The Hague Program on International Cyber Security

Last call for tickets! Registration deadline = 23 June 2026, OR until we sell out (very close!) Tickets for #HagueTIX2026 available here: www.thehagueprogram.nl/the-hague-ti... @thehagueprogram.bsky.social @esetofficial.bsky.social @huntandhackett.com @minbz.bsky.social @fggame.bsky.social

Missed yesterday's seminar? Catch up on our YouTube channel here: youtu.be/1Lh1r7LTFLw @dmugge.bsky.social @fggaleiden.bsky.social

Join us on Monday for our last online seminar before summer break! This month we welcome @dmugge.bsky.social, Regine Paul and Vali Stan for a talk on their new book 'The AI Matrix: Profits, Power, Politics'. Link below to register and join us live for a book talk and discussion with the authors.

Regine Paul, Vali Stan and I have analysed how deeply #AI is entangled in global politics and corporate profit-hunting. “The AI Matrix” is the result – and the digital book-version is open access: www.agendapub.com/page/detail/... (Link doesn't work? Try this one: www.regulaite.eu/images/pdf/M...)

New month, new seminar! Join us on 15 June for an online talk by Daniel Mügge, Regine Paul and Vali S. on their new book 'The AI Matrix: Profits, Power, Politics': www.thehagueprogram.nl/events/the-a... @dmugge.bsky.social @fggaleiden.bsky.social

At #HagueTIX2026 @meidanowski.bsky.social and @euben.bsky.social are discussing how China scales cyber operations: www.thehagueprogram.nl/tix-speakers... www.thehagueprogram.nl/tix-speakers... @thehagueprogram.bsky.social @fggaleiden.bsky.social

Did you miss last week's book seminar with Lise H. Andersen? Catch up with the recording on our YouTube channel! --> youtu.be/nFACIITBhzM

Speaker announcements cont.! Looking forward to @julianferdinand.bsky.social (Recorded Future) and Paul May (@opensanctions.org)'s deepdive into a modern commercial spyware network and how this can help understand the growing commercial surveillance industry: www.thehagueprogram.nl/tix-speakers...

Speaker announcement! Looking forward to Liz McQuillan's talk on the integration of generative AI into influence operations! --> www.thehagueprogram.nl/tix-speakers... @thehagueprogram.bsky.social @fggaleiden.bsky.social

Full citation & link: Ortiz-Freuler, J. (2026). Neutralising the propaganda machine: proposals for cyber-propaganda de-escalation. Journal of Cyber Policy, 1–19 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/3VSGI... [Open access version available by request]

Previous versions of "Neutralising the propaganda machine" were presented at the @thehagueprogram.bsky.social , @ipsa.org , and NYU's Future of Rights and Governance (FORGE). I am immensely grateful to the organizers and participants for their feedback!

Join us next week for our next online seminar! Lise H. Andersen will give a book talk on her new book Knowledge Management in Multilateral Diplomacy. All details in the post below:

Another speaker announcement! We are very excited to welcome back Saher Naumaan of Proofpoint @saffronsec.bsky.social at this year's Hague TIX for her talk on what Iranian phishing reveals about cyber operations in conflict: www.thehagueprogram.nl/tix-speakers... @thehagueprogram.bsky.social

First speaker announcement! Joe Slowik (@pylos.co) of Dataminr will join us in The Hague with his talk on the erosion of the neutral web and private responsibilities in maintaining it: www.thehagueprogram.nl/tix-speakers... Stay tuned - more speaker announcements soon! @thehagueprogram.bsky.social

Did you miss last month's seminar on Digital Authoritarianism in the Making: Repression and Resistance on the Russian Internet? Catch up with the recording on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Indz... @mitpress.bsky.social @fggaleiden.bsky.social

New month, new seminar! Join us on 21 May 2026 for our next online seminar, with Lise H. Andersen, who will present her new book 'Knowledge Management in Multilateral Diplomacy: The Case of the UN First Committee Cyber Negotiations'. Register here: www.thehagueprogram.nl/events/knowl...

Join us tomorrow for this month's online seminar! Register here to receive the meeting link: universiteitleiden.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

New month, new seminar! We welcome Françoise Daucé and Francesca Musiani for a talk on their new book Digital Authoritarianism in the Making: Repression and Resistance on the Russian Internet. Join us on Thu 23 April, 16:00-17:00 CET: www.thehagueprogram.nl/events/digit... @mitpress.bsky.social

Did you miss the seminar with Benjamin Farrand on his new book Geopolitical Union: Europe's Attempt to Take Back Control of Technology Regulation? You can now catch up on this (and most other seminars) on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZUq...

Join us next week on Thursday 19 March, 16:00 (CET), for our next online seminar, with Benjamin Farrand! Register here to receive the meeting link: universiteitleiden.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Along with our open call for talks, we have also opened registration for Hague TIX 2026! The ticket link and everything practical you need to know about #HagueTIX2026 is right here: www.thehagueprogram.nl/the-hague-ti... @thehagueprogram.bsky.social @fggaleiden.bsky.social @monicakello.bsky.social

Our call for talks is live for #HagueTIX2026! --> www.thehagueprogram.nl/the-hague-ti... @fggaleiden.bsky.social @thehagueprogram.bsky.social @monicakello.bsky.social With the generous financial support from @huntandhackett.com @esetofficial.bsky.social @eset-nl.bsky.social @minbz.bsky.social

Join us tomorrow for our February online seminar on Architectures of Global AI Governance: universiteitleiden.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join us next week for our February seminar! Sign up here: universiteitleiden.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

New month, new seminar! This February we welcome Matthijs Maas for an online talk on his new book 'Architectures of Global AI Governance: From Technological Change to Human Choice' on Thursday 19 February, 16:00-17:00 (CET). Register here to join the meeting: www.thehagueprogram.nl/events/archi...

Five months to go --> save the date for #HagueTIX2026: 30 June 2026 in The Hague. @monicakello.bsky.social @thehagueprogram.bsky.social @fggaleiden.bsky.social

First time in the Netherlands and in the beautiful Hague! Excited to be in this great city and presenting at the Conference on International Cyber Security this week! @thehagueprogram.bsky.social #GeopoliticsCyberspace

Join us tomorrow for our next online seminar! Register here to receive the link: www.thehagueprogram.nl/events/age-o...

New month, new seminar! Join us on 14 October for our next online seminar, this time with Jon Lindsay on his new book Age of Deception: Cybersecurity as Secret Statecraft: www.thehagueprogram.nl/events/age-o...

Join us tomorrow at 16:00 CET on Zoom for our next book talk, with Milton Mueller, on his new book 'Declaring Independence in Cyberspace: Internet Self-Govenrance and the End of US Control of ICANN': universiteitleiden.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Full program online now for our 2025 Conference on International Cyber Security! --> thehagueprogram.nl/conference/c... Tickets available until 20 October 2025: www.thehagueprogram.nl/conference/c...

Full list of speakers now available here: www.thehagueprogram.nl/events/2025-... And early-bird tickets still available until 18 September!

Thrilled to be presenting this year at the Conference on International Cyber Security hosted by @thehagueprogram.bsky.social! I am really excited about the paper I will be presenting. Check out more information about the project/conference here! www.thehagueprogram.nl/conference-2...

Registration is officially open & early-bird tickets available until 15 September 2025! Visit our website for more information: www.thehagueprogram.nl/events/2025-...

In May, we welcomed @maxwsmeets.bsky.social to our monthly online seminar series for a talk on his new book Ransom War! Catch his book talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-zQ...

This Thursday! Sign up here: universiteitleiden.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Excited to share my new article on political and legal cyber attribution. Amongst other things, it explores why states prefer making political but not legal cyber attributions—risking the integrity of international law in cyberspace. Read it here: www.qil-qdi.org/attributing-...

New month, new seminar! Join us on Thu 19 Jun, 16:00-17:00 (CET) for our last online seminar before summer, with Ashley Deeks @uvalaw.bsky.social on The Double Black Box: National Security, Artificial Intelligence and the Struggle for Democratic Accountability: www.thehagueprogram.nl/events/the-d...

Wed 11 June 2025, 15:00-17:00, at our campus in The Hague - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗞 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨: 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱? More information & registration: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20... @fggaleiden.bsky.social

We are very close to being at full capacity, with the deadline to register less than a week away! Don't wait too long to join us on 10 June! Registration: www.thehagueprogram.nl/the-hague-ti... Program overview: www.thehagueprogram.nl/the-hague-ti... @monicakello.bsky.social

(PS: There are really not that many tickets left at this stage, so if you were still in doubt, don't wait much longer and register! --> www.thehagueprogram.nl/the-hague-ti...)

Behind the scenes we are figuring out the actual schedule - but take a look at these talks! Shoutout to our sponsors @huntandhackett.com @eset-nl.bsky.social @minbz.bsky.social @chainalysis.bsky.social

Updates to our speakers list! Looking forward to the talks by Mattijs Dijkstra & Zawadi Done (@huntandhackett.com), @joshagoldstein.bsky.social (Georgetown's CSET), & @maxwsmeets.bsky.social (@virtualroutes.bsky.social + @ethz.ch). Registration closing 1 June: www.thehagueprogram.nl/the-hague-ti...

Join us this week for our next book seminar, with @maxwsmeets.bsky.social ! More info & registration: www.thehagueprogram.nl/events/ranso...

A huge thanks to our supporters, without whom none of this would be possible: @eset-nl.bsky.social, @huntandhackett.com, @thehagueprogram.bsky.social, @chainalysis.bsky.social.