Hinckley Institute

02.26.24 Cyberwarfare During the Russia-Ukraine War

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Monday February 26, 2024

12- 1 PM

Hinckley Institute of Politics,
260 South Central Campus Drive,
Room 2018,
Salt Lake City, UT, 84112
United States

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Forum offered online and in the Hinckley Institute caucus room - Room 2018, Gardner Commons.

In the two years since Russia invaded Ukraine, cyber warfare has played an important role in the ongoing conflict. Join us as our panel of leading cyber conflict scholars explore the current landscape of cyberwarfare and how this new front may continue to evolve.

  • Nadiya Kostyuk
    • Assistant Professor at the School of Public Policy and the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy at Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Dr. Erica Lonergan
    • Assistant Professor in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University
  • Gavin Wilde
    •  Senior Fellow in the Technology and International Affairs Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 

COSPONSORED BY THE EDNA ANDERSON-TAYLOR COMMUNICATIONS INSTITUTE

 

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More details about panelists:

 

Nadiya Kostyuk is an Assistant Professor at the School of Public Policy and the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy (courtesy) at Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on security studies, modern warfare, cyber conflict, cyber institutions and capability, Russian and Eurasian politics. Dr. Kostyuk’s research has been published (or is forthcoming) in International Studies Quarterly, the Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Global Security Studies, Journal of Strategic Security, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Cyber Defense Review, and several edited volumes and general-audience publications.

Her research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Belfer Center for Science and International Technology at Harvard's Kennedy School, the Department of Computer Science and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and the Cybersecurity, Internet Governance, Digital Economy, and Civic Tech Initiative at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.

Nadiya is a co-organizer (with Christopher Whyte) of the Digital Issues Discussion Group. She received degrees from University of Michigan (PhD), New York University (MSc), City University of New York John Jay College (B.A. 2011), and Kyiv National Linguistic University (B.A.).

 

 

Dr. Erica Lonergan (née Borghard) is an Assistant Professor in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. Previously, Erica held several positions at the United States Military Academy at West Point. These include serving as an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Social Science and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; a fellow at the Army Cyber Institute; and the Executive Director of the Rupert H. Johnson Grand Strategy Program. She has also held positions as a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Atlantic Council.

Beyond her academic and research appointments, Erica has an extensive background in strategy and policy. Erica currently serves as a member of the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Army War College. Previously, she was a lead writer of the 2023 U.S. Department of Defense Cyber Strategy, as well as the Congressionally-mandated Department of Defense Cyber Posture Review. Prior to that, Erica served as a Senior Director on the U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission, a bipartisan Congressional commission established to develop a new strategy and policies to defend the United States in cyberspace. Erica continues to serve as a Senior Advisor to the Cyberspace Solarium Commission 2.0. She also held an appointment as a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow, with placement at JPMorgan Chase and U.S. Cyber Command at the Cyber National Mission Force.

Erica has published widely on cybersecurity, grand strategy, military affairs, and international security. Her book, Escalation Dynamics in Cyberspace, was recently published at Oxford University Press. Additionally, Erica has published articles in top-tier academic journals, including American Political Science Review, Security Studies, Journal of Strategic Studies, and Strategic Studies Quarterly. She has also written policy articles for a number of think tanks, as well as articles in venues such as Foreign Affairs, War on the Rocks, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, and Lawfare.

Erica received her PhD in Political Science from Columbia University.

 

Gavin Wilde is a senior fellow in the Technology and International Affairs Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he applies his expertise on Russia and information warfare to  examine the strategic challenges posed by cyber and influence operations, propaganda, and emerging technologies. He is also an adjunct professor at the Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Gavin previously served on the US National Security Council as director for Russia, Baltic, and Caucasus affairs. In addition to managing these country-specific portfolios, he helped craft policy on cyber, election security, and foreign malign influence issues. Gavin also served as a linguist, senior analyst, and organizational leader in the US intelligence community for nearly 15 years. He is a proud graduate of the University of Utah, where he received a BA in Russian, and was later a distinguished graduate from the US National War College with an MS in National Security Strategy.