| Abstract [eng] |
Name of the thesis: Cyber Diplomacy of European Union and United States of America The importance of cyber security and cyber space is no longer a technical issue. The recent emergence of cyber diplomacy shows that cyber security has also become an official international relations matter. One of the main players when it comes to cyber diplomacy are European Union (EU) and United States of America (USA). In many cases, these two actors have overlapping views on the basic principles and values of activities in cyberspace. However, it is not clear whether the interests and practical activities of both actors in cyber diplomacy promote cooperation or competition. To answer this question, the following tasks have been implemented: 1. Based on the existing literature, define what components make up the concept of cyber diplomacy. 2. Using the elements of the concept of cyber diplomacy, perform a detailed qualitative analysis of various documents and other publicly available sources in order to analyse the cyber diplomacy carried out by the USA and the EU. 3. To compare the differences between EU and US cyber diplomacy agenda and methods aimed at consolidating agreements on rules and norms in cyberspace. 4. To assess whether the cyber diplomacy carried out by the EU and the USA creates prerequisites for cooperation. The main conclusion of the thesis is that the cyber diplomacy implemented by EU and USA does create prerequisites for cooperation, but this does not mean that cooperation will not face any challenges. First of all, European Union is not a country, therefore, it has to coordinate various interests from different countries and that could have an impact on the decision-making process. Another challenge is that the cyber diplomacy is still not institutionalised, making the cooperation more difficult. What is more, the EU has announced the idea of digital sovereignty, which could have a negative impact on the relations between the partners. And lastly, there are different requirements for organisations inside both the USA and EU, meaning that the understanding about cyber resilience might not be the same, and that could also trigger challenges in the long run. However, the only way forward is cooperation since the only alternative to the secure cyber space is presented by authoritarian regimes and it is not consistent with the main values and ideas, such as human rights, privacy, and free internet, that EU and USA represent. Digitalization is inevitable in developing countries, so it is only a matter of time what basic principles of behaviour in cyberspace they will promote, and it is in the best interest of EU and USA that they align themselves with the same values. |
