US, Russia Slowly Improve Cybersecurity Cooperation

Lingering distrust between the U.S., Russia and China has hampered cooperation in the past on cyber security issues, but relations are taking a turn for the better, with increasing contact between experts.
The U.S. and Russia have "historical, ideological differences," but several recent initiatives are bringing the two countries closer, said Karl F. Rauscher, chief technology officer and distinguished fellow at the EastWest Institute.
"We are increasingly interdependent," Rauscher said. "Both countries have a common interest in stability."
That cooperation was evident in Brussels this week, where the EastWest Institute is holding its 8th Worldwide Security Conference, whose participants included a range of Russian experts as well as others from India, the U.S. and China and throughout Europe.

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