... far confrontational rhetoric, rather than dialogue, has prevailed. Yet, the OEWG keeps on working in the UN venues, which inspires certain optimism
September 2023 marks the 25
th
anniversary of Russia’s revolutionary move in 1998, as 25 years ago Russia became the first country to raise the issue of information security at the UN, having timely assessed the risks of the digital future. In those days, widespread digitalization was just gaining momentum and the flywheel of the global Internet spread and development started spinning faster. Nevertheless,...
... the pressure from the U.S. Congress. During the 2018 meeting between the two leaders in Helsinki, Russia offered cooperation in preventing cyberattacks on critical infrastructure, but Washington
rejected
that initiative as well.
Collaboration between Russia and the United States to promote information security in historical perspective
Arevik Martirosyan:
Time for an International Cyber Court?
The dynamics of negotiations changed under Joe Biden. On September 25, 2020, President Vladimir Putin proposed a project called to normalize U....
... Cyber Command, Paul Nakasone,
spoke
about conducting offensive operations in support of Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Ministry once again
urged
the United States not to provoke Russia to retaliate in cyberspace.
Elena Zinovieva, Alexander Zinchenko:
Russia and the United States Mapping Out Cooperation in Information Security
It is difficult to judge how effective these warnings have been, but both Russia and the U.S. turn a blind eye to the crimes of non-government actors attacking the other side. In May, the Russian Foreign Ministry
called
Killnet
,...
Interview with Dr. Daniel Stauffacher, Founder and President of ICT4Peace
On March 12, 2021, the United Nations
adopted
a UN Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) report ... ... Working Group is a positive step forward, in spite of the global trend towards escalating tensions, especially those between Russia, China and the U.S.
We have two negotiating platforms, the GGE and the OEWG. What do you think about such co-existence?...
... while the Ministry of Foreign Affairs lauded the significance of the moment in its
official commentary
.
To better understand why the adoption of the report has exactly seen such a success, we need to take a trip into the recent past. The issue of information security was included in the UN agenda in 1998, after Russia presented its draft resolution “Achievements in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security” to the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly. Negotiations have been ongoing since 2004 ...