| Author (Person) | Deni, John R. |
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| Publisher | Carnegie Europe |
| Series Title | Strategic Europe |
| Series Details | 02.12.16 |
| Publication Date | 02/12/2016 |
| Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog |
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Unfortunately, looking ahead, it seems the West is in for a particularly intense season of electoral interference and institutional attacks from Russia. On the heels of the US election in 2016, officials in Berlin are already assuming Russia will attempt to interfere in the German parliamentary election in the autumn of 2017, and French intelligence officials have reportedly warned of possible Russian interference in the French presidential election in the spring of 2017. In 2014, the NATO alliance declared for the first time that cyberdefence was part of its core collective defence task and hence subject to Article 5. This, in conjunction with other changes the alliance has implemented over 2015 and 2016, is a step in the right direction. What remains now is for NATO to make clear to Moscow — through direct dialogue as part of a diplomatic track — that undermining an ally’s institutional integrity through cybermeans constitutes an assault on that member state’s political independence and an attack as described in Article 5. |
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| Source Link | http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/66332 |
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| Countries / Regions | Europe, France, Germany, Netherlands, Russia |
