• Chinese digi-tech politics: Steering growth, spurring innovation, and reinforcing control 

      Gåsemyr, Hans Jørgen (NUPI Policy Brief;2021-07, Research report, 2021)
      China is a growing digital technology (digi-tech) power and a leading provider of digi-tech resources internationally. China’s digi-tech growth is helping create opportunities in other and developing countries, but it also ...
    • Comparing Cyber Security. Critical Infrastructure protection in Norway, the UK and Finland. 

      Gjesvik, Lars (NUPI Report;2019-5, Research report, 2019)
      Cyber security and protecting critical infrastructures from digital harm are of increasing importance for governments around the globe. Tackling this issue is challenged by two distinct features of cyber security in Western ...
    • Cybersikkerhet 

      Schia, Niels Nagelhus (Others, 2019)
      Den teknologiske utviklingen og framveksten av digitale nettverk har ført til noen av de mest dramatiske endringene vi har sett på flere generasjoner. Dette gjelder både endringer i sosial samhandling, men også endringer ...
    • Digital technology and development : Part 1 of 4 in the series: Digital technology and international politics 

      Kursetgjerde, Erik; Schia, Niels Nagelhus (NUPI Policy Brief;2021-06, Research report, 2021)
      Increasingly, the global challenges posed by digitalization and cybersecurity are emerging as central to the organization of development assistance – with consequences for billions of people in the developing world. The ...
    • Finding a European response to Huawei’s 5G ambitions 

      Weber, Valentin (NUPI Policy Brief;2019-05, Research report, 2019)
      This policy brief suggests that European countries should institute national reviewing boards overseen by intelligence agencies to vet Huawei equipment. If that is not feasible due to a lack of resources or capabilities ...
    • Hacking democracy: managing influence campaigns and disinformation in the digital age 

      Schia, Niels N.; Gjesvik, Lars (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
    • Intergovernmental checkmate on cyber? Processes on cyberspace in the United Nations 

      Kursetgjerde, Erik (NUPI Policy Brief;2020-14, Research report, 2020)
      Cyberspace is an increasingly controversial field on the international agenda. Despite the fact that processes on the thematic have been going on in the UN since 1998, a more significant international agreement is needed ...
    • International Cybersecurity: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 

      Tikk, Eneken; Kerttunen, Mika (NUPI Policy Brief;2018-11, Research report, 2018)
      Tikk and Kerttunen inform new entrants and nonparticipating governments of the discussions and outcomes of the UN First Committee Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) and discuss prospects for the 2019/2020 GGE. They explain ...
    • Military Offensive Cyber-Capabilities: Small-State Perspectives 

      Muller, Lilly Pijnenburg (NUPI Policy Brief;2019-01, Research report, 2019)
      This Policy Brief provides an overview of the military cyber-defence strategies and capabilities of Norway and of the Netherlands. Comparison of the two different approaches offers insights into their differing tactics and ...
    • Offensive cyberoperasjoner: Den nye normalen? 

      Friis, Karsten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Kan stater gå til motangrep om de blir angrepet digitalt i fredstid? Hva gjør toneangivende land, og hva sier internasjonal rett og normer om dette? Og hva kan de sikkerhetspolitiske konsekvensene bli av økt bruk av offensive ...
    • On digital media in Lebanon's political crisis 

      Selvik, Kjetil (NUPI Policy Brief;2021-08, Research report, 2021)
      The technology-driven transformation of the media environment is changing politics worldwide. Yet everywhere is not the same. The digital revolution yields different results in different political contexts. This policy ...
    • Parabasis: Cyber-diplomacy in Stalemate 

      Tikk, Eneken; Kerttunen, Mika (NUPI Report, Research report, 2018)
      Governments and industry around the world are working together to bring the next billion users online,1 but their synergies fade when it comes to how to keep online populations safe and secure. Further, the third and fourth ...
    • Renewable energy and geopolitics: A review 

      Vakulchuk, Roman; Øverland, Indra; Scholten, Daniel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      This article reviews the literature on the geopolitics of renewable energy. It finds that while the roots of this literature can be traced back to the 1970s and 1980s, most of it has been published from 2010 onwards. The ...
    • Surveillance Technology at the Fair: Proliferation of Cyber Capabilities in International Arms Markets 

      DeSombre, Winnona; Gjesvik, Lars; Willers, Johann Ole (Atlantic Council Issue Brief;November 2021, Research report, 2021)
      State cyber capabilities are increasingly abiding by the “pay-to-play” model—both US/NATO allies and adversaries can purchase interception and intrusion technologies from private firms for intelligence and surveillance ...
    • The Politics of Stability: Cement and Change in Cyber Affairs 

      Kerttunen, Mika; Tikk, Eneken (NUPI Report;2019-4, Research report, 2019)
      Stability is a delicate attribute of public international order. If pursued to its absolute, it could paralyse the development and progress of humankind. If marginalized, it could fuel injustice, violence and conflict. ...