Research

EU Cyber Direct brings together government officials, researchers, and other relevant actors to explore the main questions surrounding the application of the existing international law in cyberspace, norms of responsible state behaviour, Confidence Building Measures, and efforts to strengthen state and societal resilience in cyberspace.

Application of the international law in cyberspace

The EU supports the notion that the existing international law, including the UN Charter, applies to cyberspace. The international community is engaged in the discussion of what that means in practice. EU Cyber Direct provides a venue for the debate about possible ways to close the gap between national doctrines, state practices, and international law provisions and practice.

Norms of responsible state behaviour

The EU endorses the development of voluntary non-binding norms, rules and principles of responsible state behaviour. EU Cyber Direct investigates the emergence of cyber norms as well as progress and difficulties in their diffusion and impact on states behaviour.

Confidence Building Measures

The EU encourages the development and implementation of Confidence Building Measures in cyberspace, in particular in the OSCE, ASEAN Regional Forum, and the Organisation of American States. EU Cyber Direct looks into implementation of these frameworks and opportunities for their further strengthening.

Resilience

The EU recognises the need to adequately protect and build resilience as the foundation for economic and human development as well as proper functioning of states and societies. EU Cyber Direct identifies and promotes best practices, lessons learned and potential avenues for cooperation between the EU and partner countries and regions.

Publications

Partners
  • All
  • Brazil
  • China
  • EU
  • Global
  • Japan
  • United States
Theme
  • All
  • Confidence building measures
  • Cyber diplomacy
  • Cybersecurity
  • International law
  • Norms

9 de March de 2020China’s Cyber Diplomacy: A Primer

China Cyber diplomacy

4 de March de 2020International Law in Cyberspace: Mind the gap

Global International law Norms

6 de February de 2020Brazil’s Cyber Resilience and Diplomacy: The Place for Europe

Brazil EU

18 de December de 2019What does Russia want in cyber diplomacy? A primer

Global Cyber diplomacy

16 de December de 2019Harmonised approach to cybersecurity – The holy grail of the European Union

EU Cybersecurity

27 de November de 2019Cyber Diplomacy in the European Union

EU Cyber diplomacy

8 de November de 2019Rebooting the EU’s Cyberdiplomacy

29 de October de 2019Global Cyber Resilience: thematic and sectoral approaches

EU Global

18 de October de 2019Japan’s Cyber Diplomacy

EU Japan

30 de September de 2019How to Operationalise a Transatlantic Cyber Policy Research Initiative (TCPRI)

EU United States

28 de June de 2019Pathways to Change: Resilience, Rights and Rules in Cyberspace

EU Norms

16 de May de 2019International law in cyberspace matters: this is how and why

International law

10 de May de 2019Strategic Autonomy and Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity

9 de May de 2019Annex to “Strategically normative. Norms and principles in national cybersecurity strategies”

Norms

14 de April de 2019Factsheet: Peace and Stability in Cyberspace

EU Confidence building measures International law Norms

14 de April de 2019Factsheet: Cyber Diplomacy

EU Cyber diplomacy

13 de April de 2019The application of international law in cyberspace: is there a European way?

International law

13 de April de 2019Strategically normative. Norms and principles in national cybersecurity strategies

Norms

4 de April de 2019Conceptual Ambiguity of International Norms on State Behaviour in Cyberspace

International law Norms

4 de April de 2019International Cybersecurity Norm Development: The Roles of States Post-2017

Norms

20 de March de 2019The politics of cyber norms: Beyond norm construction towards strategic narrative contestation

International law Norms