Course Description: This course equips diplomats and national security professionals with the knowledge and tools to engage in cyber diplomacy. It explores cybersecurity threats, global norms for cyberspace, and diplomatic efforts to secure the digital domain. Participants will examine the intersection of cyber policy and international relations, building skills for negotiation, deterrence, coordination, and defense in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
Course Length: 6 weeks (36 total instructional hours)
Proficiency Level: Advanced
Prerequisite: Completion of a lower-intermediate ESL course or equivalent language proficiency
Course Objectives:- Define cyber diplomacy and its significance in global security.
- Analyze cyber threats, actors, and national vulnerabilities.
- Interpret international norms and legal frameworks in cyberspace.
- Evaluate confidence-building measures (CBMs) in cyber cooperation.
- Collaborate with intelligence, defense, and civilian sectors.
- Negotiate bilateral and multilateral cyber defense agreements.
- Assess the role of attribution, deterrence, and response in cyber policy.
- Design crisis communication strategies for cyber incidents.
- Engage in cyber simulations and real-time diplomatic responses.
- Develop a cyber diplomacy policy for national security objectives.
