16.09.2026
In this article, Jonas Hemmelskamp, Nadja Douglas, and Simon Muschick examine how the OSCE can serve as a forum for cyber diplomacy and confidence-building despite geopolitical tensions.
Macht im Cyberspace: Eine Übersicht der bisherigen Forschung und künftiger Perspektiven anhand des Proxy-Konzepts
- 22 October 2021
- Zettl-Schabath, Kerstin
- DE
This literature review provides an analysis of the political science research landscape’s approach to power in cyberspace to date. Previous conceptualizations are compared and combined into an integrative model that differentiates mainly between power resources and power functions. To make these empirically visible, the proxy-concept is first discussed in terms of its theoretical implications and then used as an analytical reference category for discussing specific debates about power in cyberspace.
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- Research and Analysis
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In this publication, Annegret Bendiek, Jonas Hemmelskamp, Michael Bayerlein, and Maik von der Forst analyse the current state of the healthcare sector as a target of malicious cyber activities on the national, European, and global levels.
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In this article, Jakob Bund examines how authoritarian states like Russia, China, and North Korea increasingly harness non-state cyber actors to expand their capabilities, blur attribution, and complicate global responses. He argues that this growing fusion of state and criminal or contractor activity demands integrated threat assessments and response tools that can operate independently of political attribution.