Fall/Winter Timetable
POL2240H1S L0101
Undergraduate Course Code: POL481H1S L0101
Geopolitics of Cyberspace
Themes
The Geopolitics of ICTs course is an intensive examination of the ways in which states and non-state actors are contesting the newly evolving terrain of global digital-electronic-telecommunications. Topics covered include Internet censorship and surveillance, information warfare, computer network attacks, cyber espionage and disinformation. The course is organized as a series of intensive modules around the research of the Citizen Lab (https://citizenlab.ca/) which the professor directs.
Texts
TBA
Format and Requirements
One two-hour seminar per week. Course requirements TBA.
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April 16, 2015
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February 25, 2015
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February 6, 2015
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February 5, 2015
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