Conceptual discrepancies in Russian and Western approaches to international regulation of cyber [information] space
| dc.contributor.author | KHASANOVA, Liliya | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-30T10:12:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-07-30T10:12:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description.abstract | After more than two decades of ongoing international negotiations aimed at regulating the domain that was created by information and communication technologies (ICTs), it is evident that at least two contradictory approaches have emerged. One notable aspect that has been overlooked is the difference in language used by Russia and Western countries, with Russia referring to ﾑinformation spaceﾒ and Western countries using the term ﾑcyberspaceﾒ. This paper aims to empirically examine this persistent use of different terms related to the ICT ﾑspaceﾒ and reveal the increasingly contradictory realities that Russia and Western countries are seeking to regulate. To identify the key areas of conceptual discrepancies, I analyse international cyber governance documents and normative proposals from states, national legislations in Russia and Western states, and place them in the historical context of ICT development in these regions. I describe the divergent perceptions of the regulatory space and the contrasting perceptions of the role of private actors in cyber governance. Building on these insights, I argue that there is a conceptual misalignment between Russian and Western approaches in terms of the legal object of regulation and its scope, as well as in the governance models applied in the ICT domain. These differing conceptions contribute to conflicting institutional and normative approaches to international law. | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1831-4066 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1814/77099 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
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| dc.publisher | European University Institute | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | EUI | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | LAW | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | AEL | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Working Paper | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 2024/19 | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | European Society of International Law (ESIL) Paper | en |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en |
| dc.rights.license | Attribution 4.0 International | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | * |
| dc.subject | Cybersecurity | en |
| dc.subject | Information security | en |
| dc.subject | Russia | en |
| dc.subject | Cyber sovereignty | en |
| dc.subject | Multistakeholderism | en |
| dc.title | Conceptual discrepancies in Russian and Western approaches to international regulation of cyber [information] space | en |
| dc.type | Working Paper | en |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
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