International Relations and Security in the Digital Age

Examines the impact of the information revolution on international and domestic security, attempting to remedy both the lack of theoretically informed analysis of information security and the US-centric tendency in the existing literature.

Auteur

Johan Eriksson, Giampiero Giacomello

Contenu

Introduction. 1. Closing the Gap Between International Relations Theory and Studies of Digital-Age Security Part 1: The Politics of Threats 2. The Virtual Sanctuary of Al-Qaeda and Terrorism in an Age of Globalization 3. From 'Cyberterrorism' to 'Cyberwar', Back and Forth: How the United States Securitized Cyberspace Part 2: The Politics of Protection 4. Securing the Information Age: The Challenges of Complexity for Critical Infrastructure Protection and IR Theory 5. Assessing Theories of Information Technology and Security for the Middle East 6. Public-Private Cooperation and Information Assurance: A Liberal Institutionalist Approach 7. International Policy Dynamics and the Regulation of Dataflows: Bypassing Domestic Restrictions Conclusion. 8. Digital-Age Security in Theory and Practice