Upcoming Event: Seminar on Geopolitics in Cyberspace and Cyberdiplomacy

August 20 ,2019

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The Internet has been seen as the harbinger of a world without borders or sovereignty. But states have recently reemerged in cyberspace, asserting sovereignty or using it to pursue conflict with rivals. With the development of information technology after Web 2.0, heated discussions on cybersecurity such as PRISM, Huawei and 5G have become headlines of media around the globe. More and more countries highlight the geopolitics in cyberspace in their defense strategy, and cyberspace is now becoming a big stage for a new round of geopolitical competition.

 

What is the relations between geopolitics in cyberspace? What are the impacts of geopolitics in cyberspace on foreign affairs? How to construct efficient diplomatic mechanisms in cyberspace?

 

To answer these questions, the Charhar Institute invites Shaun Riordan, together with scholars from the Charhar Institute, to share their cutting-edge research on cyberspace management, cyber conflict resolution and construction of cyber diplomacy.


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For registration, please scan the QR Code (or click “read more” at the bottom) ，and fill in the application sheet via huodongxing.com

Please do fill the application sheet to participate in the event, and we will send confirmation emails after the registration review.



Basic Information


Time：14:00-17:30 August 26th(Monday)


Venue：Sunny Qixing Media

(Fenghuayuan, Liangmaqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing)


Working Language：English


Discussants


Shaun Riordan Director of the Department for Diplomacy and Cyberspace in the European Institute of International Studies (EIIS) and a senior visiting fellow of the Netherlands Institute of International Relations, Clingendael


Zhou Hucheng Standing Deputy Secretary-General and Secretary-General of Culture and Peace Committee, Senior Fellow at the Charhar Institute.


Zhao Kejin Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Charhar Institute, Professor and Deputy Dean of School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tsinghua University.


Zhao Xinli Vice Secretary-General of Peace and Culture Committee, Senior Fellow at the Charhar Institute, and Associate Professor and Postgraduate Students’ Tutor of School of Advertising, Communication University of China.


John Gong Adjunct Fellow at the Charhar Institute, and a professor at the University of International Business and Economics of China


Zhao Ruiqi Adjunct Fellow at the Charhar Institute, Professor in the School of Marxism, Communication University of China and Director of the Centre for Communication and Politics Studies in Communication University of China


Han Liyong Adjunct fellow at the Charhar Institute, deputy editor-in-chief at tianya.cn


About Shaun Riordan

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Shaun Riordan is Director of the Department for Diplomacy and Cyberspace in the European Institute of International Studies and a senior visiting fellow of the Netherlands Institute of International Relations, “Clingendael”. He is also an independent geopolitical risk consultant. A former British diplomat, he served in New York, Taiwan, Beijing and Madrid, as well as the departments of counter-terrorism and the Eastern Adriatic in the Foreign Office. Shaun has taught at diplomatic academies in the Dominican Republic, Spain, Armenia and Bulgaria. He is the author of “Cyberdiplomacy: Managing Security and Governance Online” (Polity, 2019), “Adios a la Diplomacia” (Siglo XXI, 2005) and “The New Diplomacy” (Polity, 2003).