As geopolitical tensions shift into cyberspace, the OSCE faces mounting challenges. With Russia among its 57 members, the concept of consensus-based security is under strain. Alexandra Paulus and Nadja Douglas analyse if and how the OSCE can adapt to an increasingly contested cyber landscape.

Guests:

Nadja Douglas is a Senior Associate of SWP‘s Eastern Europe/Eurasia Research Division. She leads the SWP OSCE project, working to define the OSCE's changing role in a new European security order.

Alexandra Paulus is a Senior Associate of the International Security Research Division at SWP. She heads up SWP's research cluster „Cyber Security and Digital Policy“.

Host: Esme Nicholson

Recommended Reading:

Nadja Douglas: The OSCE as a Yardstick for Multilateral Security, SWP Comment 2025/C 51, 16.12.2025

Nadja Douglas: Security Politics “from Below”. Why the OSCE Should Systematically Incorporate Civil Society Expertise and Engagement to Remain Relevant in Matters of Peace and Security, SWP Comment 2025/C 35, 30.07.2025

Nadja Douglas: Schwerer Stand: Chancen und Herausforderungen für die OSZE in unsicheren Zeiten

Alexandra Paulus: Building Bridges in Cyber Diplomacy. How Brazil shaped global norms. Springer Verlag, 2024