[CPWG] Foreign Policy for A Fragmented Internet - Council on Foreign Relations

[Carlton Samuels]

*"A free, global, and open internet was a worthy aspiration that helped
guide U.S. policymakers for the internet’s first thirty years. The internet
as it exists today, however, demands a reconsideration of U.S. cyber and
foreign policies to confront these new realities"*

Fragmentation is not reversible, they say. The Council on Foreign Relations
apparently believes we are tilting at windmills....and proposed a solution
for USG's consideration...well, given recent events, the USG is taking
notice...

     "*.....*The Task Force proposes three pillars to a foreign policy that
should guide Washington’s adaptation to today’s more complex, variegated,
and dangerous cyber realm.

*First, Washington should confront reality and consolidate a coalition of
allies and friends around a vision of the internet that preserves—to the
greatest degree possible—a trusted, protected international communication
platform.*

*Second, the United States should balance more targeted diplomatic and
economic pressure on adversaries, as well as more disruptive cyber
operations, with clear statements about self-imposed restraint on specific
types of targets agreed to among U.S. allies.*

*Third, the United States needs to put its own proverbial house in order.
That requirement calls for Washington to link more cohesively its policy
for digital competition with the broader enterprise of national security
strategy.*

*The major recommendations of the Task Force are as follows:*

   - *Build a digital trade agreement among trusted partners.*
   - *Agree to and adopt a shared policy on digital privacy that is
   interoperable with Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).*
   - *Resolve outstanding issues on U.S.-European Union (EU) data
   transfers.*
   - *Create an international cybercrime center.*
   - *Launch a focused program for cyber aid and infrastructure
   development.*
   - *Work jointly across partners to retain technology superiority.*
   - *Declare norms against destructive attacks on election and financial
   systems.*
   - *Negotiate with adversaries to establish limits on cyber operations
   directed at nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) systems.*
   - *Develop coalition-wide practices for the Vulnerabilities Equities
   Process (VEP).*
   - *Adopt greater transparency about defend forward actions.*
   - *Hold states accountable for malicious activity emanating from their
   territories.*
   - *Make digital competition a pillar of the national security strategy.*
   - *Clean up U.S. cyberspace by offering incentives for internet service
   providers (ISPs) and cloud providers to reduce malicious activity within
   their infrastructure.*
   - *Address the domestic intelligence gap.*
   - *Promote the exchange of and collaboration among talent from trusted
   partners.*
   - *Develop the expertise for cyber foreign policy.*

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See the full report here:
https://www.cfr.org/report/confronting-reality-in-cyberspace?

Carlton

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