Cybercrime convention --- To add to the complexity that Asoke touches upon, we now have a UN ad-hoc committee in charge of preparing a draft global convention on cybercrime (we will discuss in greater details in two weeks). Of course, cybercrime is just one segment of cybersecurity (and is often dealt with in different fora - eg. the 3rd committee of the UN rather than the 1st where international peace is addressed), and that possible convention would be much narrower. But this process may end up being mature and ready for final negotiations than the international framework for cyberspace in the 1st committee.

The question is: would a success in negotiating a cybercrime convention temporarily satisfy states ('now we have a international cyber instrument") - thus slowing down possible negotiations on the broader framework? Or would it actually stimulate reaching the agreement on a broader instrument?

Source author: Vladimir Radunovic vladar@diplomacy.edu