In Search of Cyber Stability: International Relations, Mutually Assured Destruction and the Age of Cyber Warfare

Kassab, Hanna Samir

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-37481-4_4

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“…It is nonetheless a fact that one of the most, or maybe the most, conspicuous feature(s) of cyber venues is its facilitatory role in the acts of espionage, DoS (denial of service), propaganda, identity theft, sabotage, etc. (Choucri, 2012c;Denning, 2001;Greathouse, 2014;Inkster, 2010;Kassab, 2014;Kremer & Müller, 2014;Luiijf, 2012;Steed, 2011). I accordingly point out that the primary takeaway from such works is that there is little to no debate about whether cyber world enables such malicious actions; the main point of controversy is to what extent states are willing to engage in extraordinary offensive measures against one another as a retaliatory response to the damage caused by such malicious actions.…”

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Neorealist Analysis of Security Dilemma in Cyberspace; A Quantitative Study

Arslan

2024

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Could countries’ cyber security capacity-building result in the emergence of a security dilemma in cyberspace? This work seeks to answer this question by bringing a theoretical framework through a neorealist perspective. The author argues that neorealism remains a relevant theory for explaining state behaviour in cyberspace by providing a quantitative backbone to the theoretical discussions on the subject. The analysis made by deploying a negative binomial regression incorporating fixed effects on panel data suggests that as countries build more cyber security capacity, it is more likely for them to be targeted by cyber attacks. Robustness checks of the findings were subsequently performed using logistic regression with fixed effects on panel data by mutating the dependent variable into binary format, which enhanced the validity of the results computed by the negative binomial model.

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Neorealist Analysis of Security Dilemma in Cyberspace; A Quantitative Study

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2024

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“…I would therefore prefer to put his work on liberal line. On the other hand, it is a commonly accepted idea both in the camp of deniers and the camp of endorsers that one of the most, or maybe the most, conspicious feature(s) of cyber venues is its facilitatory role in the acts of espionage, DoS (denial of service), propoganda, identity theft, sabotage, and so forth (Choucri, 2012b;Denning, 2001;Greathouse, 2014;Inkster, 2010;Kassab, 2014;Kremer & Müller, 2014;Luiijf, 2012;Steed, 2011). I therefore point out that main inference that should be taken from such works is that there is no debate over whether cyber world facilitates such malignant actions; the main point of controversy is to what extend states bear to go for extraordinary offensive measures against one another as a consequence of these actions.…”

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Neorealist Analysis of Security Dilemma in Cyberspace; A Quantitative Study

Arslan

2023

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Two crucial factors urged IR academia to account for state behaviour in cyberspace; one is the increasing volume of cyber attacks, and the other is the raising scale of damage induced by these attacks. This has brought a series of initiatives to appeal to the grand theories of IR so as to scrutinize state behaviour in depth in terms of securitization and militarization of the cyberspace. Subscribing to the same pattern of endeavor, this work intends to contribute to IR academia by putting forth a neorealist analysis of state behaviour in cyberspace by relying on quantitative methods. The analysis conducted by using a dataset consisting of 8,991 samples indicates that as states build more cyber security capacity, they become more tended to execute disruptive actions against other states in the cyberspace. Even after reinforcing the model with three additional control variables, the model yielded highly statistically important results.

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“…I would therefore prefer to locate his work within the liberal theoretical tradition. On the other hand, it is a commonly accepted idea both in the camp of deniers and the camp of endorsers that one of the most, or maybe the most, conspicuous feature(s) of cyber venues is its facilitatory role in the acts of espionage, DoS (denial of service), propaganda, identity theft, sabotage, and so forth (Choucri, 2012b;Denning, 2001;Greathouse, 2014;Inkster, 2010;Kassab, 2014;Kremer and Müller, 2014;Luiijf, 2012;Steed, 2011). I therefore point out that the primary takeaway from such works is that there is little to no debate about whether cyber world enables such malicious actions; the main point of controversy is to what extent states bear to go for extraordinary offensive measures against one another as a consequence of these actions.…”

Section: Previous Relevant Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Neorealist Analysis of Security Dilemma in Cyberspace; A Quantitative Study

Arslan

2023

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Two crucial factors have urged IR scholars to account for state behavior in cyberspace: the increasing volume of cyber attacks and the rising scale of damage induced by these attacks. These have led to a series of initiatives appealing to the grand theories of IR to scrutinize state behavior in depth, particularly regarding the securitization and militarization of cyberspace. Following a similar pattern, this work intends to contribute to IR literature by presenting an analysis of state behavior in cyberspace by relying on quantitative methods. Two regression analyses, one using a linear algorithm and the other using a negative binomial algorithm, were conducted. The analyses indicate that as states build more cyber security capacity, they tend to engage in more disruptive actions against other states in cyberspace. Both regression models were subsequently trained using artificial neural networks (ANNs) for robustness check, which enhanced the results computed by the traditional models.

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In Search of Cyber Stability: International Relations, Mutually Assured Destruction and the Age of Cyber Warfare

Cited by 13 publications

References 4 publications

Neorealist Analysis of Security Dilemma in Cyberspace; A Quantitative Study

Neorealist Analysis of Security Dilemma in Cyberspace; A Quantitative Study

Neorealist Analysis of Security Dilemma in Cyberspace; A Quantitative Study

Neorealist Analysis of Security Dilemma in Cyberspace; A Quantitative Study

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