...
together with
European Leadership Network
.
The following topics were discussed in the course of the meeting: confidence-building measures and increasing predictability of the strategic situation in Europe, decreasing the risks of unintended conflicts, cybersecurity, institutional issues of enhancing European security, the future of nuclear-weapon and conventional arms control.
Igor Ivanov, RIAC President, made a speech at the meeting. Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, also took part in the Group ...
... relationship and buffer against conflict in the future. The analyses that follow examine prospects for Russia-U.S. cooperation in several crucial regions and fields: economics, energy, the Arctic, Euro-Atlantic security, the Middle East, strategic stability, cybersecurity, and countering terrorism and extremism. The report offer concrete, actionable recommendations in each area.
Contributors
: Heather A. Conley, William Courtney, R. Kim Cragin, Lynn E. Davis, Ambassador James Dobbins, Suzanne Freeman, Andrei ...
... representatives of major banks, telecommunication, trade, industrial and high-tech companies, as well as representatives of law enforcement agencies.
RIAC and EastWest Institute made a presentation of a joint article «
Suggestions on Russia-U.S. Cooperation in Cybersecurity
».
The cross-cutting theme of the conference was the need for society and the state to counter the growing threats from cybercriminals in the face of increasing available arsenal of cyber weapons, the growing number of cyber attacks carried ...
... Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Foreign Policy Planning, and Henry Kissinger are keynote speakers of the event.
The Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) is represented by Director General Andrey Kortunov and Maria Smekalova, Cybersecurity Program Coordinator.
There is no other way to work constructively in cybersecurity but together
A decade ago it was possible to say that cyber was a promising new topic, which had the potential to stay beyond the realm of politics. Today, not so much. Besides becoming highly contested political ground, cyber has the ...
... and its applicability to the current state of international affairs, the perceptions of Russian hackers in the EU and the implications of new sanctions Act for Russia and European countries.
Russian and American experts in Russia-U.S. relations and cybersecurity took part in the event.
Maria Smekalova
, coordinator of project on cybersecurity, represented RIAC at the event.
... conjuncture. There are many examples of the kind, including recent charges against Russia on hacking the U.S. Democratic Party servers, no substantial evidence having been produced.
RIAC and EWI Policy Brief “Suggestions on Russia-U.S. Cooperation in Cybersecurity”
The U.S. Cyber Weapons – History and Modernity
The funding for activity in cyberspace proves that this area is one of the key priorities for the U.S. Department of Defense. In 2014 hundreds of millions of dollars were spent to create ...
What will happen to cryptocurrencies after Bitcoin has hard-forked?
Bruce McConnell, Pavel Sharikov, Maria Smekalova:
Suggestions on Russia-U.S. Cooperation in Cybersecurity
The hard-fork is a normal occurrence which will further recur in the world of cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrencies are constantly developing, Their architecture is far from perfection and may well never reach it. There are different reasons ...
... weapons are no exception. What will happen to strategic stability should cyber weapons be employed? Are nuclear weapons capable of deterring cyber warfare?
Formalization of the Threat
RIAC and EWI Policy Brief “Suggestions on Russia-U.S. Cooperation in Cybersecurity”
Several events took place in 2016 which allow us to speak about the new status of cyberspace from the standpoint of military planning and combat actions. For example, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
declared
cyberspace a bona ...
Authors: Des Browne, Wolfgang Ischinger, Igor S. Ivanov, Sam Nunn
Dear President Putin and President Trump,
The chasm between Russia and the West appears to be wider now than at any point since the Cold War. In the absence of new initiatives, the knot of distrust is being tightened, choking off the ability of governments to discuss, let alone advance, steps essential for improving the security of all people living in the Euro-Atlantic region.
Your first meeting in Hamburg will be a unique opportunity...
