Strategic Choice in Cyberspace: The Fait Accompli and Persistent Engagement

Abstract

This essay demonstrates how a lesser studied strategic bargaining concept the fait accompli better describes cyber behaviors short of armed conflict than does coercion and signaling. Moreover, because the strategic logic behind the fait accompli aligns with the structural imperative and strategic incentives identified by cyber persistence theory, it provides additional grounds for committing to a strategic approach of persistent engagement and adopting its core strategic principle of seizing the initiative in setting the conditions of security as an anchor for national cyber strategy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1212752

Entities

People

  • Michael P. Fischerkeller

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bargaining
  • Cyberspace
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Foreign Policy
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • International Conflicts
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • International Security
  • Motivation
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Operating Systems
  • Political Science
  • Second World War
  • Security
  • Standards
  • United States
  • War

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Cyber - Legality in Cyberspace