Publishing Institution: EastWest Institute / Political Geography: Brussels

Author:: Jody R. Westby, Henning Wegener, and William Barletta
Publication Date:: 08-2010
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: EastWest Institute
Abstract:: Cyber war has become the drumbeat of the day. Nation-states are developing national strategies, creating offensive and defensive cyber war capabilities, conduct-ing cyber reconnaissance missions, and engaging in cyber attacks, all with alarming frequency. What is blatantly apparent is that far more financial resources and intel-lectual capital are being spent figuring out how to conduct cyber warfare than are being spent figuring out how to prevent it. The lack of international dialogue and activity with respect to the containment of cyber warfare is simply stunning. As Winston Churchill famously noted, “It is bet-ter to jaw-jaw than to war-war.” It is time for governments to begin discussions aimed at assuring an agreed-upon level of geo-cyber stability through mutual cooperation and international law.
Topic:: Security, Diplomacy, International Cooperation, and War
Political Geography:: Moscow and Brussels

Author:: Benjamin Sturtewagen and Matthew King
Publication Date:: 02-2010
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: EastWest Institute
Abstract:: This paper reflects the discussions at a number of public seminars and private meetings during 2009 on water cooperation in Afghanistan and its region. These meetings, convened by the East West Institute (EWI) in Kabul, Islamabad, Brussels, and Paris, collected the thoughts and recommendations of more than one hundred experts and policy makers from Afghanistan, its neighbors, and the international community. The aim was to facilitate discussion that would lead to new ideas and viable policy options on how to improve regional cooperation on water between Afghanistan and its neighbors.
Topic:: Conflict Resolution, Natural Resources, and Water
Political Geography:: Afghanistan, Paris, Brussels, and Islamabad

Author:: Saleem Vaillancourt and William Boyd
Publication Date:: 06-2007
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: EastWest Institute
Abstract:: “Do you feel more secure today than you did one year ago?” At the beginning of the East West Institute's 4th Worldwide Security Conference (WSC4), held on February 22-24, 2007 in Brussels, most attendees gave a pessimistic reaction to this straw poll. Two themes were central to the conference. Firstly, that at the core of counter-terrorism is the essential task of not allowing terrorist violence to dictate the nature and function of our society; and secondly, that terrorism is illegitimate and criminal. Terrorism cannot damage our liberties and rights, and it is a crime, not a war. Are we winning the long-term struggle against current terrorist groups and movements? The conference said no. Are the terrorists winning the propaganda war? The conference said yes.
Topic:: Security, International Cooperation, and Terrorism
Political Geography:: Brussels

Publication Date:: 04-2007
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: EastWest Institute
Abstract:: The EastWest Institute (EWI) organized an informal roundtable discussion with the goal of presenting the Conflict Prevention Program's flagship project, the International Task Force on Preventive Diplomacy (ITFPD) to the international community based in Brussels. The roundtable also aimed to engage the Brussels community in a brainstorming exercise that would generate constructive feedback on the project. The roundtable convened 15 participants from NGOs based in Brussels, European institutions and foreign governments – all of whom attended in their personal capacities as specialists in the fields of conflict prevention and/or preventive diplomacy.
Topic:: Conflict Prevention, International Relations, Diplomacy, and International Cooperation
Political Geography:: Europe and Brussels

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