The authors who will join us for a conversation on this topic are:
- Eva Claessen - doctoral researcher in Russia Studies at the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies (GGS)
- Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi - researcher in international law and counter-terrorism at the T.M.C. Asser Institute and managing editor of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law
- Gareth Mott - lecturer in Security and Intelligence in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent's Rutherford College
- Dennis Broeders - Senior Fellow at The Hague Program for Cyber Norms and Associate Professor of Security and Technology
- Fabio Cristiano (moderator) - postdoctoral researcher at The Hague Program for Cyber Norms
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About this event
Already in 1991, the US National Academy of Sciences prophesied that ‘tomorrow’s terrorist may be able to do more damage with a keyboard than with a bomb’. Thirty years on, this prediction has not materialized, but has been kept alive in the diplomatic language of international cyber security and across national security legislations. This collection of essays analyzes how the threat of cyber terrorism shapes national security responses across the five permanent members of the UNSC and relevant strategies at the EU level. Where do these actors draw the boundaries of cyber terrorism? How do these get enacted in national security contexts? At what potential costs for individual and collective freedoms? How do these national developments interplay with the international diplomatic language on cyber security?
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About this publication
This collection, edited by Fabio Cristiano, Dennis Broeders and Daan Weggemans, includes six short policy-focused contributions exploring how legislation and policy on counter cyber terrorism unfold at the national level in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Russia, France, and at the regional level of the European Union.
The selection of the five permanent members (P5) of the United Nations Security Council as case studies stems from the recognition of their role as prominent normative actors of international cyber security. Additionally, these cases are also representative of the different, and strongly opposed, narratives at play. In addition to these national snapshots, the case of the European Union has been included because it offers the possibility to reflect on the 'regional' level, as well as to widen the analysis to an increasingly important normative actor for coordinated counter terrorism policy.
Each of these contributions tackles the following questions: do national security legislations explicitly refer to cyber terrorism?; what are the boundaries set for the phenomenon?; in which situations does this framework get enacted?; what is the relationship between counter terrorism legislation and other legislation on the cyber element?
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2020 Conference on Cyber Norms
From 10-12 November 2020, we are hosting our third annual conference on cyber norms, this time entirely online.
Keynote speakers include Madeline Carr, Milton Mueller, Bruce Schneier and Mariarosaria Taddeo.
You can find the
complete program here.
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Governing Cyberspace: Behavior, Power and Diplomacy
This edited volume is based on a selection of papers presented during The Hague Program for Cyber Norms' inaugural conference Novel Horizons: Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace from 5-7 November 2018 in The Hague. The volume is edited by Dennis Broeders and Bibi van den Berg, and is available under open access here
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