Cyberspace: A New Threat to the Sovereignty of the State

Adams, Jackson; Albakajai, Mohamad

doi:10.17265/2328-2185/2016.06.003

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“…States are adapting to this networked and fragmented governance more or less enthusiastically by attempting to shape standards and practices in a multi-stakeholder environment (Mueller et al 2013). The use of alternative means to regulate cyberspace has allowed the interference of non-state actors at the expense of state institutions, and this undermines the power of the state in cyberspace (Adams and Albakajai 2016;Gendron 2013), which manifests in most states' inability to control flows of information, capital, and services across cyberspace.…”

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Cyberspace in space

Eriksson¹,

Giacomello²

2022

Cyber Security Politics

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This book examines new and challenging political aspects of cyber security and presents it as an issue defined by socio-technological uncertainty and political fragmentation.Structured along two broad themes and providing empirical examples for how socio-technical changes and political responses interact, the first part of the book looks at the current use of cyberspace in conflictual settings, while the second focuses on political responses by state and non-state actors in an environment defined by uncertainties. Within this, it highlights four key debates that encapsulate the complexities and paradoxes of cyber security politics from a Western perspective -how much political influence states can achieve via cyber operations and what context factors condition the (limited) strategic utility of such operations; the role of emerging digital technologies and how the dynamics of the tech innovation process reinforce the fragmentation of the governance space; how states attempt to uphold stability in cyberspace and, more generally, in their strategic relations; and how the shared responsibility of state, economy, and society for cyber security continues to be re-negotiated in an increasingly transsectoral and transnational governance space. This book will be of much interest to students of cyber security, global governance, technology studies, and international relations.

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Cyberspace in space

Eriksson¹,

Giacomello²

2022

Cyber Security Politics

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“…Globalization questions the state's status quo as the sole owner of sovereignty, which is still trapped in the territorial paradigm. Globalization and technological developments bring new challenges: dematerialization (everything is paperless), de-temporalization (instant communication), and deterritorialization (not boundaries and geographical distances) of online activities and interactions [1]. Even if sovereignty encompasses the digital and there are physical factors such as ownership of company data banks [44], this does not prevent the state hegemony from eroding in international politics, in which technology companies become dominant actors.…”

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Sociological study of cyber threats as an integrated part of the general data protection regulation

Muqsith,

Muzykant,

Pratomo

2023

Vestnik Rossijskogo universiteta druzhby narodov. Serija Sociol

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Sociology studies society and the patterns of its development, social processes, institutions, relations, structures, communities and certain cultural values which determine its development. Sociology also studies human behavior - how it affects society, and how people behave in social groups. There are many understandings of sovereignty in academic circles but mainly as absolute and hierarchical. As time passes, the concept of sovereignty, which prioritizes territory, has begun to lose relevance due to massive technological developments. In the context of technology and national security, territorial rules are irrelevant for three reasons: technology makes consistent and predictable territorial definitions difficult, data often moves in ways unrelated to the interests of users and legislators, and technology makes it easier for public and private actors to circumvent territorial rules, often without detection [12]. Another consequence of technological development is new actors with strong international influence due to globalization, free markets, and technological developments. Of all these actors, the most interesting are multinational companies. They do not operate on a territorial basis, which creates problems of jurisdictional asymmetry, overlap and control rather than of sovereignty in its formal sense [40]. Is sovereignty still relevant for the state? Since the advent of the Internet, the relevance of the nation-state concept has been questioned, and state actors have gradually lost their dominance. The Internet supports many international actors, and technology companies are the most significant. Their domination creates economic, legal, political, and social challenges; thereby, the state tries to regulate technology companies. The authors argue that the state sovereignty is still relevant despite many arguments saying otherwise. The paper explains the relevancy of the state sovereignty by presenting two cases: the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the New Media Bargaining Code (NMBC). The nation-state demonstrates its sovereignty by the law affecting national companies; thus, showing that the state can restrain the power of technology companies, i.e., state sovereignty is still relevant in the contemporary era.

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“Cyber as sovereignty space: state transformation in the periphery of Europe”

Jusufi

2023

Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe

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Cyberspace: A New Threat to the Sovereignty of the State

Cited by 8 publications

References 24 publications

Cyberspace in space

Cyberspace in space

Sociological study of cyber threats as an integrated part of the general data protection regulation

“Cyber as sovereignty space: state transformation in the periphery of Europe”

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