During the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns launched by adversarial state actors; the domestic deployment of the Canadian and Australian militaries, among other national forces, to protect vulnerable populations; the disruption and vulnerability of just-in-time global supply chains; worrying domestic political tensions and fractures in many states; and an erosion of international cooperation. All of this is taking place amid ongoing tectonic geopolitical shifts, bookended by climate change and an overdue discussion about data, tracking, commercial surveillance and the attention economy.
In light of these policy challenges, the International Security Research and Outreach Programme and the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) have partnered to bring you a four-part webinar series on COVID-19 security policy, based on CIGI’s new digital essay series Security, Intelligence and the Global Health Crisis.
The first session of the series, “International Security Remains Contagious: COVID-19’s Lasting Impacts on Security and Intelligence in the Five Eyes,” will be held on September 10 at 8:30 a.m. with speakers Calder Walton, Patrick Walsh, Joe Burton and Greg Fyffe.
