On 15 April, Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael, together with ICT4Peace and funded by the Netherlands’ ministry of Foreign Affairs, will organise a ½-day training course as side-event to the Global Conference on Cyber Space.
The training will provide a helicopter view of the most imminent Foreign Policy considerations regarding Cyber Space. Participants have the opportunity to identify further capacity-building needs for their respective organisations and get acquainted with leading academics and practitioners.
Hacks in utility services and banks, identity theft, virus infections in software, Big Data tracking by Secret Services and cyber-jihad. Just a few headlines from the news. Cyber in Foreign Policy is dominated by concerns over security, however cyber has penetrated Foreign Policy in a much broader manner.
Governments react by setting up crisis centres, consultancy firms offer expensive support whereas every minor piece of information continues to be exchanged by email or smartphone. Considerations of Foreign Policy, strategic consequences and international cooperation follow only cautiously. Consider the social media during the Arab Spring, cyber as economic growth market, cyber as new dimension in warfare, and terrorists and criminals using cyber irrespective of borders and jurisdictions.
For more information and your registration, visit www.clingendael.nl/cyberdiplomacy
