Cyber Peace: Charting a Path Toward a Sustainable, Stable, and Secure Cyberspace

by Scott J. Shackelford (Editor), Frederick Douzet (Editor), Christopher Ankersen (Editor)

Overview

The international community is too often focused on responding to the latest cyber-attack instead of addressing the reality of pervasive and persistent cyber conflict. From ransomware against the city government of Baltimore to state-sponsored campaigns targeting electrical grids in Ukraine and the U.S., we seem to have relatively little bandwidth left over to ask what we can hope for in terms of 'peace' on the Internet, and how to get there. It's also important to identify the long-term implications for such pervasive cyber insecurity across the public and private sectors, and how they can be curtailed. This edited volume analyzes the history and evolution of cyber peace and reviews recent international efforts aimed at promoting it, providing recommendations for students, practitioners and policymakers seeking an understanding of the complexity of international law and international relations involved in cyber peace. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108845038
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	05/05/2022
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.79(d)

About the Author

Scott J. Shackelford is Cybersecurity Risk Management Program Chair and Executive Director of the Ostrom Workshop at Indiana University. He is also an Affiliated Scholar at both the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Stanford's Center for Internet and Society, as well as a Senior Fellow at the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research.

Frédérick Douzet is Professor of Geopolitics at the University of Paris 8, Director of the French Institute of Geopolitics research team (IFG Lab) and Director of the Center for Geopolitics of the Datasphere (GEODE). She was appointed a member of the French Defense Ethics Committee in January 2020.

Christopher Ankersen is Clinical Professor of Global Affairs and Faculty Lead, Global Risk Specialization at New York University's Center for Global Affairs. He has previously worked for the United Nations and the Canadian Armed Forces.

Table of Contents

Part I. Beyond Stability, Toward Cyber Peace: Key Concepts, Visions, and Models of Cyber Peace: 1. Cyber Peace: Is that a thing? Renée Marlin-Bennett; 2. Domestic digital repression and cyber peace Jessica Steinberg, Cyanne E. Loyle, and Federica Carugati; Part II. Modalities: How Might Cyber Peace Be Achieved? What Practices and Processes Might Need to Be Followed in Order to Make it a Reality?: 3. Information sharing as a critical best practice for the sustainability of cyber peace Deborah Housen-Couriel; 4. De-escalation pathways and disruptive technology: cyber operations as off-ramps to war Brandon Valeriano and Benjamin Jensen; 5. Cyber peace and intrastate armed conflicts: toward cyber peacebuilding? Jean-Marie Chenou and John K. Bonilla-Aranzales; 6. Artificial intelligence in cyber peace Tabrez Y. Ebrahim; Part III. Lessons Learned and Looking Ahead; 7. Contributing to cyber peace by maximizing the potential for deterrence: criminalization of cyberattacks under the International Criminal Court's Rome Statute Jennifer Trahan; 8. Trust but verify: diverse verifiers are a prerequisite to cyber peace Rob Knake and Adam Shostack; 9. Building cyber peace while preparing for cyber war Frédérick Douzet, Aude Géry, and François Delerue; Part IV. Reflections and Research Notes: 10. Imagining cyber peace: an interview with a cyber peace pioneer Camille François and Christopher Ankersen; 11. Overcoming barriers to empirical cyber research Anne E. Boustead and Scott J. Shackelford; 12. Bits and 'peaces': solving the jigsaw to secure cyberspace Stéphane Duguin, Rebekah Lewis, Francesca Bosco, and Juliana Crema; 13. Cyber hygiene can support cyber peace Megan Stifel, Kayle Giroud and Ryan Walsh; 14. Crowdsourcing cyber peace and cybersecurity Vineet Kumar; 15. Advanced persistent threat groups increasingly destabilize peace and security in cyberspace Anne-Marie Buzatu.

Editorial Reviews

'Cyber space and outer space are today's cutting-edge areas of international security concern. One critical difference between them: We have norms in place for the preservation of peace in outer space. While these norms are contested, they provide the starting place for discussion. No comparable principles exist for cyber space – at least before now. Cyber Peace takes up the nascent idea that cyber space should never become battle space. The authors provide critical, normative scholarship necessary for the complex task of building cyber governance in the interest of human flourishing.' Mary Ellen O'Connell, Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law and Research Professor of International Dispute Resolution—Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame. Author of Cyber Security without Cyber War, Journal of Conflict and Security Law (2012)

'Convening an expert group of academics and non-governmental organizations, Ankersen, Douzet and Shackelford offer a new framework for assessing international relations in a digital age – positive cyber peace. Expertly edited, their volume situates cyber peace in both international and intra-state contexts amidst the full range of technological developments in surveillance, offensive cyber operations, and machine learning. Along the way, they identify and elaborate practical mechanisms (e.g., information sharing, verification, international criminal law) for ensuring a future very different from the ongoing normalization of cyber insecurity.' Duncan B. Hollis, Laura H. Carnell Professor of Law, Temple University

'Is it possible to find peace in a digital world where cyberattacks continue to become more robust, sophisticated and dangerous? And how do we begin to define the term 'cyber peace?' The contributors to this important and timely volume explore an agenda for illuminating a concept that, despite its global impact, eludes easy definition and presents considerable difficulties. They also attempt to sketch a digital ecosystem in which resiliency, safety, and stability are possible despite major challenges. But by wrestling with these complex and intricate problems, they lay the groundwork for how humankind can make fundamental and transformative use of today's extraordinary technological advancements, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, without sacrificing our individual freedoms, our democracy, and our security.' Michael A. McRobbie, University Chancellor, President Emeritus, and University Professor Indiana University

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