Special issue on “Cyberstudies”

Special issue on “Cyberstudies”

Études Internationales (Laval University)
3 February 2022

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Several GEODE researchers contributed to the journal Études internationales (scientific journal of the École supérieure d’études internationales de l’Université Laval) for a special issue on “Cyberstudies” edited by Sébastien-Yves Laurent.

Frederick douzet, Aude Géry and François Delerue with “International law and norms for cyberspace: ambiguities and geopolitical instrumentalisation”

Julien Nocetti with “An arranged “cyber-marriage”? Realities and implications of cyber cooperation between Russia and China“.

More information on this special issue here 

 

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Cyber Threats and Vulnerabilities : How to counter the proliferation of Malicious Cyber Tools

Cyber Threats and Vulnerabilities : How to counter the proliferation of Malicious Cyber Tools

EU Non Prolifération and Disarmament Conference
3 February 2022

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On december 6-7, 2021, took place The EU non proliferation and Disarmament Conference

Aude Gery spoke of her work on cyber arms and proliferation during the plenary session “Cyber Threats and Vulnerabilities : How to counter the proliferation of Malicious Cyber Tools” alongside Nikolas Schoernig (Peace Research Institute Frankfurt); Manon Leblanc (head of the Cyber Policy Sector, European External Action Service) and Ardi Sutedjak (Chairman and founder, Indonesia Cyber Security Forum).

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Cloud defence: an operational challenge, a strategic imperative and a sovereignty issue

Cloud defence: an operational challenge, a strategic imperative and a sovereignty issue

Études de l'IFRI - Focus stratégique
3 February 2022

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photo : Credits : SergeyBitos/Shutterstock.com

The French Ministry of Defence has decided to make cloud computing one of the pillars of its digital transformation.

However, resorting to the cloud implies outsourcing part of the management of IT resources, which poses many challenges of a technical and cultural nature, but also political and industrial. In addition to the imperative of technological control, there are major strategic issues relating to autonomy and influence. Cloud Defence therefore depends as much on the ability of the armed forces to adapt the technology to their security and operational requirements, as on the industrial partnerships set up by the Ministry, and on national policies on the subject.

Find the whole publication by Clotilde Bomont here (in French).

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Building a Cyber Stability Index & Securing the ICT Supply Chain

Building a Cyber Stability Index & Securing the ICT Supply Chain

Paris Peace Forum 2021
3 February 2022

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GEODE researchers participated in the Paris Peace Forum 2021 by taking part in two working groups:

Working Group 5 on building a cyberstability Index, with Geode researchers Alix Desforges and Julien Nocette, accompanied by the Hague Center for Strategic Studies (HCSS) and the CyberPeace Institute. Find the report here.

Working group 6 on securing ICT value chains, with Aude Géry, Geode researcher, accompanied by Kasperky Government Affairs and Cigref. Find the report here.

Find out more informations on the Paris Peace Forum activities here.

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“The Shrinking of Cyberspace: a Blind Spot of Cyber Policy”

“The Shrinking of Cyberspace: a Blind Spot of Cyber Policy”

The Hague Program on Cyber Security
3 February 2022

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The Hague Program on international Cyber Security organised their 4th annual conference, this time on cyber norms.

From 9-11 November several keynotes and panel presentations on conflict, crises and the politics of cyberspace took place.

Frédérick Douzet, Geode director, gave the first keynote talk on “The Shrinking of Cyberspace: a Blind Spot of Cyber Policy”.

You can watch this keynote here. 

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“Russian Soft Power in Europe” – Round Table

“Russian Soft Power in Europe” – Round Table

Centre d'excellence Jean Monnet
3 February 2022

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The first session of the 2021/2022 Geopolitics Festival from 4 to 5 November 2021 organised by the Jean Monnet Franco-German Centre of Excellence of Science Po Strasbourg included two round tables on the following theme: “What future for the European Union-Russia relationship?”

On this occasion, Colin GERARD, Geode researcher, spoke on the round table “Russian soft power in Europe” alongside Maxime AUDINET (Institute for Strategic Research of the Military School).

The second round table entitled “Russia – EU in their near abroad” brought together Laure DELCOUR (Sorbonne Nouvelle University, College of Europe Bruges campus) and Jean-Christophe ROMER (Sciences Po Strasbourg).

Find more information on this series of conferences here.

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Contribute to IGU 2022 on geography of the datasphere

Contribute to IGU 2022 on geography of the datasphere

The Centennial Congress

13 January 2022
You can now contribute until 18th of January to the panels proposed by GEODE researchers at the International Geographical Union Congress 2022 to be held in Paris from 18 to 22 July.
 

 Panel 1: Cartography of the datasphere
 Read the description of the session here.

 Panel 2: Political geographies of data 
 Read the description of the session here.

                             Submit your proposal on the IGU website                                                                (IGU Commission Session, category Political Geography)

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GEODE – Cyberstability Index Final Report – Paris Call

GEODE – Cyberstability Index Final Report – Paris Call

Cyber Peace Institute
10 November 2021

Building a Cyberstability Index

The Cyber Peace Institute has published this report elaborated in partnership with GEODE and The Hague Center for Strategic Studies as part of Working Group 5 of the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace.

Working Group 5’s report presents a methodology to understand how the implementation of normative, legal, operational and technical measures, or the lack thereof, contribute to stability in cyberspace and ultimately to cyberpeace. It also outlines various key findings and challenges that emerged throughout the process, such as the lack of accessible data relating to cyberstability.

The Paris Call is a multistakeholder initiative that was launched by the French government at the Paris Peace Forum in November 2018. The CyberPeace Institute co-leads Working Group 5 on Building a Cyberstability Index with colleagues from GEODE (Géopolitique de la Datasphère) and the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS).

Read the full report here

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Round Table “Digital Sovereignty: Discourses and Practices” Oct. 20, 2021

Round Table “Digital Sovereignty: Discourses and Practices” Oct. 20, 2021

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Since the 1990s, the growth of data flows and the broader digital transformation were often described as important drivers and accelerators of a global integration and the formation of a post-territorial world. However, this vision of an open and networked world quickly came up against geopolitical realities. Authoritarian states – in particular Russia and China – were the first to assert in the 2000s their desire to exercise their regal power in the digital domain. Over the past decade or so, this idea has spread throughout the world, taking very different forms from one country or region to another. The concept of “digital sovereignty” has emerged as the catalyst for this new strategic posture of States, but it gives rise to many and sometimes antagonistic discourses. Far from being a neutral and universal concept, “digital sovereignty” appears rather as a protean representation used by national and international actors to legitimize policies and practices, and to spread their values in the digital space.

            For more than two years, the GEODE center (Geopolitics of the Datasphere) at the University of Paris 8 and the “Discourses and Practices of Digital Sovereignty” project at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg have brought together some forty researchers in the humanities, social sciences and computer science to establish a panorama of the different approaches to “digital sovereignty” around the world. The results of these discussions will be published in an international book to be released in 2022.

We invite you to come and discover this collective work, during a round table with some of the authors on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 – 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm.

The event will take place in a hybrid way :

  • On site at the Condorcet Campus (Centre des Colloques, Salle 100, 2 rue des Fillettes 93300 Aubervilliers). Covid certificate mandatory
  • In videoconference (link sent upon registration)

Among the speakers:

  • Frédérick Douzet (Prof. Dr.), Professor at the French Institute of Geopolitics (Paris 8 University), GEODE director;
  • Georg Glazse (Prof. Dr.), Professor at Erlangen-Nürnberg University;
  • Rogier Creemers (Dr.), Associate Professor at Leiden University;
  • Amael Cattaruzza (Prof. Dr.), Professor at the French Institute of Geopolitics (Paris 8 University);
  • Alix Desforges (Dr.), Postdoctoral student at GEODE;
  • Max Münßinger (M.A.), PhD candidate at Erlangen-Nürnberg University;
  • Clotilde Bômont (M.A.), Research fellow at GEODE, PhD candidate at Panthéon-Sorbonne University;
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GEODE at the 34th International Geographical Congress

GEODE at the 34th International Geographical Congress

IGC
19 August 2021

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On Wednesday, August 18, several GEODE researchers presented the results of their research during the 34th edition of the International Geographical Congress.

From 12:30 to 1:30 pm, Amaël Cattaruzza chaired the first part of the panel “Geopolitics of the Datasphere” which focused on the politics of data:

  • Clotilde Bomont and Amael Cattaruzza – “From a technical Component to a geopolitical object : cloud computing, a security issue for France”.
  • Charlotte Escorne – “Strategic issues of 5G deployment in French-speaking Africa”.
  • Ilan Scialom – “Bringing the concept of coopetition into the field of political geography: the example of Israel and Saudi Arabia in digital security”.
  • Margot François – “Analyzing the Cuban connection: several ‘digital spaces’ for a geopolitical approach”.

From 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. (GMT), Alix Desforges chaired the second part of the panel on the theme “Mapping the Routes of the Internet: Data, Topologies, Power” which included the following presentations:

  • Louis Pétiniaud, Loqman Salamatian and Colin Gérard – “On a collaborative effort to map the internet”
  • Loqman Salamatian, Louis Pétiniaud and Kavé Salamatian – “The journey, not the destination matters: Untangling data and sovereignty in the Far West”
  • Hugo Estecahandy – “The geopolitical stakes for cryptocurrencies in Russia through the analysis of their mining industries in Eastern Siberia”
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