AI & Cybersecurity
Safeguarding the digital future
The Working Group Artificial Intelligence & Cybersecurity explores how AI and cyber technologies impact international security and foreign policy. It examines military use, disinformation, cyber threats, and global tech governance. Key topics include ethical AI, digital sovereignty, and strategic competition. Monthly briefings offer insights on the geopolitical and security implications of AI and cybersecurity.
Cyberattacks on EU Critical Infrastructure
Which EU critical infrastructure sectors face the greatest cyber risk, and which threat modalities are most active? The EU threat environment is bifurcated: high-volume DDoS/hacktivism pressures availability, while lower-volume intrusions cause high-consequence outcomes like ransomware and data t…
The paradox of obedience
AI that reinforces rather than challenges military assumptions could weaken decision-making. The article argues Europe needs AI systems that embed structured dissent, not compliance.
The Atomic Bomb We Haven’t Faced (Yet)
Does Anthropic’s Mythos change cybersecurity or is it overhyped? While AI lowers the barrier for cyberattacks, Europe’s biggest challenge remains enforcing NIS2, with human error still the weakest link.
From Medicine to Military Tech
From Medicine to Military Tech A Founder’s Journey Himmel: Dr. Andres, you are a doctor, and now you sell optics and advocate for the idea that “defence is a human right.” How did that come about? Dr. Andres: Well, I didn’t start directly in the defence sector. During my studies, I had a PDA, som…
Surveillance State Rhymes with Digital Fate
The global export of Chinese surveillance technologies through the lens of surveillance capitalism: China’s party-state model has instrumentalised commercial data-extraction logics to construct a scalable surveillance apparatus, exported through initiatives such as the Digital Silk Road.
The Contradiction of EU Tech Governance
Main question: What’s the current status of whistleblower protection in the European tech sector? Argument: There is a presence of uneven implementation across EU Member States, which must be addressed. Conclusion: whistleblower protection in the tech sector is critical for democratic legitimacy …
Threats of Artifical Intelligence
How is the UK addressing AI’s challenges for counterterrorism? This article argues that current strategy does not fully address AI-driven risks such as radicalisation and corruption, concluding that adaptability and international cooperation are essential for future security.
From fragmentation to flexibility
How can the EU design digital infrastructure ensuring both security and civil rights for times of peace and crisis? The answer lies in resilience by design, through frameworks like the EUDI Wallet, NIS2 Directive, and the IEA, which create distributed, interoperable system. This proactive archite…
The EU’s Strategic Dilemma
This article investigates whether the EU AI Act can balance fundamental rights protection with economic competitiveness. While the Act strengthens a value-based approach to AI governance, its broad regulatory framework combined with considerable exceptions risk undermining both effectiveness and …
Cybersecurity Redefined: Preemptive Defense
How can organizations move beyond a “reactive” cybersecurity mindset that only addresses breaches after they have caused damage? By utilizing “Active Defense” and intelligence, companies can identify malicious infrastructure deployment weeks before an attack, allowing for preemptive disruption of…
Cyberbiosecurity for Brain-Computer-Interfaces
Why is cyberbiosecurity relevant for emerging cyber-bio threats in the context of Brain-Computer-Interfaces (BCIs)? Neurodata serves as strategic infrastructure in future warfare scenarios. With the related risks of exploitation, cyberbiosecurity is needed to protect the vulnerabilities of neurot…
Interview with Lola Aworanti-Ekugo
How can the Global South advance in digital trade and AI? Effective digital trade requires inclusive policies, public-private collaboration, and support for scalable local innovations. With strategic partnerships, infrastructure investment, and global openness, African digital solutions can compe…
Digital Sovereignty in a Fragmented World
How do different countries approach digital sovereignty in a fragmented global tech landscape? States adopt models reflecting politics, economy, and security: China is state-centric, the US market-driven, Europe regulatory, India public-infrastructure based, South Africa hybrid. Controlling digit…
CADA: Scaling EU Cloud Autonomy
Can CADA reduce the EU’s strategic vulnerability from reliance on foreign cloud infrastructure? CADA aims to build secure, EU-controlled cloud capacity through investment, regulation, and AI infrastructure to achieve digital sovereignty. CADA is a necessary first step for EU tech independence but…
Global Competition over AI governance models
How do the US, EU, and China’s differing AI governance models shape global competition and the emerging international AI order? Divergent models, US deregulation, EU rights-based regulation, and China’s state-centric approach create geopolitical competition but also drive a networked governance s…
Cross-Border Data Flow Governance
How do different national frameworks (EU, US, China, India) govern cross-border data flows while balancing economic benefits with digital sovereignty? Divergent regulatory approaches create a fragmented global system, prioritising sovereignty differently and causing legal complexity, data localis…
AI and the New Geopolitics of Digital Sovereignty
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When AI becomes the attacker
What are the implications of autonomous AI-driven cyberattacks for organizational security, and are current cyber-defence tools able to adequately counter these threats?” This article answers this question by diving into the problem on a technical and geopolitical level, and concludes with policy…
EU AI Act
1. Is the EU AI Act an effective way to regulate AI while protecting democracy and fundamental rights? Can innovation and regulation coexist in the AI era? 2. Unregulated AI can manipulate citizens and systems. Strict transparency and human oversight requirements are essential to preserve equal…
AI, Backlash, and Security
Is the EU ready to face anti-technological violence? No, it’s not. It should address the issue from two perspective: the one of security, and the regulation and policy level.
