No middle ground: Moving on from the crypto wars
The ‘second crypto war’ is in full swing; European governments need to stop trying to defeat encryption and get more sophisticated themselves instead
Experts & Staff
Stefan Soesanto
ECFR Alumni · Former Cybersecurity & Defence Fellow
Areas of expertise
Cybersecurity, Cybercrime, Cyberwarfare, Integrated Air and Missile Defence, Defence policies in East Asia, NATO force posture
Languages
English, German, Dutch, Japanese, and Korean
Biography
Stefan Soesanto used to work for ECFR as a Cybersecurity & Defence Fellow until 2018.
Time to talk: Europe and the Vulnerability Equities Process
Finding a healthy balance between a nation’s national security needs and the government’s responsibility to keep the public secure in cyberspace, is a complicated task
Keeping Europe safe after Brexit
The context Now is not the moment for either the European Union or the United Kingdom to risk allowing the political tensions around Brexit to…
Attribution is what states make of it
It is high-time for the Europeans to wake up from their hopes and dreams to build norms and rules for state behaviour in cyberspace
The UN GGE is dead: Time to fall forward
The top down UN GGE process appears dead in the water. International norms and laws for responding to cyber attacks must now be built from the bottom up
Countering online radicalisation
Part of the solution is to rely on the internet’s most essential strength – its vast army of ordinary users
Cyber attacks: Understanding the basics
Rarely does a week go by these days without a ‘cyber attack’ making the headlines across the globe. It may be the massive WannaCry ransomware…
The Macron leak that wasn’t
So stark is the absence of interesting information that one could conclude that the Macronleak was a false flag operation designed to point the finger at Russia
Europe’s digital power: from geo-economics to cybersecurity
This paper puts forward an understanding of digital power which rests on, first, the strength of the digital economy and, second, cyber capability
Mark Leonard’s World in 30 Minutes: Are Europe’s elections still safe?
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Policy Fellows Stefan Soesanto, Kadri Liik and Gustav Gressel on Russia's interferences in Western politics. The podcast was…
Publications
No middle ground: Moving on from the crypto wars
The ‘second crypto war’ is in full swing; European governments need to stop trying to defeat encryption and get more sophisticated themselves instead
Keeping Europe safe after Brexit
The context Now is not the moment for either the European Union or the United Kingdom to risk allowing the political tensions around Brexit to…
Europe’s digital power: from geo-economics to cybersecurity
This paper puts forward an understanding of digital power which rests on, first, the strength of the digital economy and, second, cyber capability
Articles
Time to talk: Europe and the Vulnerability Equities Process
Finding a healthy balance between a nation’s national security needs and the government’s responsibility to keep the public secure in cyberspace, is a complicated task
Attribution is what states make of it
It is high-time for the Europeans to wake up from their hopes and dreams to build norms and rules for state behaviour in cyberspace
The UN GGE is dead: Time to fall forward
The top down UN GGE process appears dead in the water. International norms and laws for responding to cyber attacks must now be built from the bottom up
Countering online radicalisation
Part of the solution is to rely on the internet’s most essential strength – its vast army of ordinary users
Cyber attacks: Understanding the basics
Rarely does a week go by these days without a ‘cyber attack’ making the headlines across the globe. It may be the massive WannaCry ransomware…
The Macron leak that wasn’t
So stark is the absence of interesting information that one could conclude that the Macronleak was a false flag operation designed to point the finger at Russia
The Way Forward: EU Digital Policies and Brexit (Part II)
The curtailment of law enforcement cooperation between the UK and the European Union will be an inevitable consequence of the British exit
The way forward: UK digital policies and Brexit (Part I)
The digital challenges related to Brexit are stark but clear. There is no excuse for any policy misstep from May's government
Podcasts
Mark Leonard’s World in 30 Minutes: Are Europe’s elections still safe?
ECFR’s director Mark Leonard speaks with ECFR Policy Fellows Stefan Soesanto, Kadri Liik and Gustav Gressel on Russia's interferences in Western politics. The podcast was…
In the media
Stefan Soesanto speaking at the Munich Security Conference 2018
Stefan Soesanto is quoted on the need for Europe to step up its cyber defense efforts
Stefan Soesanto questions the story of Trump's 'Nato Bill' to Merkel
Stefan Soesanto quoted on Russia's meddling into European elections