Research project
EU Cyber Diplomacy Initiative (EU Cyber Direct)
EU Cyber Direct – EU Cyber Diplomacy Initiative supports the European Union’s cyber diplomacy and international digital engagements in order to strengthen rules-based order in cyberspace and build cyber resilient societies. To that aim, we conduct research, support capacity building in partner countries, and promote multistakeholder cooperation.
- Duration
- 2021 - 2024
- Contact
- Dennis Broeders
- Funding
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Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI) at the European Commission
- Partners
- European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)
- Carnegie Europe
Supporting the EU’s cyber diplomacy
EU Cyber Direct - EU Cyber Diplomacy Initiative is an EU-funded project focused on policy support, research, outreach and capacity building in the field of cyber diplomacy. It builds on the achievements of the work that was launched already in 2018.
Our objective is to identify opportunities for increased convergence between the EU and other stakeholders on the application of existing international law in cyberspace and development of cyber norms and confidence building measures. We look at the ongoing cyber-related process at the global, regional and national levels.
EU Cyber Direct also aims to increase participation of different stakeholder groups in regional and global debates on responsible behaviour and resilience in cyberspace through building capacities and sharing knowledge about the EU’s standards, policies and good practices.
The EU Cyber Direct focuses on four key themes:
- conflict prevention and advancing responsible behaviour in cyberspace through international law, norms, and confidence-building measures (CBMs),
- cyber resilience and critical infrastructure protection,
- cybercrime and criminal justice in cyberspace, and
- new and emerging technologies with a potential disruptive effect.
- Accountability in Cyberspace, Patryk Pawlak (March 2024)
- Protecting Transnational Critical Information Infrastructure: Vitality, Vulnerability and Diplomacy, Lise Andersen and Dennis Broeders (December 2023)
- Shades of Grey: Cyber intelligence and (inter)national security, Dennis Broeders and Camino Kavanagh (October 2023)
- Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace: Global narratives and practice, François Delerue, Arun Sukumar and Dennis Broeders (eds.) (June 2023)
- Digital Sovereignty: From Narrative To Policy?, Dennis Broeders (ed.) (December 2022)
- International Law and Cybersecurity Governance, François Delerue and Aude Géry (eds.) (July 2022)