Deter, Disrupt, Or Deceive - Assessing Cyber Conflict As an Intelligence Contest

"The idea of "cyber war" has played a dominant role both in academic and popular discourses concerning the nature of statecraft and conflict in the cyber domain. However, this lens of war and its expectations for death and destruction may distort rather than help clarify the nature of cyber competition. Are cyber activities actually more like an intelligence contest, where both states and nonstate actors grapple for advantage below the threshold of war? This book debates that question. The contributors unpack the conceptual and theoretical logics of the framing of cyber competition as an intelligence contest, particularly in the areas of information theft and manipulation. Taken as a whole, the chapters give rise to a unique dialogue, illustrating areas of agreement and disagreement among leading experts, and placing all of it in conversation with the larger fields of international relations and intelligence studies"--

About the author

Robert Chesney is the Dean of the University of Texas School of Law, where he also holds the James A. Baker III Chair in the Rule of Law and World Affairs. He is also a co-founder of and contributor to the blog Lawfare and co-host of the National Security Law Podcast.
Max Smeets is a senior researcher at the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich and Director of the European Cyber Conflict Research Initiative.

Product details

• Authors: Robert (EDT)/ Smeets Chesney, Robert Smeets Chesney
• Assisted by: Robert Chesney (Editor), Max Smeets (Editor), Amy Zegart (Foreword)
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2023
• EAN: 9781647123260
• ISBN: 978-1-64712-326-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, Espionage & secret services, Espionage and secret services, Intelligence;cyber conflict;espionage;subversion