Julien NOCETTI
Associate Fellow, Russia / Eurasia and Geopolitics of Technologies Centers
Research areas:
- Russia and the Middle East
- The Internet in Russia: Moscow's Internet/cyber policies; digital activism
- Internet foreign policy: global cybersecurity; Internet governance; artificial intelligence; 5G
Dr. Julien Nocetti is an Associate Research Fellow at the Russia / Eurasia and the Geopolitics of Technologies Centers of the French Institute of International Affairs - Ifri. He also lectures in international relations and strategic studies at Saint-Cyr Military Academy. Julien Nocetti was a Research Fellow at Ifri from 2009 to 2019. Within Ifri’s Russia / Eurasia Center, his research dealt with Russian foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East. He is also an expert on Russia’s Internet policies, both from a top-down and bottom-up approaches.
Julien Nocetti specializes in global digital/cyber issues as well. His research covers the intersection between global Internet governance, cyber security, and international relations. His most recent publications focus on the geopolitics of data and artificial intelligence; information warfare; and the global governance of cybersecurity. On all of these issues, he regularly speaks at conferences throughout Europe, Russia, and the Middle East, and publishes op-eds in international media. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO).
Since the beginning of the crisis in Ukraine, Russia has been waging an information war.
This introduction is in French only – Introduction : internet, une gouvernance inachevée
... Washington plays a leading role in Internet Governance, which is hardly surprising given the origins of the Internet and America’s technological ascendancy. However, the majority of Internet users are in non-Western countries.
La crise économique mondiale survenue en 2008, qui s’est durement répercutée en Russie, a cristallisé le mécontentement de la population, en particulier des classes moyennes et supérieures. Ce ressentiment, les réseaux sociaux et les blogs permettent de l’exposer sur la «...
The Web has seen a spectacular development in Russia, opening an intermediary political space through which protesters against the regime have been able to coalesce, as shown by the events in late 2011 and early 2012.
The Russian Internet, which has undergone considerable development in the last decade, remains subject to constant scrutiny from the Kremlin. Digital technology has posed a challenge to the governance and political legitimacy of the ruling class, which has been anticipated by President...
Obama's administration is intent on restoring the US image abroad.
Relations between Russia and Saudi Arabia have never been as friendly as they were in 2009. After years of tension over Saudi support for Islamist fundamentalism in the post-Soviet space and Russia's proximity to Iran and Iraq, Moscow and Riyadh have progressively moved closer to each other....
Russia watchers say Moscow is deploying considerable resources to swing the French election.
April 2014 was a particularly bitter month for Russian internet users and the local internet industry. President Vladimir Putin unsurprisingly made headlines when, at the Media Forum in St. Petersburg, he publicly labeled the internet as a “CIA project” and launched an...
The Russian Internet economy is demonstrating a substantial rate of growth, one that is significantly outperforming the rest of the domestic economy. According to joint research by the Higher School of Economics and the Russian Association of Electronic Communications, while...
Does the introduction of these laws lead to a more civilized political and cultural discourse in Russia?
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We should all be able to agree on a fact: despite the growing international indignation toward it, Russia’s position on Syria has remained remarkably consistent throughout the crisis there. By blocking passage of any resolution at the UN Security Council, Russia has gained...
Will there be a significant change of policy, in Russia itself and in its foreign affairs, during Putin's third term as president?
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Russia's blogosphere has until recently been largely written off as a politically blunt parallel space. The Facebook mobilisation of 50,000 protestors has challenged such assumptions, writes Julien Nocetti.
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