How Probable is Cyber War? Bringing IR Theory Back In to the Cyber Conflict Debate |
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| Authors: | Timothy J Junio |
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| Institution: | 1. Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University , California , USA;2. Department of Political Science , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , USA |
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| Abstract: | Many well-established explanations for war suggest that cyber weapons have a greater chance of being used offensively than other kinds of military technologies. This response article introduces a research agenda for the study of cyber war, and offers an example – principal-agent problems in cyber operations – to demonstrate how rigorous theoretical and empirical work may proceed. |
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| Keywords: | Cyber War Information Technology Computer Network Attack Principal-agent Command and Control |
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