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.
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RIAC and EWI Policy Brief
The current state of Russia–U.S. relations is marked by a high level of distrust. Tensions have been escalating for three years, both countries have imposed economic sanctions, disseminated propaganda, and exchanged accusations. The situation is unpredictable, the escalation may continue and destabilize the whole international system. The deterioration has touched all issues of Russia–U.S. relations, including cybersecurity.
Cooperation on cybersecurity is a relatively new problem, and probably has never been among the most prioritized, along with many other issues, including terrorism, Ukraine, Syria, economic sanctions, and many others.
While Russia and the ...
... 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. They offer concrete, actionable recommendations in each area.
Economic Relations
U.S.-Russia economic cooperation has a long history, although it remains moderate relative to each country’s trade ...
...,” 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,...
... nuclear command and control facilities, compromise early warning or firing systems, or even cause the launch of a nuclear weapon has become disturbingly real.
While this challenge will impact all nuclear-armed states, it appears particularly acute for the USA and Russia given their large, diverse, and highly alerted nuclear forces.
The fact that east–west relations have deteriorated to a nadir perhaps not seen since the 1980s, strategic instability has increased – particularly in the wake of ...
... universities (Moscow State University, MGIMO-University, Georgia Institute of Technology), NGOs (PIR Center, Russian Institute for Public Networks, Russian Association for Electronic Communications) and business community (ICANN, Microsoft, Group-IB, Rusatom Overseas, Silicon Valley Data Science).
RIAC was represented by its Director General Andrey Kortunov; Director of Legal and Corporate Affairs at Microsoft Russia, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC member ...
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...
