Cooperation Prospects between the EAEU Member States in the Field of Information Security

ABSTRACT The article examines the global challenges facing the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) associated with significant progress in the development of information and communication technologies (ICT) and tools that form the international information space, and suggests directions for integration to overcome them. The rapid build-up by the countries of the world of their potential in the field of ICT predetermines the strategic nature of the advanced cooperation of the EAEU member states in the field of information security.

Aim. Determine the opportunities and prospects for cooperation between the EAEU Member States in the field of information security in the context of unprecedented digitalization of all spheres of life, due to the rapid development of ICT, while the Treaty on the EAEU of May 29, 2014 does not provide for information security issues.

Tasks. Consider the existing regulatory framework for bilateral and multilateral relations of the EAEU countries in the field of information security, determine the vector, priorities of the EAEU countries in building their national policies in the field of international information security with integration partners and the world community.

Methods. In this paper, using the methods of logical and deductive analysis, possible conditions for cooperation between the EAEU countries in the field of international information security are identified to overcome global challenges and threats and ensure the post-cuperation development of Eurasian integration.

Results. The study showed that today information security is not only a necessary condition for ensuring national sovereignty in the economic sphere, but these are issues of ensuring the independence of the state in the social, cognitive, military and political spheres. When considering the EAEU as one of the leading centers of power in the polycentric world, it is necessary to improve the existing paradigm for the development of Eurasian integration, laid down by the Treaty on the EAEU of May 29, 2014, in order not to be in conditions of unjustified expectations, providing for the involvement of issues of a new quality and character.

Conclusion. Considering that information policy issues are not regulated by the Treaty on the EAEU of May 29, 2014, seems justified and a very timely launch of the process of considering the possibility of creating a high-level working group on the formation of the Eurasian agenda in the field of international information security.

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