Quiet Conversations: Observations From a Decade of Practice in Cyber-related Track 1.5 and Track 2 Diplomacy

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Quiet Conversations: Observations From a Decade of Practice in Cyber-related Track 1.5 and Track 2 Diplomacy

States’ diplomatic engagements regarding information and communications technologies and cyberspace will continue to be driven by calculations of national interest. Yet the very nature of the technologies and our collective growing dependency on them requires states to look beyond national interests.

By Camino Kavanagh, Madeline Carr, Nils Berglund

Published on Nov 15, 2021

EU Cyber Direct

About the Authors

Camino Kavanagh

Former Nonresident Scholar, Technology and International Affairs Program

Camino Kavanagh was a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where her research focuses on international security, governance, and emerging technologies.

Madeline Carr

Nils Berglund

Global Governance Foreign Policy Technology Iran

Carnegie India does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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