Objective
Deepen and disseminate agreater analysis and understanding of the growing role of cyberspace in foreign policy
This project explores the growing role of cyberspace in foreign policy, with a focus on armed conflicts and peace processes.
Timeline
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The project
The project’s primary objective is to deepen and disseminate, among both experts and the general public, a greater analysis and understanding of the growing role of cyberspace in foreign policy, with particular attention to armed conflicts and peace processes.
The project has six specific objectives:
Understanding
- Understand the risks and opportunities digital technologies present for actors and institutions involved in diplomacy and peace processes;
- Understand the expanding role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in shaping international political decision-making processes related to the use of force;
Regional spaces
- Understand and define how the European Union (EU), and Italy within it, considers cyberspace in its integrated approach and external projection, with particular attention to the balance between security and defense strategies and initiatives aimed at promoting peace processes;
- Analyze the use of digital technologies, the dynamics of cooperation and competition surrounding them, and the geopolitical implications in two macro-regions of strategic interest to the EU and Italy: the Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa;
People at the centre and in dialogue
- Analyze the micro-dynamics related to the use of digital technologies on peace and armed conflict;
- Promote dialogue and exchange between different epistemological and practice communities, particularly between those responsible for security and defense and those engaged in peacebuilding.
