Research Cluster Cybersecurity and Digital Policy
The use of digital technologies is an important instrument of power in international politics, creating completely new foreign and security policy challenges and changing existing conflict constellations. For the SWP, it is precisely the combination of regional with technical expertise that is important in this context. The research cluster provides an institutional framework to enable a regular exchange on dealing with these issues within the SWP.
Heads
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Areas of Expertise
- Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)
- Digital Policy and Cyber
- EU foreign policy
- European Union
Projects
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Areas of Expertise
- Cyber-security
- Defence and security policy / Armed forces
- Digital Policy and Cyber
- Technology policy
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Areas of Expertise
- Cyber-security
- Digital Policy and Cyber
- Internet Governance
- Technology policy
Members of the Research Cluster
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Areas of Expertise
- Crisis management
- European Union
- Justice and Home Affairs in the EU
- Migration policy
- Political system of the European Union
- Terrorism
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Areas of Expertise
- Digitalisation, cyber, technology
- Cyber-security
- Digital Policy and Cyber
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Areas of Expertise
- Bangladesh
- India
- Indo-Pacific
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- South Asia
- Sri Lanka
- BRICS
- Cyber-security
- Defence and security policy / Armed forces
- Digital Policy and Cyber
- G7/G20 and similar
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Areas of Expertise
- Space policy
Projects
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Areas of Expertise
- United States
- Transatlantic relations
- United Nations
Projects
Information on current publications of the research cluster can be found in the dossier “Digitalisation – Cyber – Internet”: The Role of the Digital in International Politics.
Publications
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Cybersecurity Needs Secure Software
How Policymakers Can Hold Software Vendors Accountable – and Why They Should
SWP Comment 2026/C 21, 10.06.2026, 7 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2026C21
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Cyberattacks threaten Germany: Is Berlin ready to fight back?
Which cyber threats is Germany facing today? How prepared are German critical infrastructures, and how do German intelligence services and the Bundeswehr respond to the growing threat? And how does the Russian espionage campaign using Signal, which countless politicians have fallen victim to, fit into the picture? Dr. Alexandra Paulus spoke about these questions with Deutsche Welle for the Documentary "Cyberattacks threaten Germany: Is Berlin ready to fight back?"
in: DW News, 28.04.2026 -
With, Without, Against Washington: Redefining Europe’s Relationship with the US
in: With, Without, Against Washington: Redefining Europe’s Relations With the United StatesContribution to a Research Paper 2026/RP 05, 27.03.2026, 81 Pages, pp. 5–5
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Cyber Activity Balance 2025: The EU in Focus
Research Division EU/Europe, Working Paper Nr. 01/2026, February 2026, 14 pages -
An Achilles Heel of Today’s Armed Forces
Managing Software Supply Chain Risk in the Military Sector
SWP Research Paper 2025/RP 06, 17.11.2025, 35 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2025RP06
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Europe’s Cybersecurity Depends on the United States
Europe Can and Must Do More
SWP Comment 2025/C 44, 05.11.2025, 7 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2025C44
