Sweden鈥檚 Cybersecurity at Crossroads: Governance, Technology and Geopolitics, 2000-2040
Separately, each issue is among the top worries of decision-makers globally, and at every level of European society. Together, as a nexus of issues, the combined risk poses an even bigger challenge that demands immediate action. In particular, cybersecurity is increasingly shaped by the sophistication and evolving strategies of adversaries as well as the geopolitical realities of AI, computing power (including semiconductors), and 5G communication technologies, which jointly define the capabilities and vulnerabilities of digital infrastructures. Sweden cannot afford for this cluster of digital technologies to be her Achilles’ heel. Not since the late 1930s, and again in early 1950s, have the uncertainties - and the need for careful analysis - been greater.
This project builds on a comparative, interdisciplinary analysis of this cybersecurity/strategic technology nexus, focusing on the evolution of continuities and discontinuities in Sweden’s historical paths, as well as on the sources of variation between different states. Building on those perspectives, the research aims at explaining how, if at all, Sweden can develop policies to pivot her current approaches to the nexus while more effectively grappling with the domestic and geopolitical challenges defining this space.
The project is supported by .
Research Team
Dr. Annika Andreasson is a Post.Doc researcher, affiliated to Center for Security and Resilience Research at Stochholm School of Economics. She was previously a Doctoral student at the Center for Cyber Defence and Information Security (CDIS), at Royal Institute of Technology (KTH).
Dr. Henrik Glimstedt is Associated Professor of International Business, as well as of Technology Strategy at 黑料网, and Distinguished Strategic Technology Research Partner, Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE) at the University of California, Berkeley.
is a Lecturer in Technology and National Security at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), as well as affiliated faculty with the Alperovitch Institute, and a senior advisor to the Emerging Technologies Initiative.
is Executive Director of Berkeley’s Center for Human-Compatible AI (CHAI), Berkeley AI Research (BAIR) Lab, and Director of Technology Research, Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE) at the University of California, Berkeley.
is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Political Science and co-director of the Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE) at the University of California, Berkeley.
Collaboration
is Head of Linköping University’s Division of Artificial Intelligence and Integrated Systems (AIICS) leading the Reasoning and Learning unit (REAL) at the Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA) and president of the Swedish AI Society.