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Exploring Rules of the Road in Cyber between the US and Russia

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Join Russia Matters and the Cyber Project as we explore whether there should be “Rules of the Road” with Russia in the Cyber domain. Two of the authors of the recent paper, “US-Russian Contention in Cyberspace: Are Rules of the Road Necessary or Possible?” Cyber Project Executive Director Lauren Zabierek and Pavel Sharikov, senior researcher at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies, will provide their own perspectives on this topic, exploring where the US and Russia converge and diverge on the issues.

Moderated by Intelligence Project Director Paul Kolbe, this conversation will be especially relevant after the historic Biden-Putin Summit on June 16.  

Disclaimer: This event is under Chatham House Rules. The event organizers prohibit any attendees, including journalists, from audio/visual recording or distributing parts or all of the event program without prior written authorization. If any journalists in attendance would like to quote the panelists, please contact them directly.

Date: Time: - Location: Online

About the Panelists

Lauren Zabierek: 

Lauren Zabierek is the Executive Director of the Cyber Project at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center. She comes to this role as a 2019 graduate of the Kennedy School's mid-career MPA program. Lauren served as an intelligence officer in the United States Air Force at the beginning of her career and then as a civilian intelligence analyst with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. She then joined the cybersecurity threat intelligence startup Recorded Future, and was instrumental in building its Public Sector business practice.

Pavel Sharikov:

Mr. Pavel Sharikov is a senior researcher at the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies (ISKRAN) and an associate professor at Moscow State University's School of World Politics. He was recently a visiting scholar at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy.

Moderated by Paul Kolbe:

Mr. Paul Kolbe is the Director of the Intelligence Project at the Belfer Center. Paul served for 25 years in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations in a variety of foreign and domestic roles, including as Chief of Station, Chief/Central Eurasia Division, and Balkans Group Chief. His overseas assignments included operational and leadership roles in the former Soviet Union, the Balkans, Southeast Asia, Southern Africa, and Central Europe. He was a member of the Senior Intelligence Service and is a recipient of the Intelligence Medal of Merit and the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal.