A Handbook for the Practice of Cyber Diplomacy

A Handbook for the Practice of Cyber Diplomacy serves as a practical guide for future diplomats navigating this rapidly evolving field. While progress has been made, cyber diplomacy remains a young field of international relations. This handbook equips new generations of cyber diplomats with foundational understandings, with an emphasis on the art of diplomacy rather than technical cybersecurity or international relations theory.

This handbook features over 20 essays by practitioners and experts on cyber diplomacy, along with forewords by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission, Kaja Kallas. These essays offer an immediate examination of the state of cyber diplomacy and where it needs to go as nations take forward the work on the framework for responsible state behaviour in cyberspace.

Part 1 –An Overview of Cyber Diplomacy 
– The Practice of Cyber Diplomacy
– Cyber Diplomacy: Concepts and Core Competencies
– The Origins of Cyber Diplomacy: Great Power Cyber Competition and Rapprochement in the United Nations 1998–2021

Part 2 – Regional and Multilateral Perspectives
– European Cyber Policy and Cyber Diplomacy
– Africa converging on ICT security
– Regional Organisations and Confidence-Building Measures
– Cybersecurity and Its Influence on Traditional Diplomacy in the Americas
– From Deterrence to Initiative Persistence in Cyberspace: NATO’s Changing Role in Cyber Diplomacy
– Strengthening Cyber Diplomacy: The ASEAN Experience
– The Future of Cybersecurity: Embracing Multistakeholder Diplomacy
– Cyber Diplomacy: Global Views from the South
– Cyber Diplomacy in Latin America

Part 3 – Selected National Perspectives
– Establishing a Cyber Programme of Action at the UN: Five Lessons Learned from Ongoing Efforts
– Cyber Deterrence: Underpinning Responsible Behaviour and Norms in Cyberspace
– India’s Cyber Diplomacy Shapes Its Rule-Maker Aspirations
– Feminist Foreign Policy meets Cyber Diplomacy
– Cyber Diplomacy in Singapore and ASEAN

Part 4 – Key Functional Topics
– United Nations Negotiations on Information and Communication Technology in the Context of International Security
– Cyber Capacity Building: A Primer for Diplomats
– Rules of the Road: International Law Guiding State Behaviour in Cyberspace
– Opportunities and Challenges of Establishing Cyber Diplomacy as a Core National Security, Economic, Human Rights and Diplomatic Priority
– The Future of Foreign Policy in the Age of Emerging and Disruptive Technologies