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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Schutte, Sebastian

Titel

Cooperation beats Deterrence in Cyberwar

Ist Teil von

• Peace economics, peace science, and public policy, 2012-12, Vol.18 (3)

Ort / Verlag

De Gruyter

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Quelle

PAIS Index

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This brief article argues for a narrow definition of cyberwar and a technology-centric approach to understanding its strategic implications. Based on a review of the underlying technologies, approaches to facilitating peace in this rather new form of confrontation will be derived. This brief discussion already shows that Cold War era strategies such as credible deterrence through retaliation are ill-suited to serve peace in the digital domain. Generally, building offensive capabilities for cyberwar does not increase an actor’s security. Instead, geographically unrestricted security communities (Deutsch et al., 1957) of nationstates that employ similar technologies seem to serve individual security best.