cover image: The Institute for Economics & Peace Briefing Series 4 - Ukraine Russia

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The Institute for Economics & Peace Briefing Series 4 - Ukraine Russia

28 Feb 2022

unintentionally spill over into other countries because of global • Terrorism peaked in the Russia and Eurasia region in connectivity, the effects of which have been seen on numerous 2010 in the wake of the Russian-Georgia conflict with 339 occasions. [...] phenomenon, and given the difficulty in the attribution of such attacks, the demarcation between what constitutes a • The period between the conflict with Georgia and the cyberattack, cyber warfare or cyber terrorism are unclear. [...] The period between the conflict with Georgia and annexation of Belarus Georgia Russia Ukraine Crimea accounted for the most terrorism in Russia over the last two decades with 87 per cent of attacks and fatalities occurring 6,000 between 2008 and 2014. [...] Source: ACLED, IEP calculations The trend in violent demonstrations reflects the global trend where demonstrations rose by 10 per cent per annum in the Russia, Ukraine and Belarus were the only countries in the decade to 2020. [...] DEFINING CYBER WARFARE AND CYBER TERRORISM This paper does not attempt to answer these definitional questions, rather it looks at the previous attacks, the likelihood The increased dependence on communications and information of future attacks and the unintended consequences from the technology has meant that the online sphere has become of flow-on effects to other countries.
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