International relations, law and politics
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The Ukraine crisis may shape the future of the internet
15 April 2022
Conflict and crisis, Critical internet resources, Cyberconflict and warfare, Cybersecurity
On 28 February, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov requested that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) cut Russia’s access to the infrastructure of the global internet. This...
Cyber road from Ukraine: where will it take us?
08 March 2022
Conflict and crisis, Critical infrastructure, Cyberconflict and warfare, Cybernorms, Cybersecurity, International law, Security
‘The potential for the next Pearl Harbor could very well be a cyberattack.’ US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, 2012 This (in)famous warning has been discussed and re-discussed since 2012. Could a devastati...
AI promises, ethics, and human rights: Time to open Pandora’s box
11 February 2022
AI and diplomacy, Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Human rights
In 2021, I participated in the Artificial Intelligence online course offered by Diplo. In one of our online sessions, a passionate debate flared on the topic of the day: AI’s ethical and human rights implications. T...
Year in review: The digital policy developments that defined 2021
27 December 2021
AI and diplomacy, Cybernorms, Cybersecurity, Data and diplomacy, Development, Economic, Human rights, Infrastructure, Internet governance and digital policy, Legal and regulatory, Metaverse Diplomacy, Sociocultural, Surveillance
For most countries, 2021 was a continuation of pandemic woes. As people swapped contact tracing apps for vaccine passports, the wave of misinformation on COVID-19 vaccines spread even faster. Beyond COVID-19, the b...
Training and courses
Events
Digital standards, China, and geopolitics: What is at stake?
14 Dec 21 - 14 Dec 21
How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Global Conflict
18 Oct 21 - 18 Oct 21
Annual Convention on Global South 2019: Rethinking International Relations in the Era of Technological Disruption
05 Nov 19 - 06 Nov 19
Indonesia
Information session: Geneva Dialogue on Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace
01 Oct 18 - 02 Oct 18
Switzerland
Diplo at the ‘Cyber security and cybercrime policies for African diplomats’ workshop
12 Apr 18 - 13 Apr 18
Ethiopia
Joint Australian-Egyptian Missions informal roundtable on information and cyber security issues
01 Jun 12 -
United States
Resources
2022
Journal of Moral Theology, Vol. 11, Special Issue no. 1, Spring 2022, “Artificial Intelligence”
Journal of Moral Theology dedicated special issue on 'artificial intelligence'.... Read more...
2021
OK Corral 140 Years Later: Between Frontier Violence and the Emerging Rule of Law
It was a hundred and forty years ago today that Wyatt Earp took his group to fight the outlaws of the Clanton gang. It was a bright, windy and chilly day of October 26, 1881 that – without its actors being exactly aware of – paved the way for the rule of law to b... Read more...
2019
International cyber security diplomatic negotiations: Role of Africa in inter-regional cooperation for a global approach on the security and stability of cyberspace
This research paper examines African countries cybersecurity readiness and how Africa can play a role in shaping international negotiations and discussions on global cybersecurity governance.... Read more...
2019
Diplomatic Security under a Comparative Lens – Or Not?
“Diplomatic security” is the term now usually preferred to “diplomatic protection” for the steps taken by states to safeguard the fabric of their diplomatic and consular missions, the lives of their diplomatic and consular officers, and the integrity of their c... Read more...
2018
Searching for Meaningful Human Control. The April 2018 Meeting on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (Briefing Paper #10)
In this briefing paper, Ms Barbara Rosen Jacobson analyses the debate of the April 2018 meeting of the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW). The group was established to discuss emerging technologies in the area of... Read more...
