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  • 20September 2021
    What future for international cyber capacity building?

    On 23 September, the EUISS hosted an online discussion about global trends and scenarios for global cyber capacity building cooperation.

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    13September 2021
    Green digital diplomacy
    The environmental impact of digital consumption and new technologies calls for globally sustainable data practices. This Brief argues that embracing ‘green digital diplomacy’ represents a strategic opportunity for the EU’s foreign and security policy to exercise influence in an era of geopolitical rivalry and trade tensions.
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    02September 2021
    EUISS at Cybersecurity conference 2021

    On 3 September, the EUISS in cooperation with the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union co-organised Cybersecurity Conference in Bled.

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    09July 2021
    EUISS organises pilot course on cyber capacity building

    The course was designed to support colleagues in EU headquarters and delegations improve their skills in the identification and formulation of new external cyber capacity building projects.

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    09July 2021
    Cyberspace and EU action to 2030

    On 9 July 2021, the French Permanent Representation to the European Union organised a webinar on cyberspace with the support of the EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS).

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    17May 2021
    Cyberspace: strengthening cooperation in promoting security and stability

    On 17 May 2021, the EUISS in cooperation with the External Action Service (EEAS) and the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, held a scenario-based discussion with EU Member States and international partners. The discussion, the first of its kind, focused on how to address international security challenges related to cyberspace.

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    10May 2021
    Cyber Conflict Prevention on the EU-Africa Security Agenda

    Co-organised by the EU Institute for Security Studies and the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, this virtual consultation explored the link between the stability of the cyber domain and international security, and consider how the EU and African partners can cooperate on a strategic security agenda fit for the digital age.

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    14April 2021
    Engaging civil society in the fight against cybercrime

    On 14 April 2021, the EU Cyber Direct project, together with Chatham House’s International Security Programme (ISP), organised a series of interactive online sessions to discuss the role of civil society organisations in the fight against cybercrime. 

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    13April 2021
    Regionalised multilateralism? EU-Africa cooperation in cyberspace

    This virtual track 1.5 consultation between the European Union and African partners explored what concrete initiatives and actions the EU and Africa could develop in order to strengthen their cooperation in cyberspace while building better partnerships at national, regional and multilateral levels.

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    12March 2021
    Contested global commons: a multidimensional issue for the Strategic Compass

    The EU Institute for Security Studies and the French Permanent Representation to the EU co-organised a high-level conference on the global commons and the EU Strategic Compass on 12 March 2021.

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    03November 2016
    Cybersecurity and democracy: Hacking, leaking and voting
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    As they enter a period of critical elections, the US and European countries are being confronted by a series of threats from cyberspace. Electronic voting infrastructure and networks of political groups have recorded repeated intrusion, while strategic leaks of compromising documents have sought to influence public opinion.

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    05October 2016
    App and coming: an ‘Uber migration’?
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    Migrant groups and host communities have developed a number of smart technology apps aimed at providing new arrivals with information on housing, education and employment opportunities. This Alert looks at how EU authorities can utilise these new technologies to help migrants, while exploring the associated dilemmas.

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    07July 2016
    Space security for Europe
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    This Report investigates opportunities for improving European strategic thinking on space security. It analyses potential threats to critical European space infrastructure, and offers ideas for improving space system resilience, reducing external dependence, and working with international partners to ensure a secure and sustainable environment for outer space activities.

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    26June 2015
    The dark side of the web: ISIL’s one-stop shop?
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    With law enforcement agencies pooling resources to counter ISIL's online propaganda, this Alert seeks to raise awareness of the jihadists’ use of the so-called ‘Dark Web’, the hidden underbelly of the little explored Deep Web.

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    05June 2015
    The threat of state-sponsored industrial espionage
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    Industrial espionage – i.e. the theft of trade secrets, intellectual property, and scientific know-how from enterprises and research centres – is on the rise worldwide. This Alert assesses state-sponsored industrial espionage in peacetime, and seeks to highlight the threat it poses to national and economic security.

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    30January 2015
    Cyber jihadists and their web
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    This Brief explains how the internet has increasingly become a tool for extremists to recruit new members, raise funds, and conduct new types of attacks. What can be done to stop the rise of cyber jihadism?

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    30January 2015
    State-sponsored hackers: hybrid armies?
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    With the virtual and physical worlds becoming ever more blurred, and the links between such hacker collectives and governments still unclear, is it still possible to set rules for governing cyberspace?

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    19December 2014
    Riding the digital wave – The impact of cyber capacity building on human development
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    This report on cybersecurity seeks to promote a development-focused approach to the issue. The authors address security not as an end in itself but rather as a means towards social, economic and political development, and argue that cyber capacity building is a developmental issue which requires cooperation among different policy communities.

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    21October 2014
    The world’s digital future
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    With the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) highest decision-making body currently meeting to discuss the organisation’s role in shaping future information and communications technology, this Alert explores its growing impact on internet governance.

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    14March 2014
    The EU and its (cyber) partnerships
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    The rise of cybercrime and the threat this poses to the digital economy has led to increased awareness of the importance of a coordinated approach to internet governance, and of the need for intergovernmental mechanisms to support this. This Brief looks at the prospects for increased cyber defence cooperation at both international and regional levels.

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