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Burton, Joe and Christou, George (2021) Bridging the gap between cyberwar and cyberpeace. International Affairs, 97 (6). pp. 1727-1747. doi:10.1093/ia/iiab172 ISSN 0020-5850.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiab172
Abstract
The conceptual debate around the term cyber warfare has dominated the cybersecurity discipline over the last two decades. Much less attention has been given during this period to an equally important question: what constitutes cyber peace? This article draws on the literatures in peace and conflict studies and on desecuritization in critical security studies, to suggest how we might begin to rearticulate the cybersecurity narrative and shift the debate away from securitization and cyberwar to a more academically grounded focus on desecuritization and cyber peace. It is argued that such a move away from a vicious circle where states frame cybersecurity predominantly within a national security narrative and where they seek to perpetually prepare for cyberwar, to a virtual cycle of positive cyber peace, is not only a desirable, but a necessary outcome going forward. We assert that this is particularly important if we are to avoid (continuing) to construct the very vulnerabilities and insecurities that lead to the prioritization of offence and destruction in cyberspace, rather than transformative, human-centred development in information and communications technology innovation.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare U Military Science > U Military Science (General) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Cyberspace operations (Military science), Cyber intelligence (Computer security), Cyberterrorism, Cyberspace -- Security measures | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | International Affairs | ||||||
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0020-5850 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 1 November 2021 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 97 | ||||||
| Number: | 6 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1727-1747 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1093/ia/iiab172 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in International Affairs following peer review. The version of record Joe Burton, George Christou, Bridging the gap between cyberwar and cyberpeace, International Affairs, Volume 97, Issue 6, November 2021, Pages 1727–1747, is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiab172 | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 29 September 2021 | ||||||
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