Paris and London Should Think Before They Undermine Encryption
Sharone Tobias is a research associate for Asia Studies and the Digital and Cyberspace Policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations. The recent terrorist attacks in Paris have led European...
View ArticleGuest Post: Two Years Later, the EU’s Cybersecurity Strategy Stumbles Forward
Alexander Klimburg is senior research fellow at the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) and an affiliate of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. It is...
View ArticleThe Right to Privacy in the Digital Age: Where Do Things Stand?
The UN Human Rights Council has convened for its 28th regular session, and its agenda includes revisiting Snowden-sparked debates about the right to privacy in international law. In explaining his...
View ArticleLive Now: A Conversation with Giovanni Buttarelli
The Council on Foreign Relations is hosting a conversation with Giovanni Buttarelli, the European Union’s newly-appointed data protection supervisor. Mr. Buttarelli will discuss his strategic plan for...
View ArticleEurope v. Google: A Dispute About Competition, Political Power, and Sovereignty
The European Commission’s accusations that Google has violated EU competition law by abusing its dominant position in the Internet search market generated significant attention. This case is important,...
View ArticleThe Digital Single Market Strategy Will Complicate the Economic Relationship...
Today’s release of the European Union’s Digital Single Market Strategy starts a new era in digital diplomacy within the union and between the EU and the United States. The strategy identifies the ways...
View ArticleThe Policy Implications of Hacking the Hacking Team
The irony of Hacking Team—an Italian company that sells surveillance software—being hacked (or as Wired put it, “disemboweled”) is delicious, especially given Hacking Team’s denials it sold to...
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