Please join us for a roundtable discussion among scholars from the United States and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the Russian Federation Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The event will be held as part of  the International Studies Association 2021 Virtual Convention on “Globalization, Regionalism, and Nationalism: Contending Forces in World Politics.” Please click here to register for the convention.

Cyber-operations fall into a gray zone that intersects military statecraft, covert action, intelligence gathering, and propaganda activities. Precisely because cyberspace is a relatively new venue, its norms remain nascent at best. It intersects with the long history of great power interventions into another country’s domestic affairs, which has been a source of particular resentment between Russia and the United States. This roundtable, consisting of Russian and U.S. scholars, explores how the past history of such interference affects the possibility of cooperation for the future, as well as whether there are legal and political capacities for cooperation on this issue. It addresses the paradox at the heart of this debate: if domestic interference in another great power’s domestic affairs is so fraught with peril, why do great powers engage in this behavior so frequently? How does cyber alter the incentives of great powers to cooperate on principles of domestic interference? Please watch the session here.

Chairs and Discussants

• Chair: Daniel Drezner (Tufts University)
• Participant: Tatiana A. Shakleina (MGIMO)
• Participant: Andrey Baykov (MGIMO)
• Participant: Joseph S. Nye Jr. (Harvard University)
• Participant: Igor Istomin (MGIMO)
• Participant: Kristen Eichensehr (University of Virginia)