube: Artificial Intelligence and International Conflict in Cyberspace
On Friday 24 September we hosted our online conference together with GÉODE, featuring panels on Conceptual and Operational Challenges, Geopolitical and Strategic Challenges and Normative and Legal Challenges. View on YouTube...
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Report on Disinformation by The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies
Senior Fellow Dennis Broeders provided an introduction to the section on Norms for the new HCSS report on disinformation, entitled Red Lines & Baselines: Towards a European Multistakeholder Approach to Counter Disinformation. Read the report here...
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Dennis Broeders at CyFy 2021
Last week Senior Fellow Dennis Broeders spoke at CyFy's 2021 Conference during the panel The Battle for the Spirit of the Internet: Democratic Norms vs. Digital Authoritarianism. More information...
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François Delerue Wins 2021 Book Prize of European Society of International Law
Associate Fellow François Delerue was awarded the 2021 Book Prize of the European Society of International Law for his book Cyber Operations and International Law published by Cambridge University Press in February 2020. More information...
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Latest entries in our Cyber Norms Bibliography
- Shackelford, S.J. (2021). "Inside the Drive for Cyber Peace: Unpacking Implications for Practitioners and Policymakers", UC Davis Business Law Journal, 21 (285).
- Radu, R. & Amon, C. (2021). "The governance of 5G infrastructure: between path dependency and risk-based approaches", Journal of Cybersecurity, 7 (1).
- Kello, L. (2021). "Cyber legalism: why it fails and what to do about it", Journal of Cybersecurity, 7 (1).
- Maschmeyer, L. (2021). "The Subversive Trilemma: Why Cyber Operations Fall Short of Expectations", International Security, 46 (2).
- Francois, C. & Lin, H. (2021). "The strategic surprise of Russian information operations on social media in 2016 in the United States: mapping a blind spot", Journal of Cyber Policy, 6 (1).
- Douzet, F., Limonier, K., Mihoubi, S., & René, E. (2021). "Mapping the spread of Russian and Chinese contents on the French-speaking African web", Journal of Cyber Policy, 6 (1).
- Douzet, F. & Géry, A. (2021). "Cyberspace is used, first and foremost, to wage wars: proliferation, security and stability in cyberspace", Journal of Cyber Policy, 6 (1).
- Broeders, D. (2021). "The (im)possibilities of addressing election interference and the public core of the internet in the UN GGE and OEWG: a mid-process assessment", Journal of Cyber Policy.
- Kilovaty, I. (2020). "Privatized Cybersecurity Law", UC Irvine Law Review, 10 (4).
- Backman, S. (2020). "Conceptualizing cyber crises", Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management.
Complete bibliography found here. Please send any additions or suggestions to info@thehaguecybernorms.nl.
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Our publication series
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Cristiano, F., D. Broeders and D. Weggemans (eds.) (2020). Countering cyber terrorism in a time of ‘war on words’: Kryptonite for the protection of digital rights? |
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Broeders, D., E. De Busser and P. Pawlak. (2020). Three tales of attribution in cyberspace: Criminal law, international law and policy debates |
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Roguski, P. (2020). Application of International Law to Cyber Operations: A Comparative Analysis of States' Views |
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Broeders, D., L. Adamson and R. Creemers. (2019). Coalition of the unwilling? Chinese and Russian perspectives on cyberspace |
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Broeders, D., S. Boeke and I. Georgieva. (2019). Foreign intelligence in the digital age. Navigating a state of 'unpeace' |
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