The role of social media in shaping the political and social dialog in a country is not a new topic for research
The role of social media in shaping the political and social dialog in a country is not a new topic for research. 2016 and the first weeks of 2017 showed, however, that politicians had never before used social media (as well as classical media) as a political tool to such an extent, in order to shape and blur public opinion. The pre-election political campaigns in the USA, cyber combat...
...,” Ryabkov added.
The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was signed by the United States and the Soviet Union in 1972 but in 2001 then-US President George Bush decided to withdraw from the agreement.
Russia Proposes Consultations With Washington on Cybersecurity
Moscow has proposed to hold joint expert consultations with Washington on cybersecurity issues, Ryabkov added.
"We have proposed to hold business-like expert consultations with participation of all interested sides to clarify this worrisome ...
... the U.S.A. finding compromise on fighting IS are real.
Searching for Cyberguilty
Pavel Sharikov
, Director of the Applied Research Center, RAS Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies, RIAC expert
Russia and the U.S.A. have to reach common ground on cybersecurity issues and put it in writing. The process is getting yet more difficult with Russia being accused of committing cyberattacks. It is impossible to prove that Russia’s authorities are behind the attacks. It would be logical for Russia ...
On October 11, 2016 the Russian International Affairs Council in cooperation with the
EastWest Institute
and with support from Microsoft held an international seminar “Russia-US Cooperation to Combat Cybercrime and Protect Critical Infrastructure.”
The experts’ discussion at the seminar focused on the issues of cooperation to combat cybercrime and cyber terrorism, protection of critical infrastructure, cyber attacks attribution, as well as ability of business community and government...
... constitute the pillars and sore points of what he calls the “hacked world order.” This book – though not perfect in all aspects – is a solid beginning of what should become an international academic practice – defining cybersecurity and bringing together experiences and young professionals in this ever growing and changing part of the international relations (IR). In view of recent upheaval in cyber attacks and transnational hacks of companies, banks, organizations,...
On September 20, 2016 Russian International Affairs Council holds a seminar with participation of Associate Professor of International Politics at the University of Leicester Andrew Futter:
«War Games Redux? Cyberthreats, US–Russian Strategic Stability, and New Challenges for Nuclear Security and Arms Control».
Some 30 years since the release of the Hollywood blockbuster
War Games
, the possibility that hackers might break into nuclear command and control facilities, compromise...
... models of systems under attack, but it costs significantly
less
than developing nuclear weapons [
1
]. In the computer age, virtually any country can become a superpower in cyberspace.
REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Dmitry Konukhov:
Vaccinated Atom: Cybersecurity
for Nuclear Plants
NATO’s current policies in cyberspace
are based
on defence and deterrence. The Alliance’s experts study various options of such deterrence. Yet when considered in detail, it turns out any analogies with “traditional” ...
On May 16, 2016 the Russian International Affairs Council together with the
EastWest Institute
held an international seminar “Russia-US Cyber Cooperation – Building New Relations.”
During the seminar, the participating experts discussed cooperation in countering cyber terrorism; indentifying terminology, critical for Russia and the United States in the field of cyber security; strengthening cooperative action and early warning of cyber attacks; the state’s role in the Internet...
On April 28-29, 2016 New Delhi hosted a
BRICS international conference on cybersecurity
and combating cyber threats.
On April 28, the opening session of the conference was followed by a session on the BRICS countries’ institutional cooperation on information security. Representatives of member countries briefed the participants ...
Apple, the world’s largest company by market capitalization and a pioneer of cutting-edge technology that we use every day, is in one corner. The United States, the world’s most powerful nation and the birthplace of the information society, which is also a society of total surveillance than envelops us all, is in the other. They have locked horns in a conflict that is set to have both global and local implications.
The tug-of-war between Apple and the US government (personified by the...
