Assess Russia’s Cyber Performance Without Repeating Its Past Mistakes

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Assess Russia’s Cyber Performance Without Repeating Its Past Mistakes

The issue is less that Western observers might have overestimated Russia’s cyber potential in its war on Ukraine, more that they almost certainly underestimate the complexities and frictions which separate intent from execution, intensity from effect.

By Gavin Wilde

Published on Jul 21, 2022

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About the Author

Gavin Wilde

Nonresident Fellow, Technology and International Affairs

Gavin Wilde is a nonresident fellow in the Technology and International Affairs Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He applies his expertise on Russia and information warfare to examine the strategic challenges posed by cyber and information operations, propaganda, and emerging technologies.

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