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Valentin Weber @weberv.bsky.social · 23d

Issue #2 of China: Technosphere is out 🎯

Read the full post to find out what the #BRI Cybersecurity Strategy is about what China's motives are as well as how Anxinsec and Huawei cooperate to build a Silk Road Technology Ecosystem. 👇

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The Case for Berlin Supplying Arms to Taipei

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Internationale Politik Quarterly @ipq.bsky.social · Sep 5

New: @aylinmatle.bsky.social & @weberv.bsky.social argue that it would be in Germany’s interests to supply arms to Taiwan, as it struggles with the effects of late and insufficient US deliveries.

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Taiwan is struggling with the effects of late and insufficient US weapons deliveries, which are making it more vulnerable. It would be in Germany’s interest to step in.

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Valentin Weber @weberv.bsky.social · Sep 5

Our new article w @aylinmatle.bsky.social "The Case for Berlin Supplying Arms to Taipei" was published in the
@ipq.bsky.social. Taiwan is struggling with the effects of insufficient and late US #weapons deliveries. It would be in the interest of Germany to step in. ip-quarterly.com/en/case-berl...

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Valentin Weber @weberv.bsky.social · Sep 3

📢 China: Technosphere Just Launched 📢

The first issue of my new biweekly Substack brief explores #China's border surveillance infrastructure that can detect #submarines as well as fleeing #dissidents. chinatechnosphere.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

Welcome to China: Technosphere

This week: How China monitors its borders

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DGAP @dgap.org · Aug 28

In ihrem Memo setzen sich unser Senior Research Fellow @weberv.bsky.social & Ferdinand Gehringer von der KAS mit der aktiven Cyberabwehr in 🇩🇪 auseinander. Sie empfehlen der Bundesregierung, eine Reaktionstoolbox zu entwickeln, die geeignete Maßnahmen bündelt und deren Chancen & Risiken aufzeigt.

Aktive Cyberabwehr: Von der Wirkung zur Toolbox

Die neue Bundesregierung will in dieser Legislaturperiode den Grundstein für eine erweiterte aktive Cyberabwehr legen. Entscheidend bei diesem Prozess ist, zunächst die angestrebte Wirkung klar zu ben...

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Valentin Weber @weberv.bsky.social · Aug 26

🚨 Launching Sept 3

China:Technosphere, my new biweekly brief — built for those interested in understanding how China controls at home and influences abroad. At the intersection of national security and technology.🔔Subscribe now to get the first issue: chinatechnosphere.substack.com/welcome

China: Technosphere provides a biweekly (or so) deep-dive into China's control at home and influence abroad. Click to read China: Technosphere, by Valentin Weber, a Substack publication. Launched 7 da...

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A Lack of Action in UN Cyber Discussions Is Partly the Fault of the West

Valentin Weber @weberv.bsky.social · Jul 16

My latest @dgap.org memo was published today.

Incation in #UN cyber discussions is primarily to blame on Russian behavior that obstructs progress, but it is also partly due to a #Western tendency to make broad statements in #plenary sessions. dgap.org/en/node/42456

In July, the UN’s Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) on cybersecurity successfully concluded five years of negotiations by agreeing on the Global Mechanism, a permanent body that will address issues of i...

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Valentin Weber @weberv.bsky.social · Jul 11

The chair of the #UN #OEWG on cybersec circulated the final report for delegations to decide on today. Chances for consensus are better, but he might have made too little to accommodate concerns regarding the thin provisions on international law. This could derail the process in its final hours.

Valentin Weber @weberv.bsky.social · Jul 10

Yesterday night the chair of the #OEWG on international #cybersecurity circulated a revised draft of the final #report. The report has shrunk from 59 to 30 pages, increasing the chances of adoption. There are improvements but, the language potentially leading to a #treaty needs to be weakened.

Valentin Weber @weberv.bsky.social · Jul 8

It is the final week of UN #OEWG discussions on int #cybersecurity. Points of disagreement remain on new norms vs implementing existing ones and the shape of the future mechanism, which put a final consensus report in peril. It will require a great portion of diplomatic acumen to overcome them.

Chinas Privatunternehmen unter „Xiconomics“

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DGAP @dgap.org · May 20

„Der weitreichende Einfluss der Kommunistischen Partei Chinas auf 🇨🇳 Unternehmen ist in 🇩🇪 weitgehend unbekannt“, so Associate Fellow @kavocabo.bsky.social. Im Memo erläutert er, wie Parteizellen und Golden Shares die Wirtschaft kontrollieren & was 🇪🇺 tun sollte.

Während chinesische Tech-Konzerne betonen, unabhängig zu agieren, hat der Parteistaat Mechanismen wie Parteizellen, „Golden Shares“ oder extralegale Druckmittel etabliert, die eine solche Unabhängigke...

China's next-level AI could overtake US: new report

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DGAP @dgap.org · May 22

“Social governance is a euphemism for social control. Achieving social control is a central theme of #China 's AGI pursuit. The closer 🇨🇳 gets to reaching AGI, the higher are its chances of preserving regime security”, our #cyber expert @weberv.bsky.social told @newsweek.com.

Scientists in China are racing to build next-level "artificial general intelligence" that is infused with Chinese Communist Party values.

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Securing Connected Vehicles: European Perspectives on ICT Risks in the Automotive Sector

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DGAP @dgap.org · May 21

You can now re-watch the full discussion that was opened by welcoming remarks of our Otto-Wolff director Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff on our YouTube channel! 📺👇/2

YouTube video by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V.

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DGAP @dgap.org · May 21

Yesterday afternoon, we hosted an event on the cybersecurity challenges of connected vehicles. Together with diplomats, policymakers & experts from 🇩🇪, 🇫🇷 & 🇬🇧, our expert @weberv.bsky.social discussed 🇪🇺perspectives on ICT Risks in the automotive sector. /1

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Valentin Weber @weberv.bsky.social · May 14

Next Tuesday we will discuss the #cybersecurity of #connected vehicles with reps from #Germany, #UK and #France.

Join us at @dgap.org or online for a timely discussion.

More info at:
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Register at: [email protected]

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DGAP @dgap.org · May 13

Join us on 20 May in Berlin for an event on the cybersecurity challenges of connected vehicles. Together with diplomats, policymakers & experts from 🇩🇪, 🇬🇧 & 🇫🇷, @weberv.bsky.social will discuss how cooperation can contribute to shaping a broader 🇪🇺 strategy.

All details & registration:
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Turquoise Roof @handle.invalid · May 8

China’s DeepSeek AI is revolutionising repression, argues @weberv.bsky.social: making it smarter, cheaper, and more scalable. The CCP’s latest #genAI tool automates #surveillance and decision-making, posing a global threat to democracy:

Ingrid Fischer @yingeli.bsky.social · Apr 30

Why DeepSeek Is So Dangerous | Journal of Democracy

The Chinese Communist Party’s newest AI advance is making repression smarter, cheaper, and more deadly. Even worse, they aim to export it to the world.

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DGAP @dgap.org · Apr 24

🇩🇪 ist bei der Absicherung seiner Systeme für das Quantenzeitalter ein internationaler Vorreiter - zumindest auf dem Papier. Der @tspbackground.bsky.social Cybersicherheit fasst exklusiv die Ergebnisse einer neuen Analyse unserer Expert*innen @weberv.bsky.social & Maria Pericàs zusammen. /1

Wie Deutschland im internationalen Vergleich abschneidet

Deutschland ist bei der Absicherung seiner Systeme für das Quantenzeitalter ein internationaler Vorreiter - zumindest auf dem Papier. Die Analyse der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik zeig...

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Valentin Weber @weberv.bsky.social · Apr 24

Tagesspiegel Background Cybersecurity coverage (in German)
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Valentin Weber @weberv.bsky.social · Apr 24

My article w Maria Pericàs is out. It shows that Germany is among the most ambitious & desired bilateral partners in developing quantum tech. We recommend the new Digital Ministry to establish a Quantum Benchmarking Initiative for European companies to propel innovation.
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Quantum Technologies: Ranking Germany’s Ambition and International Reputation

This policy brief juxtaposes Germany’s national quantum strategy with ten other published national quantum strategies to examine how Germany’s ambitions in quantum technologies compare to the ambition...

Valentin Weber @weberv.bsky.social · Apr 22

I'm very much looking forward to joining next week's @hooverinstitution.bsky.social event on "Digital Authoritarianism and Strategies to Promote a Democratic Digital Future" with Beth Kerley, Charles Mok, Christopher Walker and Larry Diamond. Online registration: stanford.zoom.us/webinar/regi...