Governing through crisis. Conflict, crises and the politics of cyberspace | Online Conference | 9-11 November 2021
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Day 1

Tuesday 9 November 2021

9:30 – 10:00 Opening/Welcome by Dennis Broeders

10:00 – 11:00 Keynote

Moderators:

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Frédérick Douzet

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The Shrinking of Cyberspace: a Blind Spot of Cyber Policy

11:30 – 13:30 Panel 1

International Law and Cyberspace: New Conundrums

Moderator:

François Delerue

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Maroi Kouka

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Rethinking the underlying gray zones in the international law applicable to cyber-operations: a data-driven approach

International Law and Cyberspace: New Conundrums

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Jack Kenny

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State cyber operations, hackbacks and the right of hot pursuit in international law

International Law and Cyberspace: New Conundrums

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Ferry Oorsprong

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Paul Ducheine

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Peter Pijpers

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Armed Attack in Cyberspace: Clarifying and Assessing When Cyber-Attacks Trigger the Netherlands’ Right of Self-Defence

International Law and Cyberspace: New Conundrums

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James Shires

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Judith Möller

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Ronan Ó Fathaigh

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Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius

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Disinformation-as-a-service: the legal landscape of dark PR

14:30 – 16:30 Panel 2

Great Power Perspectives: Sovereignty, Norms and Attribution

Moderator:

Tatiana Tropina

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Mischa Hansel

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Great Power Narratives on the Crisis of Cyber Norm Building: Understanding Legitimization Strategies and Dilemmas

Great Power Perspectives: Sovereignty, Norms and Attribution

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Riccardo Nanni

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A Quest for Digital Sovereignty in Internet Governance? Observing the Role of Chinese Stakeholders in ICANN

Great Power Perspectives: Sovereignty, Norms and Attribution

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Oleg Shakirov

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Decoding Russia’s Quasi-Attribution of Cyber Attacks

Great Power Perspectives: Sovereignty, Norms and Attribution

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Heajune Lee

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Public Attribution as Subject and Source of Cyber Norms

Day 2

Wednesday 10 November 2021

10:00 – 12:00 Panel 3

Emerging Cyber Orders: Nations, Regions, and Peripheries

Moderator:

Fabio Cristiano

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Courtney J. Fung

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China’s Use of Rhetorical Adaptation in Development of a Global Cyber Order: a case study of the norm of the protection of the public core of the internet

Emerging Cyber Orders: Nations, Regions, and Peripheries

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Bernardo Beiriz

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Cybernorms and cyber peripheries – can the process of creating cybernorms be one of inequality production?

Emerging Cyber Orders: Nations, Regions, and Peripheries

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Nnenna Ifeanyi-Ajufo

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Cyber Governance in Africa: A Crossroads of Sovereignty, Politics and Cooperation

Emerging Cyber Orders: Nations, Regions, and Peripheries

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Cristina Del-Real

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Antonio Díaz-Fernández

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The future of the governance of cybersecurity in Spain: A Delphi forecasting study

13:00 – 14:30 Panel 4

Virtual Crises: Managing Breakdowns

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Dennis Broeders

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André Barrinha

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Arindrajit Basu

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Imagining crises: cyber-diplomacy and the lessons from outer space

Virtual Crises: Managing Breakdowns

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Mariëlle Wijermars

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Tetyana Lokot

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An ideal in crisis: Critiquing the global politics of internet freedom rankings

Virtual Crises: Managing Breakdowns

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Louise Marie Hurel

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Breakdowns, Incidents and the Continuity of Crises: An infrastructure approach to the governance of cybersecurity

15:00 – 16:30 Panel 5

Cyber Arms Control: Incentives and Challenges

Moderator:

Monica Kaminska

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Max Smeets

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Explaining the Diffusion of Military Cyber Organizations

Cyber Arms Control: Incentives and Challenges

Moderator:

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Lennart Maschmeyer

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Myriam Dunn Cavelty

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Florian J. Egloff

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Miguel A. Gomez

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Max Smeets

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The Political Economy of Cyber Knowledge Provision

Cyber Arms Control: Incentives and Challenges

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Taylor Grossman

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Offensive Cyber Operations & the Market Incentives for Contracting

17:00 – 18:00 Keynote

Moderators:

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Jon Lindsay

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Anarchy within Order: The Political Logic of Deception

Day 3

Thursday 11 November 2021

11:30 – 13:30 Panel 6

European Cybersecurity: Redefining Sovereignty

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Els De Busser

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Sarah Backman

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Risk vs. threat-based cybersecurity: the case of the EU

European Cybersecurity: Redefining Sovereignty

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Cosmina Moghior

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European Digital Sovereignty: An Analysis of Authority Delegation

European Cybersecurity: Redefining Sovereignty

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Tobias Liebetrau

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A genealogy of EU cyber security governance: Redefining the role of the single market

European Cybersecurity: Redefining Sovereignty

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Dennis Broeders

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Fabio Cristiano

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Monica Kaminska

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In search of digital sovereignty and strategic autonomy: normative power Europe to the test of its geopolitical ambitions

14:30 – 16:30 Panel 7

The Covid Pandemic: Lessons and Challenges for Cyber Stability

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Bibi van den Berg

Pedro Henrique Ramos

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A "New" Digital Divide in Times of Crisis: The Open Internet During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Covid Pandemic: Lessons and Challenges for Cyber Stability

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Gareth Mott

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Jason Nurse

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Can lessons be learnt from the governance of the coronavirus pandemic to help preparations for future cyber crises?

The Covid Pandemic: Lessons and Challenges for Cyber Stability

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Miftahul Ulum

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Religious based Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Cyber Norm; their take on the disinfodemic during the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia

The Covid Pandemic: Lessons and Challenges for Cyber Stability

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JD Work

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Understanding cyber operations against pandemic response by authoritarian states

17:00 – 18:00 Keynote

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Herb Lin

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Some Unanswered Questions in the Development of Norms Regarding Cyber-Enabled Disinformation: A Provocation

18:00 – 18:30 Closing Remarks and Best Paper Prize by Dennis Broeders