Inside Cyber Diplomacy

2022 in Review

Inside Cyber Diplomacy

Show Notes

In this episode, Jim Lewis and Chris Painter review the evolution of cyber in 2022. In 30 minutes, they cover the year’s cyber developments as well as upcoming cyber initiatives and priorities, touching on topics including:

Cyber in Ukraine

Negotiations in the United Nations

The UN GGE and OEWG

The State Department’s launch of the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy

Regional organizations

Capacity building

Enforcing norms

Transparency about cyber initiatives

Cyber initiatives in the United States Congress

Efforts to improve software

Personnel changes and the cyber workforce

U.S. – China relations

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