Transatlantic Security Bridges Over Increasing Security Vision Gaps - Romania's Perspective

• What is the geopolitics of the Globalization 4.0 Era? • Unilateral and multilateral in a challenged globalized world • The future of transatlantic cooperation. One vision, alternative approaches The opposing forces of contraction by the shake of the new era of great power competition and expansion as the result of the Globalization 4.0 frame the geopolitics of our world. How the classical concepts of unilateral and multilateral work in the new international framework? How great strategies of “Firsts” give energy to world change? How transatlantic cooperation can survive or even thrive in a competing uni- / multilateral world?

• National, regional and global security actors and initiatives elevating transatlantic partnership and interoperability • US and EU security convergences in the Black Sea Region • Criticality of security and intelligence partnership across both civilian and military spheres Rising nationalism and expanding illiberalism tend to ground unexpected changes of the today global-governance architecture even at the core of the transatlantic framework. Therefore, it is a time when national, regional and global security actors and initiatives that have been promoting the transatlantic partnership for many decades should strengthen and merge their actions in order to protect and enhance our democracy and security. The security and intelligence partnerships across both civilian and military spheres become critical in this respect.

• The key global issues and trends driving change in our societies– hybrid threats in a hybrid world. Common defence against Russian influence and hybrid threats • From the depths of ambiguity to the peaks of insecurity • Innovative approaches for future securities With the ongoing globalization of the international system, the nature of power is profoundly changing. The means of influencing and controlling are more intricate and multidimensional than just material, even the latter being “hard power” means. Then, the key global issues and trends driving change in our societies are very much influenced by what it used to be called “soft power” elements in the aftermath of the Cold War. This means that the power of different countries and actors in international security has changed and diversified. With “soft power” means come two important elements that are in play today: “the power of networks” and “power of the weak”. Both can be used as a significant source of power for the exertion of influence as part of an increasingly hybrid world. The new hybrid threats of the new hybrid world call for innovative approaches for future securities.

• Artificial Intelligence – from enthusiasm to anxiety within an increasing out of control world • Cybersecurity of what? Security concerns regarding the unprecedented technological breakthroughs • The impact of new technologies and platforms on government – from regulations to resilience In the decades to come, emerging technologies will fundamentally change our societies. Sustaining and disruptive technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, and synthetic biology will become mainstream and their effect on people’s lives and security it is still difficult to be objectively understood. Data and privacy, work and workforce’s rights, unrest and conflict are just a few major areas in which emerging technologies will massively impact on. It is time to assess and forecast these impacts on governments and security and to design versatile security architectures, from strategies to resilience, to deal with the challenges of an increasing cyber- and autonomous world.