Explorations in Cyber International Relations: A Research Collaboration of MIT and Harvard University

Abstract

In international relations, the traditional approaches to theory and research, practice, and policy were derived from experiences in the 19th and 20th centuries. But cyberspace, shaped by human ingenuity, is a venue for social interaction, an environment for social communication, and an enabler of new mechanisms for power and leverage. Cyberspace creates new conditions--problems and opportunities--for which there are no clear precedents in human history. Already we recognize new patterns of conflict and contention, and concepts such as cyberwar, cybersecurity, and cyberattack are in circulation, buttressed by considerable evidence of cyber espionage and cybercrime.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 31, 2015
Accession Number
AD1167790

Entities

People

  • David D. Clark
  • Nazli Choucri
  • Stuart Madnick
  • Venkatesh Narayanamurti

Organizations

  • Harvard University
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Networks
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Cyberspace
  • Information Systems
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Internet
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Network Architecture
  • Network Science
  • Political Science
  • Recreation
  • Social Media

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Cybersecurity.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Cyber - Legality in Cyberspace