• 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...