From Global Village to Virtual Battlespace

The Colonizing of the Internet and the Extension of Realpolitik

Bibliographic Data

ID6274292
AuthorsMary Manjikian (0000-0002-9270-5520, Regent University, corresponding author), Mary Mcevoy Manjikian
Year2010
Volume54
Issue2
Pages381-401
Publication date2010-06-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Studies Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-8833 • E-ISSN: 1468-2478
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-2478.2010.00592.x
OpenAlexW2153536950
LanguageEN
Citations received29
References cited35

From the earliest years of the Internet's creation, cyberspace has been distinguished from other types of political space because of three unique qualities: (i) its ability to mobilize users, particularly "outsiders" including those who have not been easily included in political systems using conventional means; (ii) its ability to quickly provide large quantities of information of uncertain or unregulated quality; and (iii) its ability to shrink distances between users, in some sense rendering conventional physical geography irrelevant. This paper presents three lenses for interpreting the significance of these developments: utopian, liberal, and realist. Evolving doctrines of cyberwarfare as put forth by China, Russia, and the United States in particular stress the ways in which cyberspace presents a unique security threat which may present greater advantages to nonstate actors engaged in unconventional warfare. Differing economic, political, and security policies derive from each lens

China · Computer security · Cyberspace · Cyberwarfare · Glory · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Realpolitik · Sociology · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · Law · Social Media and Politics

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