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This move by some countries poses a threat to inclusive global technological development The term digital sovereignty, which interchangeably is also known as ‘internet sovereignty’ or ‘cyber sovereignty’, is starting to establish a strong foothold globally in the national politics, economics, and technological landscape. Countries are beginning to exert influence over the internet as a
by Afeera Firdous.... Recently a new arms control paradigm was proposed. The tenets of this proposition centre around two arguments. First, how much is too much? Second, what kind of changes in size of arsenal, types of warheads and nuclear doctrine could make this environmental and humanitarian disaster avoidable? The proponent of this idea, George
by Afeera Firdous.... In just a few days, the world has completely changed from a connected network to a distanced entity (at least in personal space terms). Most of the world’s population is in self-quarantine, which made them more dependent on the internet. This huge dependency on the internet and online services around the world,
Ms. Afeera Firdous, Research Assistant at CISS, presented a paper on “Knowledge Economy and ICT: Promoting Technological Connectivity under CPEC” in a three-day conference, The Third Conference on CICA Non-governmental Forum held in Chongqing, China. The event was organized by Institute of Chinese Borderland Studies and Chinese Institute of Foreign Affairs (both working under Chinese
by Afeera Firdous.... The news of a cyber-attack (cyber espionage operation in September 2019) on India’s Kudankulam nuclear power plant caused major concern for security analysts, scholars and India’s neighbours. It reminded one of the popular phrase ‘Cyber War is coming’, from the 1993 RAND Corporation report authored by John Aquila and David Ronfeldt. Whether the threat of a cyber
Abrogation of Article 370 (and Article 35A) of the Constitution of India, by Hindu nationalist government Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),…
The publication of Joint Doctrine of Indian Armed Forces 2017 (JDIAF) was followed by the publication of Indian Land Warfare Doctrine (LWD) by the…
Many computer security experts have celebrated the development of Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) in which it revised and added new export control rules for computer network intrusion software in its export control list. In the same plenary meeting in 2017, WA, a voluntary arrangement which governs the trade of conventional weapons and technologies for its group
The story of India-Russia space partnership is nothing new, but it is important to analyze this collaboration in the context of the US grant of status of a Major Defence Partner to India. In 1984, the phrase “saare jahan sy acha” made its way to the big news in USSR media because the first Indian
by Afeera Firdous.... In a recent example, as of July 1, 2018, a fake information-induced mob lynching has claimed 23 lives in 18 such reported incidents Social media’s role in a common person’s life has blurred the online-offline divide. Online activity has a huge potential to improve the quality and quantity of communication across the