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Groenewegen, Carlien (2018)

The Impact of China on Cybersecurity: An Analysis of the United Nations Groups of Governmental Experts

Bachelor thesis | International Studies (BA)

This thesis provides an analysis of international cybersecurity regulations within the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts. With China as one of the world's largest influential actors within the field of cybersecurity, a perspective from the country's foreign policy is given. This is realised using documents and meeting reports of the United Nations GGEs from 2013 to 2017 in order to measure the impact of China within its decision-making. By incorporating China's international objectives on information security within the broader context of the United Nations, the reasons for success and failure within the UN GGEs are determined. China's impact on cybersecurity seems to be significant but not determinative within the outcome of the international cooperation of United Nations cybersecurity policy.

Cybersecurity

China

United Nations

Group of Governmental Experts

Author

Groenewegen, Carlien

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

East Asia

Supervisors

D'Hooghe, Ingrid

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en