Stevens T., Devanny J. (eds.) Research Handbook on Cyberwarfare

Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024. — 429 p.This Research Handbook provides a rigorous analysis of cyberwarfare, a widely misunderstood field of contemporary conflict and geopolitical competition. Gathering insights from leading scholars and practitioners, it examines the actors involved in cyberwarfare, their objectives and strategies, and scrutinises the impact of cyberwarfare in a world dependent on connectivity.
The Research Handbook on Cyberwarfare interrogates cyberwarfare as a form of military intelligence statecraft that seeks to exploit digital systems for operational and strategic advantage. Chapter authors address cyberwarfare in its conceptual, historical, operational and strategic dimensions, and explore the application of international law, norms, ethics and arms control to this area of conflict. They pose crucial questions about the utility of cyberwarfare and its effects on society and citizens, establishing foundations for future research on the topic as a fact of international life.
Providing rich detail in an accessible and understandable manner, this Research Handbook is a vital resource for scholars and researchers of cyber conflict, international relations, and security studies. Its practical elements will also appeal to military and intelligence practitioners, as well as those interested in how cyberwarfare can be regulated to ameliorate its effects on society.Cover
Front Matter
Copyright
Contributors
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Introduction to the Research Handbook on Cyberwarfare
Conceptualizing and Investigating Cyberwarfare
War by any other name: a short history of the idea of cyberwarfare in the United States
Conceptualizing cyberwarfare
Cyberwarfare research methods
Reporting on cyberwarfare: a conversation
Cyberwarfare Actors and Institutions
Military cybercapacity: measures, drivers and effects
Cyber intelligence: method or target?
The meaning of cyberwarfare in Brazil
Cyber proxies: covert state–non-state interactions in cyberwarfare
Private authority and the political economy of private companies in cybersecurity crises and conflicts
Civil society in cyberwarfare: hack-and-leaks, attribution and mobilization
Cyberwarfare Operations and Strategy
Offensive cyber capabilities
Do we need an effects-based approach for cyber operations?
Deception in cyberwarfare
Cyber coercion as a tool of statecraft: how often, how effective?
Understanding cyber escalation: amplifiers and dampeners of conflict
Countering non-state actors in cyberspace
Territory, sovereignty and boundaries in digital battlespace
Cyberwarfare Governance
Cyberwarfare and international law
Cyber arms control and counter proliferation: the limits of the possible
Moral maze: ethics for cyber weapon systems
Cyberwarfare norms and the attribution imperative: shaping responsible state behaviour in cyberspace
Postscript: Reflections and future directions for research and practice on cyber in competition, crisis and armed conflict
Index