Eva-Nour Repussard is a Policy Fellow at BASIC, where they work on the Nuclear Responsibilities and the Risk Reduction programmes. Prior to that, Eva-Nour was project and research assistant at SCRAP Weapons, co-coordinating the strategic stability project. They hold a Master’s degree from King’s College London in Intelligence and International Security and a BA in International Relations from the University of Birmingham and Fudan University in Shanghai. Eva-Nour’s expertise is on the cyber-nuclear nexus.
Eva-Nour Repussard
Policy Fellow at BASIC
Content by Eva-Nour Repussard
Commentary
Nuclear posture and cyber threats: Why deterrence by punishment is not credible – and what to do about it
The United Kingdom’s latest nuclear doctrine suggests that severe cyber-attacks on their national or critical infrastructure could provoke a nuclear response. Despite this, cyber-attacks against the UK have surged over the past decade. Eva-Nour Repussard, YGLN member and Policy Fellow at BASIC, writes that instead of deterrence by punishment, the UK should seek to increase its resilience to cyber-attacks and focus on a strategy of deterrence by denial regarding cyber threats.