Agenda

As Russian tanks and troops amassed on the Ukrainian border, many predicted the impending invasion would be a “Cyber Pearl Harbor” moment. But in the early days of the conflict, cyberwarfare seemingly played a relatively small part. But as the war has dragged on, and with a little more hindsight, analysts have been able to gain a clearer picture of just how the Kremlin has leveraged the digital realm in support of its conventional forces – and how Ukraine has mobilized to resist that. With operations on the ground most likely to abate in the coming months and as Moscow further turns into a pariah state, cyber operations will most likely outlast the shooting. So what can we expect moving forward?

Arthur de Liedekerke is a Project Manager at political advisory Rasmussen Global and a non-resident fellow at the Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University (ISPK). He has previous experience advising senior officials in the French Cyber Command and the institutions of the European Union (Commission and Parliament) on security and defence matters. He holds two masters’ degrees – in international relations from the University of Maastricht and in geopolitics from King’s College London